Smart home is a new highlight of IoT applications

Smart Home Brings New Opportunities to IoT Applications The smart home industry is a new industry and a high-tech industry. Home intelligence represents a trend of social development. A mainstream, smart home industry can certainly become the next The new growth point of economic growth. At present, the development of China's home appliance networking technology is still in its infancy, but its development trend is obvious to all. Smart homes will collectively make efforts. GKB Digital House has launched a new single-family smart home, and Greatwall has launched a self-developed smart home product. The well-known electrician brand TCL-Legrand's smart home will be available soon. Household appliance companies, computer technology, and home-fabrication all joined the smart market war. More than that, domestic and foreign major telecommunications companies have put the Internet of Things on the agenda, and the smart home market has ushered in a new round of outbreaks. The competition is even fiercer.

The current difficulties in cross-industry cooperation are a problem we have to mention. The development of the smart home industry is not just the development of the security industry. Its development can not be separated from the close cooperation between home appliance, IT and system integrators. Only in this way can they integrate their unique advantages and create a new world as quickly as possible. This has hindered the pace of smart home development. In the face of the infinitely possible smart home market, enterprises should realize cross-industry cooperation and integrate their strengths in a real sense to become bigger and stronger as quickly as possible. It can be said that whoever fundamentally realizes cross-industry cooperation will become an impasse. Market.

The smart home industry under the trend of the Internet of Things has broad prospects in China and the world. It is a sunrise industry. Based on the analysis of the current development trend, it is expected that in the next few years, there will be nearly 100 million households in the world building intelligent and comfortable. , efficient home life. The Ministry of Construction plans that more than 60% of new homes in 2011 will have certain “smart home” functions, so smart homes are becoming a big industry, and it has huge market potential.

There are currently smart home products and applications1. Smart Power Savings in the Power Industry The State Grid Corporation of China launched the pilot project of the “Smart Home Program” within the city limits of Beijing. As long as the citizens pass a small terminal, they can do their own energy-saving plan and save a lot of electricity expenses. The State Grid Corporation will install an optical fiber cable to transmit information on the cable, and then install a two-way interactive system in the pilot home. Terminals can save energy for these families and ultimately save electricity bills.

2. Home-use U-home smart home products U-home smart home brings its multi-network converged and intelligent solutions for customers in the era of the Internet of Things. Its features are achieved through the combination of wired and wireless networks, and the realization of telecommunication networks. The "multi-network convergence" of the wide grid, the Internet, and the power grid will link "home small networks" to "community in-networks" and eventually connect to and interconnect with the "big world network" network. In the consumer life, building intercoms, security functions, video surveillance functions, as well as lighting, curtain control and home appliance control in the home, as well as home energy management, community information inquiry and community service, etc., are finally brought together. Form an organic overall solution. Home screens, computer screens, smart terminal screens, and 3G mobile phones are all home screens and management centers. U-home's smart terminal serves as the home management center. It can not only manage home appliances of various kinds, but also make phone calls, video intercom, video surveillance, outbound deployment, weather forecast, and information on various types of communities. The “N-screen integration” of multiple terminals such as televisions, mobile phones, computers, and community talk-panels allows consumers to truly enjoy the convenience and comfort of “multi-network integration” in their lives.

3. Digital Modcom Intelligent Products With the arrival of the Internet of Things era, many new communities are currently implementing intelligence, a large or ultra-large community often have different grades of real estate groups to meet the needs of different levels of consumer groups, these different levels of real estate There is also a clear difference in the need for intelligence, which may require both analog and digital systems. However, there are few hybrid networking solutions that are truly compatible with analog and digital systems on the market. In response to this market demand, Haier introduced the "large-scale intelligent community solution for modular mixed networking." The main features of this system are the use of TCP/IP protocol networking, digital transmission of real-time audio, video, and control signals, which makes the images more realistic, clearer sound, and more powerful; the system is highly stable and has strong anti-interference ability. With strong modular mixed networking capabilities, in addition, the system products have strong environmental adaptability, and the unique low temperature-resistant design can be used in a minus 40 degree environment. In addition to the traditional video intercom function, the system can also implement safety precautions and remote control of home appliances. At the same time, it can also associate lighting, curtains, home appliances, floor heating, gas valves and other devices to perform multiple personalized “scenes. "Set" to achieve a key control.

4. With the characteristics of Wisdom House products, Wisdom House products, users can remotely control and manage lighting, curtains, and electrical equipment in their homes through iphone mobile phones and computers; at home, they can freely control home appliances through smart remote controls, mobile terminals and other devices. It is convenient and practical to switch between management and the various personalized scene modes such as going home, going out, dining, visiting, and sleeping.

This product is characterized by security and wireless communications. Without wiring, the installation is simple and easy to use. Even for homes that have been renovated, there is no need for a big move on the installation. This is a good choice for single-family homes who want to enjoy smart living.

