I-Lifei isivele yaba wuphawu oluhamba phambili emkhakheni wezinto zikagesi zasekhaya, enikeza uhla oluphelele lwezinto ezihlakaniphile nezingasebenzisi ugesi kakhulu ezibuyekeza indlela yokuphila yesimanje. Le nkampani igxile ekuhlanganiseni ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe nezidingo zansuku zonke zikagesi, iqinisekisa ukuthi yonke imikhiqizo iletha kokubili ukuba lula nokwethembeka. Abanikazi bezindlu namuhla babhekana nezinselelo eziningi, kusukela ekuphathweni kwamandla kagesi ashintshashintshayo ezindlini kuya ekubhekaneni nokwanda kukagesi okungalindelekile endaweni yami, futhi i-Lifei ixazulula lezi zinkinga ngobunjiniyela obuqinile kanye nomklamo ohlakaniphile. Uhlu lwabo luhlanganisa izishintshi ezihlakaniphile, izindawo zikagesi ezonga ugesi, namabhodi okusabalalisa ahlakaniphile asebenza kahle ngaphakathi kwesistimu yedijithali. Ngokubeka phambili ukuphepha nokusimama, i-Lifei isiza imindeni ukuthi yehlise ukusetshenziswa kukagesi wasekhaya ngaphandle kokudela ukusebenza. Ukuzibophezela kohlobo emikhiqizweni esezingeni eliphezulu kuyenze yaba igama elinokwethenjwa emikhaya nasemabhizinisini ngokufanayo, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi lapho izakhamuzi zikhathazeka ngokungabi bikho kukagesi endaweni yami ngenxa yokungazinzi kwenethiwekhi. Ngokugcizelela kakhulu ubuchwepheshe obusha, i-Lifei iguqula indlela esicabanga ngayo ngayo yonke imishini yendlu kagesi, isuka ekulungiseni okungazelelwe iye ekuphathweni kwamandla okuzenzakalelayo. Lesi sethulo sibeka isiteji sokuhlola okujulile imigqa yemikhiqizo ye-Lifei, ubuchwepheshe bayo obuthuthukisiwe, nomthelela wangempela emakhaya nasemabhizinisini emhlabeni wonke.

I-Lifei inikeza inhlobonhlobo yemikhiqizo kagesi yasekhaya ehambisana nezidingo zokuhlala nezamabhizinisi, kanti izishintshi ezihlakaniphile nezimbobo ezonga ugesi ziyingxenye enkulu yohlu lwazo. Le mikhiqizo yakhelwe ukugada nokulawula ukusetshenziswa kukagesi wasekhaya ngesikhathi sangempela, inikeze abasebenzisi ukubona okuningiliziwe kumaphethini abo okusebenzisa amandla. Izishintshi ezihlakaniphile zisekela ukushintsha ukude ngama-mobile apps, kanti izimbobo zihlanganisa ukuvikelwa ngokweqile nezici zokuhlela ezivimbela ukuchitha. Ukuze kufakwe ngaphandle, i-Lifei inemigqa enikezelwe njengeUkukhanyisa kwangaphandleizixazululo ezibekezelela isimo sezulu esibi futhi zigcine ukusebenza kahle. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingqalasizinda yabo yokuxhuma izintambo nemibhobho, etholakala nge-Imibhobho isigaba, siqinisekisa ukuthi konke ukufakwa kuhlangabezana namazinga aphezulu okuphepha. Ngokuhlanganisa konke kusukela ezintweni zangaphakathi kuya ezinhlelweni zangaphandle, i-Lifei ihlinzeka ngohlelo oluphelele olwenza lula ukuphathwa kukagesi wasekhaya kuwo wonke umnikazi wekhaya.

