why mobile operators should take control of air
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Why mobile operators should take control of air conditioning and bring
home energy management.
Daniel Chun
#SmartAirCon @djychun
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Company Background
Established Shenzhen R&D Centre
1988
Launched the world’s first programmable universal remote control
HK Governor's Award
Join Z-Wave & ZigBee Alliance
1997 2008
New business unit management
2011 2015
Traditional ODM/OEM
Launched cloud based IR code library database
New Leadership
Home Automation and Cloud-based IR solution
Company grew out of Bondwell Computers and formed in 1988 involved in traditional OEM/ODM and smart remote control, start transforming in 2008
Established 1st IR database licensee
Launched 1st Z-Wave enabled home automation products
Shipped 1st MCU solution for embedded system
1985
World’s first patent of remote controller is actually from Nikola Tesla
h#ps://www.google.com/patents/US613809
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MECHANISM OF MOVING VESSELS OR VEHICLES
Data-As--Service (DAAS)
IR codes are captured from original remote controls purchased or supplied by our strategic partners, MSO partners, customers. This well-defined process on procurement, capturing, records and code data management enables traceability and completeness
Delivery: Release DB (data) DB Summary Manual, App Note Release note
Validation: QA (Application device, using our own RT400 engine) QC (DB, code list) Field Test
Add: Device and remote record IR Code capture (Re-Engineering)
Source: Gap analysis Purchase list Purchasing Agency Strategic partner Customer Feedback
Coverage: Market Analysis Study Coverage report Maintenance report Brand analysis
Build: Filter & Produce DB(data) Apply digital watermark Generate code list.
IR Code Lib database
CSABVD is our purpose-built and proprietary business process to ensure high quality and frequent update of Infrared codes database.
IR Code Library Maintenance Business Process
Completed our industry-grade cloud-hosted IR code database that supplies the IR code for all major consumer air-conditioners and fans, and A/V devices
CONFIDENTIAL -‐ REMOTEC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2015-‐16
Cloud-hosted IR code database
Bondwell B310sx
World’s first public mobile packet data network
One of HK’s first dial-up ISP with BBS
World’s first LEO Iridium 66-satellites network
Kodak Interactive Unix later sold to Sun Microsystem
HK first Mobile App Coder Mobile Betting with HKJC
Mobile telecom and Internet Services
34% Problems and Opportunities
Reference : Environment Bureau, (2015). Energy Saving Plan for Hong Kong’s Built Environment 2015-2025+, Retrieved on Nov 30 at http://www.enb.gov.hk/sites/default/files/pdf/EnergySavingPlanEn.pdf
34%
Fact no. 1. Between Jan-Oct 2015, electricity consumption in HK has reached 138,989,000,000,000,000 joules Source: CS&D http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/sp90.jsp?tableID=127&ID=0&productType=8
Fact no. 2. In 2012, 43,100,000 tonnes of CO2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission was recorded in HK and 90% of which originated from consumption of Energy. Source: EMSD Hong Kong Energy End-use Data 2015 http://www.emsd.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_762/HKEEUD2015.pdf
This is more than 1/3 and a big enough problem
In HK, 34% of electricity consumption is due to air-conditioning
USD 179.90 USD 199.00 USD 100.00
Hong Kong Germany Taiwan China
USD 15.00
Climate Control, Energy Management Marketspace is growing
TP-‐RC-‐1 BUZZI Smart AC
Recipient of HKICT Award 2015 / RISE award REMOTEC’s current customers in chipsets and IR Code Library
Remotely controlling appliances via mobile app is growing in market size – with many similar IoT products and app available
Are these innovations too early ?
Wi-Fi Only
Infra Red Signal
One Room Only No support for fans
3 Bedrooms + 1 Living Rm
USD > $700
3 Bedrooms + 1 Living Rm
USD $95
Green Design by reusing an old phone which lower cost Support HK Tech and use DragonChip’s RT400 MCU Remoteble Cloud-hosted IR code library Support all fans in Hong Kong Uses BT Smart and BLE to handle data transfer of IR codes Pledge 5% profit as CSR fund to advocate SmartAirCon.org Looking for MSO and MVNO operator to partner with us
Our product uses a spare smartphone and BLE sensors, with a mobile app and act as a gateway to programming & controlling air
conditioners and fans for all rooms.
