Questionnaire totalization

 

Q1. Are you familiar with the ECHONET or the ECHONET Consortium?
(1) Yes: 261 (2) No: 108(3) No answer: 0
 
 

Q2. Please mark the interesting contents in the demonstration. (mark all that apply)
Service
Individual service
Exhibit position
Number of marks
Percentage
Remote maintenance service of equipments
"Help me" (home appliance maintenance
A
163
41
Security service
"Safety watching service"
(door or window monitoring, call button)
A
171
44
B
111
28
"Safety life service"
(monitoring camera)
E
115
29
Home healthcare service
"Help me" (health consultation)
A
74
19
"Help me" (living sensor)
A
81
21
Amenity life assistance service
Concentrated control of equipments
A
120
31
B
83
21
C
88
22
D
74
19
E
66
17
Trouble notice to users
(alarm of leaving open of refrigerator door)
A
62
16
B
40
10
Download of recipe
A
43
11
B
25
6
Download of laundry course
A
35
9
B
20
5
Amenity control
E
75
19
Energy service
Energy saving advice
D
142
36
Electricity fee monitor
D
138
35
Energy saving control of home appliance (air conditioner, lighting)
B
91
23
D
91
23
E
64
16
Mobile service
"Assist me" (food management, shopping memo)
A
59
15
"Help me" (door or window monitoring, living sensor, position information service)
A
109
28
Remote operation of home appliance by portable terminal (air conditioner)
C
158
40
E
104
26
Dafety life service (picture transmission)
E
103
26
No answer
26
7
Service
Individual service
Exhibit position
Number of marks
Percentage
 

Q3. Please mark interesting items in the device exhibition. (mark all that apply)
<transmission modules>
(1) Bluetooth: 188 (2) Specific Low-power Radio Frequency Modem: 167
(3) The Power Line Carrier Modem TYPE-2: 143 (4) Power line communication: 132
<ECHNET equipments>
(5) Bluetooth adapter: 150 (6) Powerline DAA IC: 128
(7) Others: 10 (8) no answer: 37

* others
protocol, wireless LAN, security, control by ZAURUS, ECHONET, adapter, air conditioner, available items by internet after the standardization is accomplished.
 
 

Q4. Please inform us your opinions and impressions. [percentage of answers 17.3%]
*A part of opinions and impressions are listed.
- Killer applications for networked home appliances have not realized.
- It is important to balance service and cost increase.
- Appliance exhibition assuming inside of a house is preferable, however it may be difficult because of a booth size.
- I wanted to see a total cooperation of appliances.
- I expect a product cooperated with a portable terminal at an early time and a low cost. Such a product definitely sells well.
- This is an important and of great future business from the aspect of energy saving for residence. It is a key point to implement customer preferable components.
- It is expected to confirm a door to be locked by a remote access. It is more preferable to lock up a door by a remote access.
- It was a deep impression that I could see an actual working demonstration of ECHONET at last
- What the most important advantage of ECHONET is manufacturer independent, could be recognized well because of a number of exhibition manufacturers
- I am particularly interested in a security service. It is low-keyed, but I expect it at a next generation network.