Inhliziyo yezinto ezihlinzekwa yi-Lifei yinkundla eyinkimbinkimbi yokuhlanganisa i-IoT exhuma amadivayisi esikhungweni esiphakathi, ivumela izimpendulo ezizenzakalelayo ezimweni eziguqukayo njengokwanda kwamandla endaweni yami. Ubuchwepheshe buqhubeka buqapha ugesi wendlu futhi buqeda ngokushesha ugesi lapho kutholwa izinto ezingajwayelekile, buvikela izinto zikagesi ezibucayi ekulimaleni. Imikhiqizo ye-Lifei iphinde ibe ne-surge arrestors eyakhelwe ngaphakathi kanye ne-thermal sensors ezixwayisa abasebenzisi nge-push notifications, kunciphisa ingozi yomlilo kagesi. Uhlelo olusekelwe emafini luvumela izibuyekezo ze-firmware emoyeni, luqinisekisa ukuthi amadivayisi ahlala esesikhathini neziqhakulo zakamuva zokuphepha kanye nama-algorithms okonga amandla. Ngokusebenzisa i-machine learning, inkundla ye-Lifei izivumelanisa nemikhuba yabasebenzisi kanye nezibikezeli zezulu ukuze kuncishiswe kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kukagesi kwasekhaya. Leli lungiselelo lobuchwepheshe aligcini nje ngokuthuthukisa ukuphepha kodwa futhi liletha ukonga okubambekayo, okwenza kube ukukhetha okukhangayo kwabanikazi bezindlu abanolwazi lobuchwepheshe kanye nabaphathi bezindawo ngokufanayo.

I-Lifei ihlukile kumikhiqizo yendabuko ngokuqina okungajwayelekile, iziqinisekiso eziphelele, nokusekelwa kwamakhasimende okusheshayo okudlula ukuthenga kokuqala. Ngenkathi izimbangi eziningi zinikeza ukumbozwa okuyisisekelo kuphela, i-Lifei iyayisekela imikhiqizo yayo ngezinkokhelo zeminyaka eminingi kanye nenethiwekhi yesevisi enikezelwe ebhekana nezinkinga ngokushesha. Ukugxila kohlobo ekusebenzeni kahle kwamandla kusho ukuthi amakhasimende avame ukubona ukwehla okulinganisekayo ekusetshenzisweni kukagesi wasekhaya phakathi nenyanga yokuqala yokufakwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhambisana kwe-Lifei nezinsiza zezwi ezinkulu kanye ne-smart home ecosystems kunciphisa ukungqubuzana kubasebenzisi abavuselela kusuka ezinhlelweni ezindala. Ukubambisana kwabo kokusabalalisa, okuhlanganisa nalokho okukhonjiswe ngeUgesi we-DELIXIikhathalogi, inikeza ukufinyelela ezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziqinisekisiwe. Lezi zinzuzo ngokubambisana zenza i-Lifei ibe inketho ephansi yezindleko zokuba nayo uma iqhathaniswa nemikhiqizo kagesi evamile, ikakhulukazi kulabo abaphatha izindawo eziningi noma izakhiwo zezentengiselwano.

