Smart Phone is Perfect Home Universal Remote Control [Full Text]
2019-03-25 06:45:04
China Security Exhibition Network News Until ten years later, when Lange was playing iPhone, he suddenly realized that the smart phone in front of him was the perfect carrier for that smart alarm clock. Lange and his friend and colleague, Drew Shepard, resigned from the work of the original electronics engineer and rushed to the project. Soon they designed a smart alarm clock and named it Lumawake. The industry is expected to expect the global smart home market to reach US$47.4 billion in 2018. For IT giants, living room wars are on the verge of becoming explosive. The progress of smart home technology is equally astonishing. Grand is a technological inventor in many smart home areas.
Iphone smart base Lumawake
Greg Laugle had envisioned a smart alarm clock in college. He used an electroencephalogram scanner embedded in the alarm clock to monitor the user's brain waves, analyze the depth of his sleep, and put the user on light sleep. wake.
But when he told this idea to the professor, the professor's words poured a cold water on him.
"Electroencephalography scanners are too expensive, and you put them on the user's head will make them sleep worse."
Years later, Lange recalled that this was the most important lesson he had made from an engineer to an entrepreneur.
How to create a smart alarm clock with a low cost and a good user experience has always been an issue in Lange's mind. Lange also thought of using wristwatches as a carrier for smart alarm clocks, but had to give up because of compatibility problems.
One day after ten years when he was playing iPhone, he suddenly realized that the smart phone in front of him was the perfect carrier for that smart alarm clock. Lange and his friend and colleague, Drew Shepard, resigned from the work of the original electronics engineer and rushed to the project. Soon they designed a smart alarm clock and named it Lumawake.
Lumawake is actually an iPhone dock with an infrared sensor embedded inside. When the user puts the iPhone on the bedside to charge at night, the sensor can monitor the user's sleep. With the free download of the App, users can clearly understand their sleep and health from the iPhone.
"This is the first home automation device to be used while sleeping." Shempad, another founder of Lumawake, told reporters proudly.
When it comes to smart homes, we cannot but mention the concept of Internet of Things. According to the definition of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network that enables all common physical objects that can be independently addressed to communicate with each other.
Due to the closed space of the living room and bedroom, it has become a good carrier for the Internet of Things. In recent years, as the Internet has entered millions of households, many people have begun to think about connecting the closed home system in the home with the Internet, allowing users to remotely control home appliances in any corner of the world through the Internet. However, how to find a terminal control device that is portable and compatible with various electrical appliances is a problem.
Many years ago, Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak believed that a Universal Remote Control could be invented to control all appliances, but due to the lack of a stable connection medium and other electrical company’s With the cooperation, Wozniak's idea has always been difficult to achieve.
This situation has changed with the advent of the mobile Internet era. The smart phone is not only an internet terminal that can connect all the cloud devices, but also a small computer with sufficient computing power. Its unified operating system can be used as an application development platform. At the same time, it is small enough to allow users to carry around.
The smart phone is a perfect universal remote control
“We have found that transferring the user interface to the iPhone can reduce costs and enhance the user experience. We then designed a fun and practical product around it,†said Shepard.
After completing the basic function of the alarm clock, Lange and Shepard designed some other features around the iPhone. They found that it was difficult for users to find the base to charge the mobile phone after switching on the lights. So they built a LED light bulb inside the base. When the iPhone is close to the base, the LED light will automatically light up to help locate. With the LED lights, the two thought that they could add some other functions, such as the LED flashing when the call came in; the light hit the user's face to simulate the sunrise after the alarm sounded.
In fact, prior to Lumawake, many tech giants including Apple, Google, and Microsoft have tried to enter the user's living room and bedroom to seize the smart home market. But they first aimed at the television in the center of the living room. Over the past five years, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have each developed hardware and software, trying to transfer their control of Internet resources to television, to reach the user's living room. Previously Apple's AppleAirplay and AppleTV, Google's GoogleTV, and Microsoft's Xbox all reflected this trend. However, because of the copyright and content and other reasons, IT giants have a lot of resistance to enter the living room.
Just as the IT giants have stagnated, some small startups have quietly sneaked into the user's living room and living room. They bypassed the television and started with other small electronic devices, and developed some amazing applications around the smart phone terminal.
Smart thermostat Nest
One of the earliest people attracted attention was a startup called Nest Labs in Silicon Valley, California. It released a new type of thermostat Nest in 2011. This device, in combination with the iPhone, allows users to control the temperature in their home through a smartphone. Nest is completely different from the old-style thermostat, it has a pretty iPod turntable and excellent self-learning ability. This intelligent thermostat not only allows users to monitor home temperature anywhere, but also records user usage habits to save energy. The US$199 product immediately became popular in the United States after it went on the market, and it has firmly taken the lead in the U.S. thermostat market. It is worth mentioning that the founder of this company is Tony Fadell, the father of the famous iPod.