Overview of our proposed product
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Internet
Mobile Network
Choice of Indoor temperature and humidity data Texas Instrument HDC1000 humidity and temperature sensor STMicroelectronics HPS221 humidity and temperature sensor
DragonChip RT400 MCU has our firmware and works well together with our Remoteble cloud-hosted infrared code library accessing over various brand of air conditioners
Open data (data.gov.hk)
IR Signal
Spare Smartphone Air conditioners are mostly
controlled by infrared signals
Mobile Apps (Client) IR controlled Fan
Qualcomm CSR 1010 URC SDK TI HDC1000
Apps (Gateway)
Connecting other data source
Human (PIR) sensor
Door sensor Beacons
Sensors & API data Data.HK / Yahoo Weather Smart Metering
Temp & Humidity sensor
60% of the air-conditioners at home and in some commercial offices uses Infrared signal for remote control and setting temperature
Our proposed solution is a new family of IoT products
Smart wrist brand (eg. Jawbone, Misfit )
Energy Saving and Environmental Impact • To eliminate the peak demand of electricity consumption • To reduce consumers’ electricity bill by 3% - 10% in air
conditioning • To reduce the emission of CO2
Social Impact • Remotec will pledge 5% profit of this product family sold in
HK to a CSR fund to create awareness and advocacy in the smart use of air conditioner
Open Data • To use public open data and also to collect consumption
data using sensors and data API for analysis and for developing machine learning profiles
Objectives
a product family that smartly controls IR-controlled air conditioners and fans
• Mobile subscriber (Dec 2015) 228.5% • Mobile subscribers (Dec 2015) 16,735,727 • 2.5/3/4G mobile subs (Dec 2015) 14,737,428 • Total TV households (Jan 2016) 2,455,000 • Customer with broadband (Dec 2015) 2,335,662
Internet, Mobile and TV penetration in Hong Kong
(source: Census, OFCA)
Deregulations in Energy Market
h#p://www.bloomberg.com/news/arRcles/2015-‐10-‐26/the-‐67-‐billion-‐prize-‐on-‐offer-‐as-‐japan-‐shakes-‐up-‐power-‐market
Look for opportunities across industry
Tokyo Electric Power, Japan’s largest uRlity, announced a partnership with So_Bank Group this month to package power, telephone and Internet service. More partnerships may be on the horizon as companies bundle offerings to scoop up more customers.
Telecom Operators
Energy Providers
Enabling IoT
Solutions Platform
tado° today announced its partnerships with AT&T and UK-‐based O2 to improve life at home through connecRvity. Telecoms have historically developed from landline to mobile communicaRons and are now coming to the next phase of not only connecRng computers and handsets but also the important things in our homes for more comfort, efficiency and security.
CONFIDENTIAL -‐ REMOTEC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2015-‐16
Key Competing Factors
Product Innovations
Multiple Use Cases IR Code Library
database
BLE and IR R&D Expertise
Marketing & Distribution Channel
Implementation knowhow
Four Action Framework - ERRC Grid
ERRC Grid for SmartAirCon
Eliminate Raise
Reduce Create
Wi-Fi chipsets Bluetooth / BLE chipsets CPU core Flash memory No need for power adaptor
Green - reuse smartphone Flexibility - firmware to apps Support HK’s tech (DragonChip) Engage Mobile operators as partners Mobile apps to do machine learning
Bills of material cost End User device cost Use of components
Support fan profiles Multi-room case Cloud-hosted IR Code library Home security options CSR Campaign Open data connectivity Thermostat for USA/Europe
IR Signal
IR Signal
IR Signal
BLE signal
BLE thermostat
Wifi, 4G/3G, SMS, BT, BLE connecRvity
Multi-room use case
Living Room
Bedroom 1
IR Signal
Bedroom 3
Bedroom 2
SmartAirCon caters for mulRple rooms use cases with fans
IR Signal
IR Signal
BLE signal
Wifi, 4G/3G, SMS, BT, BLE connectivity
Living Room
Bedroom 1
IR Signal
Bedroom 3
Bedroom 2
Suitable for Asia / Hong Kong
Thank you www.Remotec.com.hk www.RemoteBLE.com
White Paper http://1drv.ms/1CjUzCB