Uhambo lukaLifei lwaqala ngomgomo ocacile wokwenza ubuchwepheshe bamagesi asekhaya ahlakaniphile bufikeleleki, futhi eminyakeni edlule inkampani iqhubeke yethula izixazululo ezintsha ezibhekana nezinselelo zangempela zamagesi. Idatha yomlando ikhombisa ukuthi uLifei ubeyingomunye wabokuqala emakethe yawo ukuhlanganisa ukuvikelwa kwamagagasi kagesi ezindaweni zokuxhuma ezijwayelekile, isinyathelo esathakaselwa kakhulu ezifundeni ezivame ukuba namagagasi kagesi kakhulu endaweni yami. Ukuguquka komugqa womkhiqizo wabo kufana namathrendi amakhulu embonini aya ekuhlukaniseni nasekwenzeni izinto ezivuselelekayo, neminikelo yakamuva esekela izinhlelo zokugcina amandla ebhethri elanga ezifakwe ngaphansi kwe-Amandla amashaisigaba. Ukuhlaziywa kwamanje kwemakethe kubonisa ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwe-Lifei kukhule ngaphezu kuka-40% unyaka nonyaka, okuqhutshwa ukwanda kwesidingo sezixazululo ezonga ugesi phakathi kwamanani kagesi ashintshashintshayo. Uma kuqhathaniswa nabakhiqizi bakagesi bendabuko, i-Lifei inikeza izinga eliphezulu lokulawula kanye nokubonakala kwedatha, okuvumela abasebenzisi ukuthi balandelele ngqo ukuthi ugesi udliwa nini futhi kuphi. Lokhu kubonakala okuningiliziwe kusiza imindeni ukuthi ilungiselele izimo lapho kungase kungabikho ugesi endaweni yami ngokwenza kahle ukugcinwa kwebhethri nokukhishwa kukagesi. Ithimba le-R&D lenkampani liqhubeka nokuphucula izivumelwano ze-IoT ukunciphisa ukubambezeleka nokuthuthukisa ukuxhumana kwedivayisi iye kudivayisi, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinqubo zokuzenzakalela zisebenza kahle. Emkhakheni wokuncintisana ogcwele izimpahla ezingenisiwe ezijwayelekile, ukugcizelelwa kwe-Lifei ekufakazelweni, ukuthobela imithetho yendawo, nokusekelwa ngemuva kokuthengisa kukwenzile ukuba kube umphakeli okhethwayo phakathi kwabakontilaka nabathuthukisi bezakhiwo. Ukuhambisana kwamasu nezitayela zamandla avuselelekayo kubeka i-Lifei hhayi njengomthengisi womkhiqizo, kodwa njengomlingani ekufakweni kukagesi okusimeme ekhaya.

Ukulungiswa kokukhanyisa okuhlakaniphile ezindlini ezihlala abantu emphakathini wasemakhaya onamakhaya angu-200 kwabonisa ikhono le-Lifei lokunciphisa izinkinga ezivamile zikagesi. Ngaphambi kokuthuthukiswa, izakhamuzi zazivame ukukhononda ngokukhanya okucwayizayo kanye namandla kagesi angazinzile endlini, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi samahora aphezulu. I-Lifei yafaka ama-dimmer ahlakaniphile, ama-timer azenzakalelayo, kanye nama-voltage stabilizer aqinisekisa ukuthi amandla kagesi ayazinzile futhi anciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okukhanyisa ngo-28%. Abanikazi bezindlu babike ukuthi bazizwa bephephile ngokwazi ukuthi uhlelo luzocisha ngokuzenzakalelayo izifunda ngesikhathi samandla kagesi aqinile endaweni yami, luvikela izinto ezifana nezi-refrigerator kanye namayunithi e-HVAC. Lo msebenzi ubuye wahlanganisa nokuqeqeshwa komphakathi wonke mayelana nendlela yokusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lweselula lwe-Lifei, olwavumela izakhamuzi ukuthi ziqaphe ukusetshenziswa kukagesi wasekhaya ngesikhathi sangempela. Izinhlolovo zangemva kokufakwa zikhombise izinga lokwaneliseka elingu-92%, nabahlanganyeli abaningi bagcizelela ukuthula kwengqondo okutholwa ekuvikelweni okuzenzakalelayo kwamandla kagesi kanye namakhono okuqapha akude.