5. Vision-based products are characterized by the use of neural network video analysis technology, which is the world's leading visual bionic technology, with its unique self-organization, self-learning, and promotion capabilities become the main direction of future intelligent object recognition. The age and gender neural network recognition technology performs intelligent analysis on all the pedestrians captured by the video camera to realize the identification and statistical analysis of character counts, age, and gender. For example, Haier's integrated neural network intelligent identification solution can be applied in commercial establishments to help owners accurately count data such as the number of customers, age, sex ratio, visiting time, etc., and provide scientific basis for store promotion, purchase arrangement, and inventory processing; It can also be used in electronic media advertising campaigns to help advertisers promote targeted marketing and increase advertising effectiveness through real-time statistics on the number of audiences before the electronic billboards, age, gender, etc. It can also be used to identify other ages and genders. Security checkpoints, etc. The system has also become a hot topic for customers in the security industry.

At present, the promotion and application of smart home products is based on three major operators. China Telecom is taking the opportunity of building a digital information community to promote smart home construction. Digital Security The digital security system used in the digital information community is a remote video security system based on IP technology, 3G mobile network and broadband network technology. Users can use real-time mobile devices such as computer terminals or mobile phones to access anytime, anywhere. Remotely monitor the situation of the defense area, and achieve local or remote alarms through MMS, SMS, local acousto-optic, telephone, video segments, real-time video, etc., so as to satisfy people's needs in security monitoring. In addition, the owner can also set the timed video, and the system will periodically send the user the time-monitored image information according to the set time period.

B. Broadband Internet Audio-visual broadband Internet audio-visual systems are transmitted through telephone lines, equipped with a dedicated e-home broadband box, and a form of digital television with interactive on-demand functionality. Based on the telecommunication broadband network as the transmission channel and the video display device as the terminal, it integrates various technologies such as the Internet, multimedia, and communication, and provides a variety of interactive services such as on-demand and direct broadcast to the family. It is a digital television product. Advanced form. As long as you have ADSL broadband and connect to e broadband boxes, ordinary TVs in your community's homes will instantly transform into interactive TVs with a variety of powerful features that will allow community residents to experience an unprecedented viewing experience. The on-demand, back-to-view and time-shifting functions provided by the broadband Internet audio-visual system make watching television a pleasure. There is no need to wait, no need to be punctual, and programs that have already been broadcast will not be missed, and you can also fast-forward and rewind. Like watching video discs, no longer afraid to miss any shots, wonderful pictures can be seen more than a few times, want to see what point. This provides an extended application channel for promoting smart home solutions.

C. The digital interactive community system digital interactive community system is operated by the property company and provides a convenient and comprehensive community information service for the majority of residents. The content includes: Community announcement: The property company directly publishes various types of announcement information through the network, including blackouts, water cuts, etc. information. Community Services: Various types of service guide information are issued by the property company. Community commercial district: It is the most important section. It is operated by the property company and provides an advertising platform to the shops and service organizations in or around the community. It provides a wide range of comprehensive life for the residents including clothing, food, housing, transportation, entertainment, and fitness. Service information, provide online booking, door-to-door service. The digital interactive community will bring new life experiences to users. For example: China Telecom, together with China Everbright Group, invested RMB 100 million to build China's first digital information community and formally settled in “Jinghu Times City”. The contents provided by the digital community at Jinghu Times City include digital security services such as home security, high-speed Internet access, video entertainment, and digital community. Through the integration of services, users can enjoy the convenience of one-stop service without leaving home. Easy. This gives new content to the smart home IoT service.

2. China Unicom develops a smart home application model. China Unicom has signed strategic agreements with manufacturers to develop smart home control systems. China Unicom and home appliance giant Midea Electric (000527, shares) formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will comprehensively deepen strategic cooperation in areas such as cooperation and development, joint marketing, and communications services. Promote both the business development and product extension. The strategic cooperation between Midea Electric and China Unicom is an important move in the marriage between the home appliance industry and the communications industry. It broadens the depth and breadth of the cooperation between the two industries, driving the application and development of information technology in the field of home appliances, and will be the two major The company has created new cooperation models and business growth points.

B. China Unicom's smart homes promote the use of robots China Unicom has formed a complete smart home business planning system, and even designed a robot named WO Baby as the control center for smart homes. At present, this business is piloted in places such as Wuxi and Nanjing and will soon be rolled out to the whole country. China Unicom's smart home solutions will not only be limited to family needs, but will also incorporate relevant needs of the community, buildings, etc. into the overall program. Among them, home security content includes: illegal entry hall alarm, emergency manual alarm, combustible gas leak alarm, intercom access control and other applications.

The interconnection and control of household equipment include applications such as lighting control, electric curtain control, air freshening system, fire fire monitoring and sprinkler system, and air conditioning system control.

Public security content includes: video surveillance, perimeter prevention, electronic patrol, security wireless intercom, intercom access control and other applications.

Property services and community management include: background music systems, public lighting, automatic meter reading systems, mechanical and electrical equipment control, garage and parking management, and electronic bulletin applications.

Home network information includes: integrated wiring, broadband networks, home electronic screens, multimedia systems, VoD on-demand systems, home gateways, audio systems, and telemedicine systems.

China Unicom's smart home systems of commercial scale include: smart home (central) control management systems, terminals (home sensor terminals, controllers), home networks, outreach networks, and information centers.

