Vibration Based CCTV

Leeds-based home security tech start-up Cocoon has developed a cricket ball-sized home security device that uses a machine learning software.

21:31 18 October 2017

They have since launched a series of successful crowdfunding campaigns. The company was able to raised £5million investment from Aviva Ventures and Breed Reply Investments.

 

The company’s home security solution uses a technology designed to detect subtle sounds and vibrations that can’t be picked up by the human ears. When the device is triggered by sounds, it sends notification to a smartphone app. Users can also access a live video feed to see if there’s an intruder.

 

Co-founder Sanjay Parekh said: “If the device detects something that isn’t quite right in your home, it’ll send you a video alert and you can see what’s going on.

 

"When we did our customer research, what people didn’t want is an automatic alarm system that went off like everybody else’s. They just get ignored.”

 

He added that they will be expanding internationally over the next few months.

 

“Our growth strategy is to primarily expand our channels to market, starting with the UK retail channel, which is a well-developed market in terms of consumer electronics and the interest in smart homes is growing at quite a rapid rate,” he said.

 

“We’re also expanding overseas. The need is universal and people all over the world are concerned about security, so we’re launching in Dubai and Australia.

 

“That’s one strand of our expansion strategy, and the other is to develop partnerships with large corporates.”