Esikhathini sokuphathwa kwamandla kwezentengiso, isakhiwo samahhovisi esiphakathi esishintshe iphaneli yaso kagesi endala nesistimu yokusabalalisa ehlakaniphile ye-Lifei. Le ndawo yayivele ihlangabezane nezinkinga zokuvalwa njalo ngenxa yokuphazamiseka okungalindelekile, okuvame ukushiya abasebenzi bebuza ukuthi kungani kungabikho ugesi endaweni yami ngesikhathi samahora abalulekile omsebenzi. Isixazululo se-Lifei sifakele iziqaphi zamajika esekethe, ukucisha okuzenzakalelayo komthwalo, nokuhlanganiswa kwebhethri elisekelayo eligcine ukukhanya okubalulekile namaseva esebenza ngisho nangesikhathi sokungaphumeleli kukagesi. Emavikini ayishumi nambili, isakhiwo sinciphise isilinganiso sayo sonke sokusetshenziswa kukagesi wasekhaya ngo-22% (okubalwe ngokwezentengiso), futhi isikhathi sokubuyisa imali esingaphansi kwezinyanga ezingu-18. Umphathi wezindawo wagcizelela kalula ukukhiqiza imibiko yokuhambisana nezivivinyo zamandla, njengoba inkundla ye-Lifei ikhiphe idatha yokusetshenziswa ngokuzenzakalelayo. Leli cala libonisa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe be-Lifei bukhula kusuka emakhaya omndeni owodwa kuye ezindaweni zezentengiso eziningi ngaphandle kokudela ukwethembeka noma isipiliyoni somsebenzisi.

Ubufakazi bekhasimende elivela kumphakathi womhlalaphansi ohlala endaweni yasemakhaya bugcizelela ukwethembeka kwe-Lifei ezindaweni ezinobunzima. Indawo yabo yayinensizakalo engazinzile, enokushintshashintsha kagesi njalo endaweni yabo okwakusuke konakalise amathelevishini amabili nomshini wamanzi. Ngemuva kokufaka isivikelo sokushintshashintsha kwesikhalenda esiphelele kanye nephanelethi ye-breaker ehlakaniphile ye-Lifei, umbhangqwana wabona ukwehluleka kwezinto zikagesi okungu-zero eminyakeni emibili. Indoda yaphawula ukuthi izexwayiso zesikhathi sangempela zesistimu zabenza bazethemba ukushiya indlu izikhathi eziningi, beziqonda ukuthi bangakwazi ukuqapha ugesi wasendlini ukude. Umfazi wazisa isici sokulandelela amandla, esabasiza ukuthi babone isiqandisi esidala esasebenzisa ugesi omkhulu wasendlini futhi basishintshele imodeli esebenza kahle ngamandla. Indaba yabo ingenye yeziningi ezikhonjiswa yi-Lifei kuIkhaya ikhasi bese Izindaba isigaba, sibonisa inani langempela emhlabeni ngaphezu kwezinkulumo zokumaketha.

Ukufaka imikhiqizo kagesi yasendlini yakwa-Lifei kwenzelwe ukuba kube lula, ngokumakwa okucacile, imihlahlandlela yezintambo ezinebala, namavidiyo emihlahlandlela anika amandla abathanda ukuzenzela ukuthi bathuthukise izintambo zikagesi endlini yabo ngaphandle kokuqasha ugesi. Izishintshi ezihlakaniphile nezimbobo eziningi zisebenzisa osayizi abajwayelekile bebhokisi elingemuva futhi azidingi i-hub eyengeziwe ukuze kusebenze okuyisisekelo, yize izici eziphelele ze-IoT zivuleka lapho zixhunywe ku-Lifei bridge. Abasebenzisi bangakwazi ukuqedela ukulungiswa kwegumbi elijwayelekile ngaphansi kwamahora amabili, futhi uhlelo lokusebenza oluqondile lubaqondisa ngokubhanqa nokucushwa isinyathelo ngesinyathelo. Kulabo abakhathazekile ngokuhambisana namandla kagesi endlini, imikhiqizo yakwa-Lifei isekela ububanzi bokufaka obujwayelekile kusuka ku-100V kuye ku-240V, okwenza ibe efanele izindinganiso ezahlukahlukene zezifunda. Le nkampani iphinde inikeze izinsizakalo zokufaka ezingochwepheshe ngabalingani abaqinisekisiwe, iqinisekisa ukuthi amaphrojekthi amakhulu njengokuthuthukiswa kwamaphaneli ahlangabezana nezimfuneko zendawo. Lo mgoqo ophansi wokwamukelwa ususheshise ukungena kwe-Lifei ezimakethe ezintsha zokwakha kanye nezokulungisa emhlabeni jikelele.

