The OCHO Pad is a wireless communications hub that uses infrared technology to identify personal belongings such as phones, wallets and keys and can also mediate communication between occupants of a house.
The system consists of a tray and a bunch of battery-free tags that attach to everyday items and link them to the central hub. The OCHO app controls the system.
The app can be used to alert users to perform particular tasks with a personal belonging. If a forgetful family member forgets to charge their phone at night and wakes up every morning to find that it's dead, the OCHO Pad can be programmed to send them a notification reminding them to charge their phone.
This wireless communications hub could also be useful for people to keep track of their family members. For example, parents can program the OCHO pad to send them a notification when their child puts their tagged keys on the OCHO tray, so they know when their child is home.
What's Driving This Trend
- Wireless Object Tracking
- The OCHO Pad's object-tracking technology presents innovation opportunities for the creation of more advanced wireless object tracking systems.
- Smart Home Communication
- OCHO Pad's communication mediating technology presents opportunities for developing similar smart home devices that prioritize communication between occupants of a house.
- Reminder Notifications
- The reminder notification feature of the OCHO Pad presents innovation opportunities for developing targeted and customizable reminder notification systems.
Who This Affects Most
- Home Security Industry
- The object-tracking technology of the OCHO Pad presents an innovation opportunity for home security systems to provide more advanced object tracking features.
- Smart Home Industry
- The OCHO Pad's communication mediating technology presents an innovation opportunity for smart home device manufacturers to develop systems that prioritize communication between occupants of a house.
- Reminder Notification Industry
- The reminder notification feature of the OCHO Pad presents an innovation opportunity for companies providing reminder systems to develop more targeted and customizable reminder notification systems.
