What exactly do life-style "security equipment" need?

The phone rings and no one answers, and a missed call is displayed on the phone. We can easily know who made the call. But when you are out, you ca n’t know whether someone is visiting or what is happening in the house. What matters is not important.
This scenario may be a common example in life. I have to admit that when you are not at home, you will miss some things like this. A smart cat eye Peeple on kickstarter recently solved this matter well.

Simple Smart Cat Eye Peeple
Although it is called "smart cat's eye", Peeple is actually a small camera. After installing it in the cat's eye inside the door, it is detected by the built-in sensor and the doorbell line. When someone knocks on the door or rings the doorbell, Peeple will automatically shoot the video and send the situation in front of the door to the mobile phone.

In addition to being able to understand the situation in front of the door when you are out, you can also quickly see if the door is the person you want to see through the mobile phone at home, and choose whether to open the door. And when children are alone at home, they can also know who is in the house in time and let them know if they want to open the door.

Although Peeple is just a simple WiFi camera device, by capturing direct actions such as "knocking on the door" and "pressing the doorbell", it is not only simple and effective, but also reduces the chance of false positives. Compared with many smart devices that focus on "security", Peeple can really be used in life instead of giving us trouble.
Because Peeple's video is only turned on when knocking on the door, it will save a lot of power. Although the size is not large, the official claims that it can be used for six months on a charge. Of course, this data is a bit subjective. The use will still depend on you Usage scenarios and frequency. Because Peeple's camera parts are separated from the bottom adhesive base and can be moved, it will not affect the daily use of ordinary cat's eyes.
Find effective "input"
Small ants, fluorite, 360 and other companies have launched home security camera devices. Many products try to find an effective and accurate "input" through functions such as "motion detection" and "monitoring doors and windows". After analyzing them, they determine whether they are needed. Give feedback, but it is not easy to achieve technically, and it cannot avoid problems such as inaccurate recognition, high false alarm rate, and redundant storage information. The normally-open video detection also makes it unable to rely on battery drive, even causing hardware overheating and other problems .
Of course, in addition to these security camera devices, there are some so-called smart door magnetic devices. They seem to have not found an effective wake-up method similar to Peeple, so some door magnetic devices even return some "open" reminders to the mobile phone through the home gateway. , But it does not reflect some valuable information.
When such devices are not interconnected with other devices in the home, or when there are not enough sensors to form a network as the basis, the "input" obtained is relatively simple. At this time, it is necessary to find an accurate usage scenario. Combine to filter out some unnecessary "inputs". For example, tado, a smart device that focuses on air-conditioning control, detects the location of the mobile phone to verify whether the user is at home, and makes good use of the scenario where the user carries the mobile phone with him to make some accurate judgments before finally returning valuable information.

Get rid of the heavy "security shackles"
In addition to the above reminder-type security products, there are also some active, such as smart door lock security products. Previous Geek Choice has also reported on some security products, such as smart door locks from Sony.

The most important thing for smart door lock products is its anti-theft encryption technology, which mainly includes whether the encryption algorithm developed by the manufacturer of the inductive card reader is safe, the reliability of the identification technology such as fingerprints, and more The changes of safe unlocking methods such as unlocking, card unlocking, NFC unlocking, etc., also need its linkage alarm, automatic sensing function, and the encryption security of such products requires 100% reliability as much as possible.
However, we can't just rely on the completeness of technology. The frequency of use of door lock products is not very high. The ones we often contact with us are reminder security products, which are used by us to prevent problems before they happen. Products such as smart door sensors, smart doorbells, door and window sensors, and security alarms can only be passively detected and reminded, and what we need is reminders before they occur, such as when the thief knocks on the door to confirm that no one is at home Remind, not react after the door is "cracked", so the reminder loses its meaning.
Secondly, reminding how to reduce the false alarm rate is also a problem. But the most important thing is that the security function seems to have become their "yoke", resulting in these products not playing some practical role in daily life.

In fact, civil security devices are different from traditional security devices. If traditional security thinking is used to design and manufacture civilian products, it is difficult for everyone to accept them. In addition to price reasons, there is no formed sensor network as a basis in ordinary homes, so the installation cost and functions suitable for multiple scenarios are still particularly important, so Peeple conforms to these two aspects well compared to security systems.
Therefore, the current security products not only need to find a balance between accuracy and complexity, but also find common needs in security functions and daily functions.
Perhaps protecting the safety of the family is the most important task, but as a "member" of the family, under the premise of doing their own "work", they should also play some roles in daily life, even if it is a simple reminder, This is the product we really want.