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Sensor/Cloud based Lifestyle Systems to accelerate the growth of Smart Home networks
‘Senior Lifestyle’ first to roll-out in large volumes
Utrecht, The Netherlands - 02 September
2014 - GreenPeak Technologies, the industry leading Smart Home
semi-conductor/system company, today announces a family of new,
ground-breaking sensor and cloud based intelligent systems for Family
Lifestyle integrated with Social Media. The first release is a Senior
Lifestyle System that empowers children and their elderly parents to
privately and securely share lifestyle information, enabling the
seniors to feel safe and live longer at home independently, while their
children feel secure that their parents are well. The Senior Lifestyle
system is currently being rolled out to consumers in Germany and China
via Service Operators, such as cable operators, telco’s, and large
retailers.
GreenPeak’s Family Lifestyle Systems are built around a set of wireless
ZigBee sensor nodes located throughout the home and connected via an
internet gateway to a cloud based self-learning algorithm with advanced
behavior pattern recognition capabilities, that learns the normal day
to day activities and behavior of people in their home. When irregular
behavior or exception situations are identified, family or friends will
be notified via a smart phone application that can be integrated with
online messaging and social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp,
WeChat and QQ. In this way, these Lifestyle Systems keep family members
and loved ones informed, wherever they are, on how they are doing. With
a growing number of elderly people wishing to continue living in their
own home longer, the need for smart assisted living solutions is
rapidly increasing.
The essential elements of the system are the ease of installation and
the unobtrusiveness, providing privacy and security. The wireless
sensors can be installed in specific places in the home in a matter of
minutes, from where they connect via a gateway to the cloud over the
internet. Over a period of a few weeks and based on the inputs of the
sensors, the system automatically learns to identify normal behavior:
no programming of rules to define exception situations is required.
After the learning period, the system is able to separate normal inputs
from abnormal situations and can create alerts via messaging systems
and Social Media applications, with which it can be integrated. The
system is also totally unobtrusive. It does not require people to wear
devices and does not require cameras, preserving privacy, while at the
same time is very effective in creating peace of mind for elderly
people and their families.
'The system also provides general
information and longer term behavioral trends. For instance, the system
will identify and report when a person gradually starts to move slower.
The system has been intensively tested in care environments, has won
various awards for top quality home care and is now also available for
consumers.
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Senior Lifestyle Systems and the related cloud and expert applications
are currently in trial in both Germany and China through the Service
Operators and are expected to scale up in volume roll out later this
year, allowing Service Operators to offer new exciting services to
their subscribers. In the next phase, other Family Lifestyle
applications will be added. Junior Lifestyle, monitoring babies,
infants and children is the next in line to help families watch over
their loved ones, directly linking the Smart Home and Social Media.
About GreenPeak Technologies
GreenPeak Technologies is a fabless semiconductor/system company and
the leader in the IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee market with a rich offering
of semiconductor products and software technologies for Smart Home data
communications and the Internet of Things.
The GreenPeak founders have significantly contributed to the invention
of WiFi and made it into a commercial success, used by several billion
people today. GreenPeak is recognized as a leader in developing new
wireless technologies for consumer electronics and Smart Home
applications, demonstrating rapid growth and adoption by major
customers.
GreenPeak is privately funded. It is headquartered in Utrecht, The
Netherlands and has offices in Belgium, China, France, USA, Japan and
Korea.
For more information, please visit www.greenpeak.com.
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