It is believed that everyone will be familiar with the smart camera of Xiao Ant. Since its release, Xiao Ant has caught countless thieves, including 20 or 30 reported by TV stations alone. It is a smart home product launched by Xiaoant Technology. The first generation product is divided into the standard version of 129 yuan and the night vision version of 149 yuan. Its sales have always been very good. Recently, they launched the second generation fully upgraded product, which improves the resolution and supports Alibaba Cloud storage. The official price is 499 yuan (the price includes the service charge of one year's cloud storage), and they are crowdfunding on Taobao. The crowdfunding price is 399, and the amount of crowdfunding is up to 3615339 yuan. The target of 1 million yuan exceeded the expectation by three times. Although the price has increased, the overall upgrade of the second-generation camera of Little Ant Intelligence has been recognized by users through the amount of crowdfunding. Today, the author will evaluate this comprehensively upgraded product;
Since it is a comprehensive evaluation, it is better to start from the packaging. Compared with the simple style of the first generation packaging, the second generation packaging box is more colorful. The rendering of the second generation machine is printed on the packaging box.
In terms of accessories, it is more user-friendly. In addition to the power adapter data cable and instructions, there is also a high strength 3M adhesive base sticker, which can be used for pasting on some specific occasions. There is also a yellow warning sticker. Although there is a saying that there is no silver here, it is particularly important to remind people to pay attention to some occasions.
Do you still remember the appearance of the first generation of Xiaoyi intelligent camera? Generally speaking, the prototype of the first generation of Xiaoyi intelligent camera has been retained, but the actual details are quite different. However, it is said that the spirit is similar to the shape.
The biggest difference between the second generation and the first generation is that the first generation mainly focuses on the integration of components in the black head, while the second generation is designed as a whole, and each part has its own role and use. Seen from the front, it is still black and white; At this moment, under the 1080p lens is the recording hole, and then below it is the logo of Xiao Ant. The whole body is still round and simple.
Seen from the back, the difference between the product and the first generation is enlarged. There is no black head, but the whole body is white. The difference is that the design of the cover plate is adopted. When the cover plate is opened, the internal metal shell can be seen. On the upper left side is the TF card slot. The metal shell is mainly used for heat dissipation design. Below the cover is the external horn. The sound effect of this horn is obviously better than that of the first generation, without the harsh sound of the boom. At the base is the power interface.
The adjustment angle of Xiaoyi Smart Camera 2 is still front and back adjustment and manual angle tilt. The damping is moderate, the base is equipped with rubber rings, and the base slope design will make it more stable on the table. He won't fall even if you push him slightly.
The second generation of Xiaoyi intelligent camera has the same style as the previous generation in design, but the details have completely changed. It is no longer top heavy, but more balanced. The weight of the base needs to increase a lot, making the stability more outstanding.
Xiaoyi Smart Camera 2 is a comprehensive upgrade equivalent to the previous generation of products; The world's top Anba chip H.264 High Profile technology is used to display 1080P full HD image quality with high quality, and the image presentation effect is twice as high as that of the ordinary 720p camera. In terms of overall image color, the world-class professional image team has spent thousands of hours carefully mixing colors to ensure the true presentation of color and image quality. Video playback is clearer and the picture quality is more colorful.
Small ant intelligent camera 2 has a wider field of vision, reducing dead angles for shooting, and increasing the visual angle by at least 30% compared with ordinary household cameras, so that you can see everything at home; The original Smart HDR technology, combined with Panasonic's ultra sensitive technology, restores full-color images in complex scenes such as indoor backlighting and dim light, and allows unlimited stand placement. Not only the performance, but also the product design.
In terms of APP, everyone knows that Xiaoyi is a product of Xiaomi; However, at present, Xiaomi Smart Home APP has no way to match with the 2nd generation products, so it is still necessary to use a separate Xiaoant APP for matching and combination.
In terms of pairing, I remember that the first generation products scan the two-dimensional code of the product through mobile phones, while the second generation products make full use of the advantages of high-definition cameras to generate two-dimensional codes through mobile phones so that Xiaoyi intelligent cameras can identify the two-dimensional code. Then pair up. The success rate has greatly improved.
After entering the interface, it is found that multiple devices can be added. The mask style is also relatively simple, with voice, video and photography.
Enter the menu to set the camera, mainly including video quality, top monitoring area and monitoring time. The most attractive ones are cloud services and WeChat alerts.
Xiaoyi intelligent camera 2 uses Panasonic professional security level 1/2.8 inch CMOS image sensor to restore full color image in low light environment. Ordinary household cameras can only switch to black and white night vision mode in low light environment. The number of infrared night vision beads of Xiaoyi intelligent camera 2 has increased from 8 to 11, improving the picture definition under zero light source; The 940nm infrared light compensation is different from the traditional infrared wick.
Xiaoant 2 has officially introduced cloud services, transmitting all monitoring video data to the cloud in real time 7 * 24 hours, and providing unlimited access to monitoring data within 15 days. In this way, all videos are stored in the cloud without SD card, which is safe and reliable; Even if the equipment is lost, you can also see the video in the cloud, so as to catch the thief and avoid the loss of key evidence caused by man-made destruction. In this regard, cloud services are particularly important. Of course, you can also choose the memory card for the paid service of 100 yuan a year.
