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Smart Solutions Unveiled for Emerging Trends

The rapid development of 5G and IoT technologies has been powering smart living and opening up new horizons for future lifestyles. To address the emerging demands, ITRI has been dedicated to developing innovative solutions in areas such as smart healthcare, smart homes, gaming, and eSports. Innovations such as a contactless respiration monitor, a smart door lock, and mobile edge computing technology were unveiled at MWC 2019 in Barcelona in late February.

ITRI Contactless Respiration Measurement Device via WiFi

Unlike common breathing monitors that need physical contact for respiration detection, ITRI developed a CSI (Channel State Information)-based indoor monitor system that measures one’s breathing in real time by a non-contact method. The user only needs to connect the device to the WiFi access point, and then the respiration condition can be detected. Through signal processing, the monitor recognizes physiological signs immediately and sends a report to the designated mobile device for data storage and further analysis.

ITRI developed a CSI-based indoor system to detect breathing by a non-contact method.

ITRI developed a CSI-based indoor system to detect breathing by a non-contact method.

ITRI Bluetooth Smart Door Lock

ITRI worked with the electronic lock company KEEFREE (Long Cyuan Co. Ltd.) to develop a Bluetooth smart door lock. The innovation allows you to open, close and lock doors from your mobile phone. It can also share virtual keys and manage them remotely. Moreover, it enables auto-unlock when close to the door or manual door opening via direct contact with the smartphone. The device can even track the history of lock openings and closures.

A smart door lock was developed by ITRI and KEEFREE.

A smart door lock was developed by ITRI and KEEFREE.

ITRI iMEC

In the new generation of 5G networks where mobile edge computing plays a key role, ITRI iMEC (Intelligent Mobile Edge Computing), co-developed with Gigabyte, provides a new network architecture that gives better user experience. The data does not travel to centralized servers but rather to the periphery, which is closer to the users. This allows faster data traffic, improves server response time, and lowers latency.

In scenarios such as virtual reality, augmented reality, or video streaming, this new technology takes the lead. For instance, ITRI iMEC was integrated with a virtual simulator for eSports developed by Brogent Technologies, one of the world-leading simulator producers. The demo at MWC 2019 has successfully shown the product’s agility and power supported by the ITRI iMEC platform, which allows multiple players to explore the virtual experience at the same time, and provides them with total freedom of movement and control.

ITRI iMEC was applied in Brogent Technologies’ virtual simulator for eSports.

ITRI iMEC was applied in Brogent Technologies’ virtual simulator for eSports.

ITRI iMEC has also been applied in products such as the smart glasses developed by Jorjin Technologies, another exhibit at this years’ MWC. With ITRI iMEC, the smart glasses allow browsing both on the device and through the computer; moreover, their remote function offers instant visual images to experts, who are able to give instructions in real time.

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