For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2023/10/advanced-presence-sensing-what-it-means-for-the-smart-home-a-presentation-from-omdia/ Jack Narcotta, Principal Analyst for the Smart Home at Omdia, presents the “Advanced Presence Sensing: What It Means for the Smart Home” tutorial at the May 2023 Embedded Vision Summit. Eventually, homes will become highly autonomous—powered by ubiquitous, connected, intelligent devices (sometimes referred to as ambient computing)—but this remains a distant vision. In the meantime, advanced presence sensing innovations from component manufacturers, software developers and smart home device companies are enabling meaningful improvements in convenience, efficiency and safety. Omdia expects advanced presence detection to be adopted rapidly in the coming years, and to become a key factor in how consumers select devices and service providers. In this talk, Narcotta provides an overview of key enabling technologies, market appetite, consumer expectations and long-term outlook for advanced presence sensing in the home.

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Advanced Presence Sensing:
What It Means for the
Smart Home
Jack Narcotta
Principal Analyst, Smart Home
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• 2023: the year presence detection becomes present?
• Main topics of discussion:
• How is “presence detection” defined?
• Technologies/protocols enabling presence detection
• Consumer demand and potential use cases
• Long-term outlook for presence detection
Advanced Presence Sensing: What It Means
for the Smart Home
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Advanced Presence Sensing: Solution Types
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2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Intelligent
Understanding
Persistent Awareness
Differentiated
Detection
Motion Tracking
Motion Detection
Ambient computing; the “Holy Grail”
Mostly automatic adjustments room-to-room
Distinguish people/pets from objects
Follow detected objects across field of view
Basic, binary detection; “yes” or “no”

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Advanced Presence Sensing: Timeline
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Level 0
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Differentiated
Detection
Motion
Detection
Motion
Tracking
Persistent
Awareness
Intelligent
Understanding
2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s

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Advanced Presence Sensing:
State of the Market Today
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Bluetooth: Fast and simple with a catch or two
• Familiar and ubiquitous; limited range and signal strength
Wi-Fi: Almost everywhere; coverage issues linger
• Utility-like service; mesh Wi-Fi to the coverage rescue?
GPS: Enhanced accuracy with a few caveats
• Trusted, familiar; power-hungry, not as effective indoors
Emerging solutions: not just science fiction
• Radar, sonar and other audio processing, thermal

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Advanced Presence Sensing:
Cameras are Key to the Future
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Enhanced facial and person recognition
• Rapid improvement; soon to be a default offering?
Contextual awareness once presence is detected
• Combine embedded components with cloud analytics
Autonomous collaboration with other devices
• Tracking throughout the home; Matter plays a role here
Emerging solutions: not just science fiction
• Personalized smart rooms based on who is detected

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• Self-installed consumer
cameras purchased from
retailers are the foundation of
any presence sensing solution
• Solutions provided by
communications service
providers (ISPs, telcos,
interactive security providers)
will have more prominent
roles over the next 10 years
Advanced Presence Sensing: Starting Points
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• Discreet, camera-free
presence detection of
motion (including gait,
stability) and lack of
motion are in demand
• Working with patient
information and
privacy regulations will
be a challenge
Advanced Presence Sensing: Aging-in-Place
Emerges as a Potentially Perfect Use Case
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Advanced Presence Sensing: Market Dynamics
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Presence detection inhibitors
• Complex solutions weaken
consumer interest
• The “smart home as a service”
finish line is far, far away
Presence detection drivers
• Consumers desire more
context from smart home
alerts and notifications
• Brands eager to create
subscription-based services

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Advanced Presence Sensing: Outlook
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Presence detection is the start of ambient computing
• Binary (occupied/empty, open/closed) sensors and solutions
will rapidly evolve into intelligent endpoints
• Context is king for consumers
• More meaningful notifications, less spammy alerts
Buckle up, software developers and component makers
• The speed at which presence detection will enter the market
will be impressive
• Companies facilitating or enhancing presence detection need
to be careful to not implement tech for tech’s sake

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Thank you – enjoy the rest of the summit!
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