Philips Lighting advances smart lighting with Interact IoT platform

The Interact platform, hosted in the cloud, collects information from Led systems, IoT sensors and devices to offer services with benefits that go beyond lighting.

Interact is the new IoT platform (internet of things) of Philips Lighting, with which professionals can take advantage of the full potential of connected lighting for the IoT. This platform supports the company's strategy to offer new tailored data services whose value expands from lighting products and systems to services..

Philips Lighting has also unveiled connected lighting systems that can generate and upload data to its Interact IoT platform to power a growing portfolio of data services..

The company has already installed 29 millions of light points connected around the world and predicts that by 2020 Every new Led product you produce will be able to connect. This increasing number of points of light, sensors and connected devices, as well as systems, can collect large volumes of data that Interact will be able to manage.

The cloud-based Interact platform, secure and highly scalable, Utilizes sophisticated, modern data management and processing capabilities, including machine learning, to make sense of all types of data, creating services that offer benefits beyond enlightenment.

A typical example of this service is the occupancy data of different buildings., that are combined and analyzed to help managers understand and predict how people use office space. This knowledge can help generate savings by optimizing the use of existing office space and achieving better designed and more efficient buildings..

Interact may also analyze data from authorized third parties. For example, for a municipal authority, news articles and social media posts, reacting to new lighting installation on a bridge. Information can be analyzed and sent to a social impact application panel that summarizes public opinion.

“Now that light points are smart enough to collect data on their performance and the environment around them, we are taking advantage of that intelligence. By analyzing data from our lights, connected devices and systems, Our goal is to create additional value for our customers through data-enabled services that unlock new capabilities and experiences. “, explica Harsh Chitale, leader Professional Business de Philips Lighting.

Interact is also designed to encourage innovation from third-party developers, partner and clients. Includes a developer portal and a set of licensed APIs, so that various data services can be created.

Connected lighting systems

Interact also encompasses connected lighting systems that will help customers improve their lighting and experiences but will also be able to generate and upload data to the Interact IoT platform.. These systems, that offer a unified user experience, include applications aimed at vertical sectors. The available options are:

• Interact City for lighting public spaces, streets, roads, pedestrian areas, parks and squares.
• Interact Landmark for architectural lighting.
• Interact Office for offices and commercial buildings.
• Interact Retail for commercial surfaces and food stores.
• Interact Sports for stadiums.

Soon, the company will launch Interact Industry, aimed at responding to the specific lighting needs of factories, warehouses and logistics centers. In the coming months, Other Interact lighting systems will be added for other market segments.