Questionnaire Survey Report

 

Q1. Do you know about ECHONET or the ECHONET Consortium?

1. Yes --- 2482. Nos --- 335 (Please move to Q3.) 3. No answer --- 0
 

Q2. How did you know the ECHONET?

1. Current member --- 41
2. From TV news --- 21
3. From newspapers and magazines --- 100
4. From ECHONET Homepage --- 33
5. From CEATEC JAPAN 2006 Guidebook or Homepage ---39
6. Others --- 22
 

Q3. Which services do you want to use? (Plural answers available)

1. Amenity services (remote operation of air conditioners) --- 206
2. Convenience services (whole appliances setting at bedtime) --- 199
3. ECHONET-UPnP interoperable services (home appliances control by TV as a controller) --- 334
4. No answer --- 17
 
 

Q4. Which technologies are you interested in? (plural answers are available)

1.Toshiba home IT system Feminity series --- 238
2.Kirigamine "Mimamori (watching)" server --- 140
3. ECHONET middleware development environment (Sample) --- 120
4. Ultra light weight ECHONET module --- 132
5. Evaluation / development kit of ECHONET --- 81
6. No answer --- 60
 
 

Q5. Which services do you expect for ECHONET? (Plural answers available)

1. Home amenity services --- 261
2. Home health-care services --- 154
3. Mobile services --- 142
4. Home security services --- 294
5. Energy management services ---131
6. Appliance remote maintenance services --- 90
7. Others --- 5 (No answer --- 10)
 
 

Q6. What is an impression about ECHONET? (Plural answers available)

1. I am interested in ECHONET --- 534
2 .I am not interested in ECHONET --- 10
3. I didn’t find an answer ---36
4. No answer --- 3
 
 

Q7. Do you have an intention to join the ECHONET Consortium?

1. Already a member --- 73 2. begin to consider to join --- 59
3. No plan to join at present --- 4074. no answer --- 45