The successes of startups in small smart homes have clearly spurred IT giants, and they invariably choose to pull closer to the former through acquisitions. Just in the first three days of Christmas 2012, the Wall Street Journal first disclosed that Apple, Microsoft, and Google are bidding for R2 Studios, a mysterious technology company. The small company in Silicon Valley was founded in May 2011 and last year released an Android mobile app that can control home heating and lighting systems. Company founder Blake Krikorian had previously been a member of Amazon's executive and board of directors.
The bid soon produced results. Just after the 2013 New Year, the Wall Street Journal, which has continued to follow, confirmed that Microsoft won the final in this competition, but the final transaction amount was not revealed. R2 was immediately incorporated into Microsoft's Xbox division after its acquisition, and its founder, Krikorian, became Microsoft's vice president of interactive entertainment. Well-known technology media Engadget is very optimistic about this transaction, they think it can help Microsoft come from behind, regaining its advantage in the smart phone market in the smart phone market. For the aforementioned major IT giants, the battle for the living room and the living room has only just begun.
In response to the entry of IT giants, startups have chosen to collaborate on the Internet of Things platform.
"We really like the concept of the Internet of Things, which blurs the boundaries between physical and digital products," Sheppard said.
Smart Outlet BelkinWemo
So Lumawake has designed some interesting applications in conjunction with other smart home companies. For example, in cooperation with BelkinWemo, when the user falls asleep, the lights and TV in the home will be automatically closed; when the user wakes up, the curtains will be automatically pulled open, and the coffee machine will start to work; in addition, Lumawake plans to cooperate with another smart home company SmartThings. Collaborate to create an intelligent security system, when the user is asleep, the security equipment in the home will automatically start.
Lange said that their products use an open application programming interface (API), which means that users can design some other applications according to their needs.
According to statistics from the survey agency Transparency, the global smart home market in 2011 was US$16.9 billion. They predict that the market will grow at an average annual rate of 15.8% over the next few years and reach $47.4 billion in annual sales in 2018. A large part of this will be created by small startups.
In contrast, smart home companies in China far from the ocean have fallen far behind.
“China's smart home business is basically developed by companies in the electrical, electrical, and security industries.†Xiang Hongzhong, secretary general of the China Interior Decoration Association’s intelligence committee, said: “These companies’ sensibilities are far behind. ."
Currently leading in this field are some of the major electronics companies. Haier and Lenovo have developed some smart appliances such as smart TVs and smart refrigerators, but basically added some voice intelligence and other functions to the original appliances. “Their idea is to add some smart functions to the current system and connect with the computer. But this is not applicable in the era of mobile Internet,†said Xianghong.
Iphone smart base Lumawake
Greg Laugle had envisioned a smart alarm clock in college. He used an electroencephalogram scanner embedded in the alarm clock to monitor the user's brain waves, analyze the depth of his sleep, and put the user on light sleep. wake.
But when he told this idea to the professor, the professor's words poured a cold water on him.
"Electroencephalography scanners are too expensive, and you put them on the user's head will make them sleep worse."
Years later, Lange recalled that this was the most important lesson he had made from an engineer to an entrepreneur.
How to create a smart alarm clock with a low cost and a good user experience has always been an issue in Lange's mind. Lange also thought of using wristwatches as a carrier for smart alarm clocks, but had to give up because of compatibility problems.
One day after ten years when he was playing iPhone, he suddenly realized that the smart phone in front of him was the perfect carrier for that smart alarm clock. Lange and his friend and colleague, Drew Shepard, resigned from the work of the original electronics engineer and rushed to the project. Soon they designed a smart alarm clock and named it Lumawake.
Lumawake is actually an iPhone dock with an infrared sensor embedded inside. When the user puts the iPhone on the bedside to charge at night, the sensor can monitor the user's sleep. With the free download of the App, users can clearly understand their sleep and health from the iPhone.
"This is the first home automation device to be used while sleeping." Shempad, another founder of Lumawake, told reporters proudly.
When it comes to smart homes, we cannot but mention the concept of Internet of Things. According to the definition of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network that enables all common physical objects that can be independently addressed to communicate with each other.
Due to the closed space of the living room and bedroom, it has become a good carrier for the Internet of Things. In recent years, as the Internet has entered millions of households, many people have begun to think about connecting the closed home system in the home with the Internet, allowing users to remotely control home appliances in any corner of the world through the Internet. However, how to find a terminal control device that is portable and compatible with various electrical appliances is a problem.
Many years ago, Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak believed that a Universal Remote Control could be invented to control all appliances, but due to the lack of a stable connection medium and other electrical company’s With the cooperation, Wozniak's idea has always been difficult to achieve.
