Dallas, TX, USA (August 27, 2014) -- Unlock your doors and throw away your keys. An emerging company named Chui has combined facial recognition with advanced computer vision and machine learning techniques to make your face your key. "The great thing about your face," says CEO and Co-Founder Shaun Moore, "is that you can't lose it, nor can it be hacked or stolen." Welcome news considering over 20 million keys were lost, and 3.1 million smart phones were stolen in the U.S. last year. (i ii)
Chui's first product is a uniquely intelligent doorbell that uses facial recognition to make one's home keyless, secure, and individualized. Its technology can be proactively set to recognize individuals and perform tasks unique to them. Among other functions, Chui unlocks one's front door and enables other connected home devices upon facial recognition, setting them to the preferences of recognized individuals: adjusting the temperature to that perfect 72 degrees, illuminating lights to one's ideal mood, turning on the TV, and even igniting a connected fireplace (more functions at end of release).
See more of what Chui can do in this recently released commercial
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM_aW4k4qAI
Between 2012-2013, the home-automation market grew by 66 percent, and an estimated 36 million North American and European homes are projected to be smart within the next three years. (iii) While several companies seek to capitalize on the booming market, Chui maintains a unique edge. According to Seth Johnson and Jason Griffing, co-hosts of the popular HomeTech.FM, "There are a number of products on the market that can alert to you to someone being at your door, and send you alerts, notifications, and live streaming video based on this information. And while Chui can do all of this, what takes the product to the next level is its facial recognition technology."
Beyond the home, Chui can be a gateway for the entire Internet of Things (IoT), an industry projected to produce $19 trillion in revenue by 2020. Chui can improve access control, membership management, employee check-in, and numerous other advances. Its technology also allows for more advanced data analysis, enhancing customers' experiences with businesses, through analytics-informed interactions. And while Chui is excited about future commercial applications, for Moore and his team it all begins at home: "To have a smart world we are aware that we need to create smart homes, then smart communities, and then smart cities. That is why Chui's first product makes our increasingly smart homes keyless, secure, and individualized."
Launching only four months ago, Chui has acquired $73,232 in pre-order sales with customers in 32 countries, and was recently named 1 of 19 Semi-Finalists, among a field of 800 international companies, for the Cisco Internet of Things (IoT) Grand Innovation Challenge. Up to six Finalists will be chosen by a panel of Senior Cisco leaders to attend the IoT World Forum in Chicago, October 14-16 to compete for a share of $250,000 in prize money.
For Chui's full Cisco IoT Challenge entry visit here.
CHUI Functions
Keyless
• Unlocks one's front door, upon facial recognition when paired with a Internet connected lock
• Opens your doors to invited guests, even from halfway around the world - without interacting with your phone
• Allows an owner to engage in live conversations with visitors
• Lets you leave prerecorded/personalized messages for expected guests, while an owner is away
Secure
• Replaces the need to transfer passwords, just use your face
• Documents a non-alterable and time-stamped record of visitors
• Delivers real-time notifications with a visitor's face and time-stamp to a Chui owner's smart phone/tablet
• Cannot be fooled by a picture or video and learns changes in facial appearance
Individualized
• Can be proactively set to recognize individuals and perform tasks unique to them
• Enables connected devices upon facial recognition
• Ensures an owner has complete control over who enters their home
• Acts as a "personal bouncer" keeping unwanted guests away through a "Do Not Disturb Function" - Chui can even break-up with a girlfriend/boyfriend - think of it as the new break-up text
(i) "Alarming Statistics - The Loss and Recovery of Valuable Items Is a Significant Issue around the World. Some Recent Studies Present Some Sobering Numbers." MicroTrax. January 1, 2014.
(ii) "Smart Phone Thefts Rose to 3.1 Million Last Year, Consumer Reports Finds Industry Solution Falls Short, While Legislative Efforts to Curb Theft Continue." ConsumerReports.org. May 28, 2014.
(iii) Kurkinen, Lars. "Berg Insight, Smart Homes and Home Automation Report Summary." Smart Homes and Home Automation 2nd Series, no. M2M Research Series, 2013 (2013).
Company Name: Chui
Contact Person: Patrick Kobler
Email:Send Email
Phone: 214-766-6798
City: Dallas
State: TX
Country: United States
Website: http://www.getchui.com
