The walkie-talkie is an important device for the control personnel to enter the building and other areas. With the development of technology, in addition to meeting people's traditional needs, there are also new applications emerging. This article combines the interviews with the representative manufacturers of international leading brands of building intercom to analyze the intercom The future development trend of equipment.
Compared with the security triangle of video surveillance, access control, and anti-theft alarm, building intercom is easy to be ignored by people, but in terms of security, it is as important as the previous three, and in terms of market prospects, in recent years, due to the smart home development, the market volume has been further expanded. According to data from Grand View Research, the global intercom equipment market size was US$17.82 billion in 2018, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 12.8% from 2019 to 2025.
With the support of intelligence and openness, the current intercom solution is no longer a traditional call device, and the system has more new breakthroughs in the integration of remote management and other systems:
1. Integrated video is more widely used
Traditional intercom equipment is mainly based on pure audio. In the IP era, video intercom has become more common. Tomas Vystave, CPO of 2N, believes: "Video-based intercom equipment is a trend. With the blessing of network functions, high-definition video intercom has been widely used in residential and commercial properties. In the future, with the development of integration, there will be More new applications are being tapped.
However, the rise of video intercom equipment does not mean that audio intercom equipment has been eliminated from the market. In fact, some scenarios still use audio intercom due to factors such as user privacy, Aiphone Marketing Manager Brad Kamcheff said: "In schools, classroom communication or general announcements often use audio intercom. At the same time, in the hospital, the communication between nurses and patients also uses audio intercom.”
The integration with video surveillance systems in the office is very common, and it can be integrated with smart home equipment in home scenarios. At present, some high-end residences can already use the intercom system to achieve visual intercom, home care, and smart home applications. In this era, intelligence and openness are the two trends of intercom products. Integration makes the intercom system more secure, comfortable and convenient, and interprets smart life.
2. Remote control cloud intercom as standard
Anytime, anywhere control has become a standard feature of intercom solutions. Arya Varma, General Manager of TKH Security and Airport Solutions Asia, said: "The solution of remote control anytime, anywhere is becoming more and more popular, the server (control system) is placed in a redundant location, and the cloud-based intercom system will be the future development. trend."
Kamcheff said: "Remote access and monitoring is undoubtedly the biggest trend in the past few years, because it allows people to grasp the dynamics at any time. When it comes to some important scenarios, it can reduce the investment of manpower and make the visitor experience more smooth. During the epidemic, because people may work from home, they can also grasp the situation at the scene in time, which can also play a certain deterrent effect on criminals. "
3. Longer range wireless connectivity
Under normal circumstances, IP walkie-talkies are connected by Ethernet cables, and can also be connected wirelessly in the form of wi-fi. Varma believes that when the cost of data transmission decreases and the transmission distance is required to be longer, the method of cable connection will face challenges. Based on 4G Or 5G connectivity will have the opportunity to become mainstream. "This trend is not very clear at the moment, but it will definitely change in the future."