The cloud service adopted by Xiaoant 2 is safe, reliable and online. Xiaoant takes the cloud platform "Alibaba Cloud" with sufficient experience in network defense as its technical support, which is safe and reliable, and truly achieves 7x24 mobile monitoring and storage; The channel for uploading (to the cloud) will also be encrypted to avoid worries. According to the personalized demand for storage space, Xiaoantyun service provides a variety of payment schemes to achieve high cost performance. The video supports 15 day review. Maybe the 100 yuan service charge is really worth buying.
In fact, in addition to cloud services, the author would like to introduce the WeChat reminder function. Many people, like the author, do not like to attach uncommon programs in the background, except for WeChat. In addition to WeChat, the general standby waiting programs are in the cold. Then any application message push will be missed due to closing the program... Based on this annoyance, Xiaoyi's second-generation smart camera has proposed WeChat reminder service, which is really worrying. After you set the security period and mode, once you have moved, you will immediately push information through the bound WeChat, including recorded videos and automatically edited freeze frames, so that you can identify whether there is a danger at a glance. Of course, the ants have some other functions:
Figure recognition --Human shape detection technology refers to the technology that uses certain features of human body imaging, through the processing of graphic images, and finally finds, recognizes and locates human shape targets in the imaging space. When a stranger intrudes into the user's site, the 1080P full HD Xiaoyi intelligent camera 2 will clearly record the appearance characteristics of the uninvited guest, and timely push alarm information to the user through APP, WeChat and other mobile terminals. At the same time, when the wind blows and the light changes, it can also be easily identified through the algorithm and automatically filtered for users, making the alarm more accurate and only giving you what you need.
Crying detection --Small ant intelligent camera 2 created the unique "Baby Crying" crying detection function. Through sampling, analysis and simulation training of a large number of babies' crying, a realistic baby crying model was obtained. In the actual monitoring process, the small ant intelligent camera 2 will match with the recognized voice to complete the emotional recognition of baby crying, and send an alarm to parents and family members based on the monitoring results, so as to better convey the baby's call to you and be a close baby guardian.
People flow statistics --Xiaoyi Smart Camera 2 is based on secure and reliable cloud storage services, providing traffic statistics technology (only for cloud storage service users), and integrating human recognition technology and human tracking Technology, extracting head and shoulder contour features and color features, using a highly robust mean shift algorithm to track the target individuals in real time, effectively avoiding repeated counting, missing detection in crowded environments, and achieving accurate and effective flow statistics. For the majority of merchants, it is also a new scientific store management assistant.
gesture recognition --Ant 2 can trigger device commands through the recognition of fixed gestures by the camera (currently recording 10 second videos), and push them to the mobile device bound to this camera through the app to complete the wonderful communication between users and their families. Gesture is a universal language across age and race, which is more widely used and convenient in practice. Gesture recognition also reduces the threshold for the elderly to use the small ant intelligent camera 2. The device can be operated by simple operation.
Device sharing --Xiaoyi Smart Camera 2 provides account sharing, device sharing and social sharing functions, which makes it easier for users to use devices with family, friends and colleagues, record every bit of happiness in life and share wonderful moments according to the actual situation.
After nearly two weeks of practical experience, it has been in the power on state. The Xiaoyi intelligent camera has performed very well and operated stably, without any crash. Let's feel it through some live pictures.
Wide angle brings a broader perspective, but there will be serious distortion around the perspective. The second generation of Xiaoyi intelligent camera provides wide-angle correction function, and the corrected boy's performance is very good.
The daytime and nighttime modes are automatically switched, and the nighttime mode performance is still eye-catching, which can capture the details of the picture very clearly, bringing better restoration to users.
Similar to the DASH CAM, the ants can also record circularly according to the size of the memory card, so that they can understand all the dynamic situations at home. I feel a little private. However, as mentioned above, cloud storage is more secure for more security. Even if the device loses video content, it will not lose it. But the small problem is that it needs certain network resources to upload. If the home network is not fast enough, there may be delays and other situations.
For products that have been working for a long time, the temperature is a problem that the author is concerned about. Open the rear cover to measure the temperature of the metal shell at about 31 degrees Celsius, and the performance is very satisfactory. At this time, the equipment has been running for more than 3 days.
advantage:
The appearance is simple and elegant.
Easy to use;
Anba chip H.264 High Profile technology, high-quality display 1080P full HD image quality;
Cloud service is a highlight of security precautions.
Rich functions are the highlights of Xiaoyi Intelligent Camera 2.
There are too many advantages to enumerate one by one. Let's give some suggestions.
Suggestion:
Without 360 PTZ support, the degree of automation is low. If PTZ is added, it will be more perfect.
There is no built-in battery, and the video resources after power failure cannot be saved. It is recommended to add built-in power supply to later products.
After two weeks of experience, it is obvious that the second generation of Xiaoyi's smart camera is a completely new product, upgraded from inside to outside. Better stability, better heat dissipation, and more reasonable wiring layout. More clear voice quality dialogue, many practical small functions such as baby crying sound alarm, so that parents who are not in a room can timely grasp the dynamics of their children. Xiaoant Technology is a Xiaomi ecological chain enterprise and an important member of Xiaomi smart home ecology. Buying ants means enjoying the whole millet ecological service. This is also an important reason why many rice noodles follow.
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