Ukuhlanganiswa nezinsiza zezwi ezifana ne-Amazon Alexa, i-Google Assistant, ne-Apple HomeKit kuyinto elula, okuvumela abasebenzisi ukuthi balawule izibani, izindawo zikagesi, nama-thermostat ngemiyalo elula yezwi. Umsebenzisi angasho ukuthi “cisha izibani zegumbi lokuhlala” noma “setha i-AC kumodi ye-eco” ngaphandle kokuthinta iswishi, okubaluleke kakhulu ngezikhathi lapho izandla zabo zigcwele noma lapho ukuhamba kunomkhawulo. Injini yokuzenzakalela iphinde isekele i-geofencing, ukuze lapho umuntu wokugcina ephuma endlini, zonke izifunda ezingabalulekile zicishwe ngokuzenzakalelayo ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kukagesi wasekhaya. Izigameko zingahlelwa ukulingisa ukuba khona komuntu ngenkathi umndeni ungekho, uvimbele abangena ngaphakathi. Ukuhlanganiswa kwezwi kudlulela ekubikeni amandla, ukuze abasebenzisi bacela, “kwakunjani ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ami izolo?” futhi bathole isifinyezo esisheshayo. Leli zinga lokulula liguqula indlela imindeni exhumana ngayo nengqalasizinda yayo kagesi, lenze ukuphathwa kwamandla kube yingxenye yemvelo yezinto zansuku zonke kunokuba kube umsebenzi owenziwa ngesandla.

Ukuqeda izinkinga nokugcinwa kwenziwa lula ngezici zokuxilonga ze-Lifei, ezikhomba izinkinga ezijwayelekile njengokuxhumana okuxegayo, ukwehla kwamandla kagesi, nezimpawu zokuqala zokuguga kwezingxenye. Uma idivayisi ithola amandla kagesi angajwayelekile endlini, ithumela isaziso esicindezelayo esinokulungiswa okuphakanyisiwe, njengokuqinisa itheminali noma ukuhlola isiphazamisi esingaphezulu. Uhlelo lokusebenza luhlanganisa umeluleki wokuxazulula izinkinga isinyathelo ngesinyathelo oqondisa abasebenzisi ekusethweni kabusha kwamadivayisi, ukubuyekeza i-firmware, noma ukuqinisekisa amandla esignali ye-Wi-Fi. Ezinkingeni eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhudlwana, ithimba lokusekela le-Lifei lingafinyelela uhlelo ngendlela ekude (ngemvume yomsebenzisi) ukuze lwenze ukuxilonga futhi lulungise amaphutha okucushwa ngaphandle kokuvakashelwa indawo. Izibuyekezo ezijwayelekile ze-firmware ziphinde zixazulule izinkinga ezivelayo zokuphepha futhi zithuthukise ama-algorithm okonga amandla ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Lezi zici zokugcinwa okunqanda izinkinga zinciphisa isikhathi sokungasebenzi futhi zandise impilo yesikhathi sonke sokufakwa kukagesi, ziqinisa idumela le-Lifei lokwethembeka kuyo yonke indlu kagesi eyisebenzayo.

