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░Problem
Telus, Canada’s leading communication technology company wished to provide smart home services to customers based on custom camera hardware & firmware integrated with a cloud platform & mobile app. An end-to-end custom solution was needed to meet the unique needs of a telco offering a managed service.
▒Solution
Delivered 3 premium smart home cameras integrated with a cloud platform & mobile app enabling profitable smart home services nationwide & global sales.
Premium Edge-AI Computer Vision
Leveraged the increased customer-lifetime value of a service model to specify a class-leading vision AI system-on-chip & edge-AI machine vision objection detection models as this technology enabled all the core value propositions & minimised operating cost. Overhead was provided for future software upgrades.
Extensive Integration Testing
Integrated device firmware with an AWS-developed cloud platform & an in-house developed mobile app. Given the complex development environment, integration testing was critical. Real world beta testing was undertaken with 5000 participants.
Extreme Operating Conditions
To provide a national service, a heater was integrated to extend the operating range of components down to -40°C & extensive thermal simulation & testing was conducted to develop cost-effective passive cooling within the class-leading small size envelope for operating up to 50°C.
▓Leadership
Established a 5 year roadmap for superiority in home security & convenience based on whole home sensing & advanced AI on the edge
Led negotiations & partnerships with manufacturers & core technology providers including AI System-on-Chip (SoC) & edge-AI software vendors
Owned all aspects of product design & development across the product lifecycle, including research, prototyping, testing, & integration of hardware & firmware, requirements & specifications, project schedule & risk management, partner relationships, business casing, & supply chain operations
Collaborated closely with AWS to develop an integrated cloud platform & app. This encompassed creating Application Programming Interfaces (API), data storage & AI analysis architecture, device onboarding processes, & support infrastructure to create a scalable solution
Collected & analysed valuable user data to create actionable insights by running beta testing with over 5k users nationally
█Impact
Designed, developed, & launched 3 premium smart home cameras with market-leading AI System-on-Chip (SoC) & edge-AI object detection in under a year
Scaled production to ~300k units per annum within 2 years
$6M in annual cost savings compared to legacy products
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