The Trend
Lately, the mobility of devices from being analog to digital is picking up pace rapidly. This trend towards digitization and networking based on standard, has been clearly led by security cameras. The security industry, fire panels, access door controllers, other audio and video systems, and intrusion detection systems are following the suit at a pretty fast pace. In last few decades, the change has been the most dramatic in the security industry, paving the stepping-stone for IoT journey to pick up pace to become a big phenomenon soon.
Emerging inter-connectivity
The inter-connectivity between the products is emerging at fast clip, and most devices have gone through vast development in this feature. Though, the connectivity doesn’t necessarily mean Ethernet or WiFi interface in such products. Some Products like security cameras may benefit immensely from such connectivity, other devices with sensors such as fire and intrusion detectors may not, if they are already connected to IP enabled controllers, e.g. via LSN (Local Security Network)
Emerging opportunities
IOT surely involves bringing meaningful data from the devices into the backend to enable and support them; a remote maintenance application is a good example of this. Such applications are fed by real time data such as the dust level, fire detectors are experiencing and can thus predict a failure before it actually occurs. The operations and usefulness of the systems can be enhanced immensely with the use of IoT by fetching the meaningful data and bridging it with algorithm to convey information to users to enable them to comprehend it and act upon it faster, efficiently and effectively; video analytics for security cameras conveying information regarding possible fire, theft or intrusion is a prime example for this.
Emerging Transformation
IoT is opening up completely new world, which offers drastic transformation to the way we use devices routinely. The Audio-video devices, electrical and electronic appliances like lighting, AC, washing machine, refrigerator will undergo great transformation from operational point of view. The possibility of remote operations with enhanced monitoring and control has opened new horizons for devices to be used differently for enhanced standard of living.
In our endeavor to enhance user friendliness with better effectiveness, and our technical expertise has been aided greatly by IoT by enabling to connect every-day devices to convert them to ‘smart devices’ resulting in efficiency improvements, economic benefits, and reduced human exertions.