3. China Mobile develops smart home application model China Mobile's M2M development strategy is generally divided into three steps.

In the first phase, China Mobile will use the dedicated wireless sensor network that has been built by the industry users to access the current mobile cellular network. The construction of the sensor network is based on system integrators. In the aspect of business network construction, China Mobile will provide a single application for a single user, and operators will focus on the business of accessing sensor networks and providing telecommunication capabilities.

In the second stage, some infrastructures in the bearer network and the two networks are basically integrated, and the sensor network is gradually transferred from the switching network to the public network. As a result, the hierarchical networking mode is gradually clear, and operators gradually build a sensor network. In terms of the service network, the design, deployment, construction, maintenance, operation, and support of the service network based on the convergence of the two networks are gradually standardized. Operators have begun to provide multi-user public applications across multiple industries.

In the third phase, in terms of bearer networks, the integration of mobile communication systems with wireless sensor networks has become more in-depth, and new devices such as wireless ubiquitous networks, integrated base stations, and supercomputer centers have gradually become public network infrastructure. In terms of service networks, operators build their own or build sensor networks to provide value-added services for ubiquitous networks.

Based on the M2M development strategy, the smart home strategy is based on advanced network facilities. It includes an infrastructure management system including an environmental monitoring system, a digital city management system, and an intelligent hydro-electricity municipal system to build an intelligent community and an eco-city. Residents enjoy high-speed broadband networks, high-definition digital television, and water. From this, we can see that smart homes based on the Internet of Things will be the focus of competition among operators.

At present, the bottleneck of the development of the smart home market has some experts predict that at least 8 years, "smart home" can be spread to the middle class in the country. As early as 2000, smart home control products were sold in supermarkets in the United States. The current situation of China's smart home is after 2010, with the rise in housing prices, and the proportion of hardcover residential continues to rise, smart home presents the trend of development to the high-end market. The executive meeting of the State Council on October 18, 2010 reviewed and approved in principle the Decision of the State Council on Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Strategic Emerging Industries. The "Decision" pointed out that accelerating the development and development of strategic emerging industries based on major technological breakthroughs and major development needs must adhere to the basic role of the market and the combination of government guidance, scientific and technological innovation and industrialization, and deepen the system. Reforms, with enterprises as the mainstay, promote the integration of production, education and research, and cultivate strategic emerging industries into the leading industries and pillar industries of the national economy.

It can be said that the "decision" support policy for emerging industries is a great opportunity for the smart home industry.

The smart home market is currently experiencing rapid development. Whether it is real estate projects or individual users, the market demand is increasing, but development needs to break through the bottleneck.

1. The smart home customer perception becomes a bottleneck, and the high-end users occupy the main smart home and it is difficult for the majority of end users to recognize and accept it. This has become the bottleneck of the large-scale development of the market, but in the case of uneven customer awareness, the decoration Both companies and real estate developers think smart homes have a selling point, so developing smart homes for decoration companies and real estate developers is one of the opportunities.

2. The change of traditional consumption habits still needs time in a fast-paced life. Traditional consumption habits still affect everyone's thinking. Consumers may consider spending a few thousand dollars to buy a tap and not consider “how to use a smart home?” because everyone understands that spending a few thousand dollars to buy a water cauldron reflects a kind of lifestyle and it’s loaded. More people in smart homes may think that you are a digital enthusiast. This requires intelligent home builders to give more information promotion services, mobile smart home newspapers and other forms is a good service.

3. With the development of an international metropolis, China will break through the development model of intelligent residential housing. This will lead to a huge development of smart homes. With the rapid development of science and technology, the global economy and social information are surging. The function of residences has also been increasingly strengthened. Smart homes and smart communities have emerged. There is no exact definition of “intelligent houses” in the industry. The "smart star" that Britain introduced to the market last year and the "network house" that injects modern internet technology, and the "network kitchen" that Denmark has just introduced to the market this year, should be considered the masterpieces of intelligent homes. The goal of building smart homes and smart communities is to provide people with "convenient and quick information communication, safe and comfortable living environment, and efficient and convenient property management."

Although the requirements for intelligent sub-systems in intelligent houses in different regions and different grades may be somewhat different, because it is a commodity, there is a commonality and there is a market standard. The Ministry of Construction has clearly defined the "universal type", "advanced type", and "leading type" of the smart park in the "Outline for the Construction of Intelligent Technology Demonstration Projects for the National Residential Community".

The intelligent system function setting of intelligent community will be based on different market positioning (medium or high grade), and it will be equipped with “security monitoring”, “access control management”, “emergency assistance”, “home security warning”, “three watches "Intelligent subsystems such as "modern communication", "cable television", "device monitoring", "community card", "computer property management", and "electronic big screen", "background music", and "e-commerce" , "Information Services", "VOD On-Demand", etc. Security and communications networks are the first issues to be considered by smart communities. Therefore, the development of network access control for property services will be a trend.

In short, with the gradual improvement of people's lifestyle, intelligent communities will be the highlights of community transformation. At the same time, the popularization of Internet of Things technology, smart homes will break the traditional concept and become a bright spot in our lives. The smart home application has become the new focus of finished product sales, and is also the focus of all product operators.