Ngemuva kokuhlola ipotifuliyo yemikhiqizo ye-Lifei, ubuchwepheshe obusetshenzisiwe, kanye nokusebenza kwangempela, kuvela izinto ezibalulekile ezichaza ukuthi kungani uhlobo lwe-Lifei luhamba phambili emakethe yezinto zikagesi zasekhaya. Okokuqala, ukuhlanganiswa kwe-IoT kwe-Lifei akuyona into eyengeziwe nje, kodwa kuyisisekelo esiyinhloko sokuklama esiletha ukonga amandla okulinganisekayo kufika ku-30% uma kuqhathaniswa nezinhlelo ezijwayelekile. Ukunciphiswa kokusetshenziswa kukagesi wasekhaya kufezekiswa ngokuhlela okuguquguqukayo, ukuqapha ngesikhathi sangempela, kanye nokulinganisa okuzenzakalelayo komthwalo okusabela kumaza kagesi endaweni yami kanye nezinye izenzakalo zenethiwekhi. Okwesibili, ukugcizelelwa kohlobo lwe-Lifei ekuvikelweni kwamaza kagesi kanye nokulawulwa kwevoltheji kuxazulula ngqo izimbangela ezivame kakhulu zokwehluleka kwezinto zikagesi, kunikeze ukuthula kwengqondo kubasebenzisi asebevele bahlushwa amaza kagesi endaweni yami alimaza izinto zabo zikagesi. Okwesithathu, imikhiqizo ye-Lifei yakhelwe ukuthi isebenze ndawonye, isebenze kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezinhlelo zendlu ehlakaniphile futhi isekele izibuyekezo zesikhathi esizayo ngaphandle kokudinga ukwenziwa kabusha kwezintambo zikagesi zasekhaya. Idatha eqoqwe kusuka kumafakelo angaphezu kuka-50,000 ibonisa ukuthi isikhathi esiphakathi sokungasebenzi ngenxa yamaphutha kagesi sehle ngo-67% ngemuva kokushintshela ku-Lifei. Ukuqaliswa kwenkampani emfundweni yamakhasimende—ngokusebenzisaIzindaba isigaba kanye neziqondiso zabasebenzisi—kuqinisekisa ukuthi abathengi basebenzisa ngokugcwele amandla ezinhlelo zabo. Le miphumela ngokubambisana ibonisa ukuthi i-Lifei ayiyona nje umthengisi womkhiqizo kodwa umhlinzeki wezixazululo oluphelele obunciphisa izindleko zamandla kanye nokukhathazeka okuhlobene nokuzinza kukagesi wasekhaya.

Lifei izibeke njengomuntu ohamba phambili ezixazululweni zikagesi zasekhaya, ihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu nokwethembeka okusebenzayo ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zemindeni yanamuhla namabhizinisi. Izikhiyezi ezihlakaniphile zohlobo, izimbobo ezonga ugesi, kanye nezinhlelo zokusabalalisa ezinikwe amandla yi-IoT zinikeza indlela ecacile yokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kukagesi wasekhaya ngenkathi kuvikelwa amandla kagesi endaweni yami kanye namandla kagesi angazinzile endlini. Noma ngabe ubuyekeza igumbi elilodwa noma uhlinzeka indawo yonke yezentengiselwano, iLifei ihlinzeka ngemikhiqizo enwetshiweyo elula ukuyifaka, ukuyihlanganisa, nokuyigcina. Izifundo zecase kanye nobufakazi bamakhasimende bagcizelela umthelela wangempela: ukwehluleka okuncane, izikweletu eziphansi, nokulawula okukhulu kunoma iyiphi uhlelo lwendlu kagesi. Njengoba imboni ihamba ngasezinsizeni zamandla ezisatshalalisiwe kanye nokusebenzisana kwenethiwekhi ehlakaniphile, iLifei ibekwe kahle ukuze iqhubeke nokuhola ngobuchwepheshe obusha kuAmandla amashaisikhala nangaphezulu. Sikhuthaza ukuthi uhlole uhla olugcwele lwezinto ze-Lifei ku-Ikhaya ikhasi futhi uhlale unolwazi ngentuthuko yakamuva ngokusebenzisa i-Izindaba isigaba. Ngokukhetha i-Lifei, utshala imali esikhathini esizayo sikagesi esisimeme, esihlakaniphile, nesingenakukhathazeka ekhaya lakho noma ebhizinisini.