Family security business opportunities under the tide of the Internet of Things

HC Security Network News in things as much as $ trillion in business opportunities, and most consumers are closely related to smart home, is considered the fastest growing business opportunities most amazing application scenarios, according to HarborResearch forecast report pointed out, the whole business can be up to 4 More than $100 billion has become a battleground for military players from all over the world.

For example, in the just-concluded CES2017 venue, Amazon officially released the long-rumored Alexa artificial intelligence voice assistant, and unlike Apple Siri and GoogleAssistant, the company has pre-populated many home appliance manufacturers to help out, such as LG will be built in the live show A new generation of smart refrigerators that enable consumers to view recipes, check weather, and shop online, as well as confirm the expiration time of food in the refrigerator, which is an indispensable core for building smart homes. platform.

In fact, in the trend that smartphone shipments have hit record highs and the number of smart devices in the home is increasing, the contents of recent CES exhibitions have shifted from building digital homes to smart homes that integrate smart home appliances in the home. Even when you are away from home, you can use your smartphone to monitor and operate smart home appliances. In order to seize this huge business opportunity, all major players have rushed to create their own ecosystems before the common standards are formulated, in an attempt to gain future leadership.

Beginning in 2014, Google first announced Nestor's footsteps in the smart home market. Apple announced the AppleHomeKit smart home platform at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Samsung Electronics also announced the acquisition of SmartThings in August of the same year. Their own smart home platform.

In addition, traditional home appliance manufacturers such as Panasonic and Sony also use their own development platforms to connect smart home appliances on the basis of the existing large-scale home appliance business, allowing consumers to use mobile devices for remote management and monitoring to reduce energy consumption. For example, the Panasonic SmartHeMS platform can provide the functions of situational lighting control and energy saving management, and practice the situation of smart home. However, from the perspective of various applications, most consumers are still most interested in the application of security control, and are willing to put more money in this field, which has become the focus of builders in selling smart homes.

In addition to making a huge alarm, a message is sent to the phone. Photo source: Asus Computer

Environmental sensing equipment prices slip down smart homes at your fingertips

Under the trend of a significant advancement in semiconductor manufacturing and a decline in the price of sensor components, environmental sensing devices that were only used in production lines and high-end residential buildings have now appeared in the consumer market. Under the sharp decline of product prices, even small families with limited budgets can spend tens of thousands of dollars to create an environment that can monitor temperature, humidity, air quality and lighting. Smart homes, breaking the technology family must be expensive stereotypes.

Take the ASUS computer that has been actively cultivating the smart home market for example. The ASUSSmartHomeTS101 wireless temperature and humidity detector launched by the company is capable of recording changes in temperature and humidity of the home environment and displaying the detection results in an image display mode.

In addition, if consumers purchase ASUSSmartHomeGateway smart butler and ASUSSmartHomeMeterPlug smart socket at the same time, they can automatically start the dehumidifier when the humidity exceeds the default value, so that the home environment can be maintained in the most comfortable environment without relying on manual processing.

In addition, in the case of increasing air pollution, the PM2.5 issue has attracted the attention of consumers, and manufacturers have published PM2.5 sensing devices that integrate household air purifiers. When the sensing component detects that the concentration of suspended particles in the room is too high, the air purifier is automatically activated until the air quality returns to the normal value, and the operation of the air purifier is turned off.

Fibaro, which has been in the smart home for many years, is based on the overall solution, and can be integrated into the home decoration, as well as the series of home lighting, curtains, music, air conditioning, monitoring and other equipment to achieve remote control and intelligent automation functions. Consumers can even use AppleSiri voice to activate or turn off their home appliances. For example, the Fibaro light sensor can automatically turn the light on or off according to the high brightness of the room. When it detects excessive ultraviolet rays in the home, it will also open the curtains in time to avoid the problem of sun exposure, which helps to reduce the electricity consumption of the air conditioner. the amount.

Use special techniques to detect accidents

As the world moves toward urbanization, collective housing has become the mainstream of the market, and many builders have pre-installed single-function smoke or fire detectors in their homes in response to regulatory requirements. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the early technology, at most, it can only sound and start the sprinkler in the event of a disaster, to avoid affecting the safety of the entire community.

Unfortunately, the function of traditional smoke detection equipment is so limited that when it enters the cold winter, there will always be several incidents in which water heaters are used in confined spaces, and the concentration of carbon monoxide is too high, so ICT technology can be used to help minimize casualties. It has always been the focus of active competition among various industries.

In order to avoid the above problems, many water heater manufacturers have built-in components in the product that can detect carbon monoxide and gas concentration. It can detect the current high gas concentration and actively shut down the operation of the water heater to avoid the aforementioned misfortune. event.

The security company, which focuses on the home market, will further use wireless gas concentration detectors, smoke detectors, and fire detectors as the core, with customized digital gas switches, in the first moment of fire or gas. When the concentration is too high, the gas line is actively cut off, and a short message is sent to the consumer's mobile phone to achieve the goal of reducing fire damage.

In addition, in response to the trend of population aging and the government's policy of promoting local aging, many telecom operators or fixed-line operators have begun to provide network camera services, while allowing elderly people to carry emergency buttons with them. In this way, consumers can remotely watch the living conditions of the elderly, and receive the message sent by the emergency button to avoid the dilemma of the elderly falling but no one can help.

Serially connect multiple smart devices to prevent thief intrusion

Benefiting from the advancement of information and communication services, the access control and security that have been developed for many years have greatly increased the functionality that can be provided after integrating multiple sensing components. Different from the analog transmission technology in the past, today's security protection mechanism appeals to the coordinated operation between devices. For example, after the smart electronic lock is connected to the serial alarm and the wireless motion detector, it can be found that an abnormal behavior occurs automatically. Lock or video to increase the overall level of security protection.

In the new era, the intelligent electronic lock has built-in traditional keys and touch passwords. It also integrates NFC and wireless transmission modules. Therefore, it supports the functions of unlocking the smartphone and unlocking the app. When it is detected that someone attempts to destroy the door lock, Alarms and notifications are sent through the siren to deter thieves from intruding. In addition, when the wireless transmission sensor command is received, the door is automatically locked automatically to ensure the safety of the whole home.

In the past, the wireless motion sensor that can only be seen in the movie plot has greatly improved the sensitivity and accuracy, and also added the ability of wide-angle detection action to monitor the security of the home environment in a large area. When the behavior is abnormal, start the smart door lock with the network camera. As far as the wireless alarm is concerned, in addition to being able to transmit messages to the mobile phone, it can also be connected with the smart lamps. Therefore, in addition to the loud sound of the alarm, the lights will be turned on simultaneously to deter thieves.

Editor in charge: Liu Wenjuan