This situation has changed with the advent of the mobile Internet era. The smart phone is not only an internet terminal that can connect all the cloud devices, but also a small computer with sufficient computing power. Its unified operating system can be used as an application development platform. At the same time, it is small enough to allow users to carry around.
The smart phone is a perfect universal remote control
“We have found that transferring the user interface to the iPhone can reduce costs and enhance the user experience. We then designed a fun and practical product around it,†said Shepard.
After completing the basic function of the alarm clock, Lange and Shepard designed some other features around the iPhone. They found that it was difficult for users to find the base to charge the mobile phone after switching on the lights. So they built a LED light bulb inside the base. When the iPhone is close to the base, the LED light will automatically light up to help locate. With the LED lights, the two thought that they could add some other functions, such as the LED flashing when the call came in; the light hit the user's face to simulate the sunrise after the alarm sounded.
In fact, prior to Lumawake, many tech giants including Apple, Google, and Microsoft have tried to enter the user's living room and bedroom to seize the smart home market. But they first aimed at the television in the center of the living room. Over the past five years, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have each developed hardware and software, trying to transfer their control of Internet resources to television, to reach the user's living room. Previously Apple's AppleAirplay and AppleTV, Google's GoogleTV, and Microsoft's Xbox all reflected this trend. However, because of the copyright and content and other reasons, IT giants have a lot of resistance to enter the living room.
Just as the IT giants have stagnated, some small startups have quietly sneaked into the user's living room and living room. They bypassed the television and started with other small electronic devices, and developed some amazing applications around the smart phone terminal.
Smart thermostat Nest
One of the earliest people attracted attention was a startup called Nest Labs in Silicon Valley, California. It released a new type of thermostat Nest in 2011. This device, in combination with the iPhone, allows users to control the temperature in their home through a smartphone. Nest is completely different from the old-style thermostat, it has a pretty iPod turntable and excellent self-learning ability. This intelligent thermostat not only allows users to monitor home temperature anywhere, but also records user usage habits to save energy. The US$199 product immediately became popular in the United States after it went on the market, and it has firmly taken the lead in the U.S. thermostat market. It is worth mentioning that the founder of this company is Tony Fadell, the father of the famous iPod.
The successes of startups in small smart homes have clearly spurred IT giants, and they invariably choose to pull closer to the former through acquisitions. Just in the first three days of Christmas 2012, the Wall Street Journal first disclosed that Apple, Microsoft, and Google are bidding for R2 Studios, a mysterious technology company. The small company in Silicon Valley was founded in May 2011 and last year released an Android mobile app that can control home heating and lighting systems. Company founder Blake Krikorian had previously been a member of Amazon's executive and board of directors.
The bid soon produced results. Just after the 2013 New Year, the Wall Street Journal, which has continued to follow, confirmed that Microsoft won the final in this competition, but the final transaction amount was not revealed. R2 was immediately incorporated into Microsoft's Xbox division after its acquisition, and its founder, Krikorian, became Microsoft's vice president of interactive entertainment. Well-known technology media Engadget is very optimistic about this transaction, they think it can help Microsoft come from behind, regaining its advantage in the smart phone market in the smart phone market. For the aforementioned major IT giants, the battle for the living room and the living room has only just begun.
In response to the entry of IT giants, startups have chosen to collaborate on the Internet of Things platform.
"We really like the concept of the Internet of Things, which blurs the boundaries between physical and digital products," Sheppard said.
Smart Outlet BelkinWemo
So Lumawake has designed some interesting applications in conjunction with other smart home companies. For example, in cooperation with BelkinWemo, when the user falls asleep, the lights and TV in the home will be automatically closed; when the user wakes up, the curtains will be automatically pulled open, and the coffee machine will start to work; in addition, Lumawake plans to cooperate with another smart home company SmartThings. Collaborate to create an intelligent security system, when the user is asleep, the security equipment in the home will automatically start.
Lange said that their products use an open application programming interface (API), which means that users can design some other applications according to their needs.
According to statistics from the survey agency Transparency, the global smart home market in 2011 was US$16.9 billion. They predict that the market will grow at an average annual rate of 15.8% over the next few years and reach $47.4 billion in annual sales in 2018. A large part of this will be created by small startups.
In contrast, smart home companies in China far from the ocean have fallen far behind.
“China's smart home business is basically developed by companies in the electrical, electrical, and security industries.†Xiang Hongzhong, secretary general of the China Interior Decoration Association’s intelligence committee, said: “These companies’ sensibilities are far behind. ."
Currently leading in this field are some of the major electronics companies. Haier and Lenovo have developed some smart appliances such as smart TVs and smart refrigerators, but basically added some voice intelligence and other functions to the original appliances. “Their idea is to add some smart functions to the current system and connect with the computer. But this is not applicable in the era of mobile Internet,†said Xianghong.
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