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Z1 Pro Smart Box by Zhengbiao Jiang and Feng Yu Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Video and Broadcasting Equipment Design
Zhengbiao Jiang and Feng Yu recognized for video and broadcasting equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Z1 Pro Smart Box by Zhengbiao Jiang and Feng Yu, designed for Hangzhou Dangbei Network Technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Video and Broadcasting Equipment Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Z1 Pro Smart Box
Z1 Pro is a smart media box for video entertainment and communication in the home. Z1 Pro includes a main unit and a wireless microphone array. A wide-angle camera with a 100-degree field of view records clear images at 1080P and 60 frames per second. A built-in artificial intelligence chip supports motion-based games, fitness guidance and video calls. A noise reduction algorithm keeps voices clear at a distance of five meters. Gesture and voice control make the device simple for children and older people. The one-piece frame has a matte finish, and a fan-free structure keeps operation quiet.
About Zhengbiao Jiang and Feng Yu
Hangzhou Dangbei Network Technology Co., Ltd. founded in August 2013, is one of the well-known value-added service providers of smart large screen in China. It is a large screen Internet platform company focusing on the field of smart large screen in China and spanning the whole ecosystem of software, hardware and system. The company has a domestic well-known large screen application distribution platform dangbei market.
Award Record
Zhengbiao Jiang and Feng Yu is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Video and Broadcasting Equipment Design Award
The A' Video Products Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing good video equipment by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to video product designers, broadcasting equipment designers, industrial designers and video equipment manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include camcorders, drones, projectors, webcams, action cameras and video switchers. Awarded video products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/video-products
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/119790
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119790
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119790
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/301883
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Z1 Pro Smart Box
- Function
- Smart Box
- Category
- Video and Broadcasting Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Entertainment
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray, White Smoke and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Hangzhou Dangbei Network Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhengbiao Jiang and Feng Yu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119790
Credits
- Team
- Linglin Jin, Zhengbiao Jiang, Xiang Li, Feng Yu, Chao Wang, Wentao Hu and Junjie Lei
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- As a modern video and entertainment terminal set, Z1 Pro Smart Box is able to clearly capture images without trails at 1080P 60FPS with its 100-degree wide-angle 4-mega-pixel HD camera. The powerful built-in AI chip and the 5T AI neuron network algorithm not only allows for timely and accurate feedback, but also features functions that are unattainable for set-top boxes, including somatosensory games, AI fitness and video conference.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by periscopes for the shape, AI Stream Box conveys a design concept of simplicity. To fitting into the home environment naturally, the product applies rounded corners on the front to occupy smaller area while creating a compact structure. Wireless Microphone Array features a compact and simple appearance. Its bottom is designed to be concave, and the holes of the wireless microphone are hidden inside the top cover, which lends a scientific touch of suspension visually.
- Research
- As society develops, ways of entertainment with electronic devices have become increasingly rich and complex. In fact, because young people are busy at work at the city, the elderly and children who are left at home or in their hometowns cannot fully utilize these devices with complex operations, instead they can only put them aside. Z1 pro emerged amid the need to reduce the waste of resources and to allow such people to experience a modern entertainment life.
- Challenge
- Z1 Pro adopts a special adaptive echo cancellation algorithm, which is different from that used in most video conferencing and call terminal devices on the market. In addition to reproducing sounds by connecting to the TV via HDMI, it independently fits into the delay of most mainstream TVs for echo cancellation to eliminate the shortcomings of narrow radio range and a relatively small maximum loudspeaker volume, greatly improving the calling experience and interaction capabilities for users.
- Realization and Technology
- The AI Stream Box of Z1 Pro is molded into a one-piece frame with matte frosted texture and CD pattern embellishments on both sides. The bottom holder module of the AI Stream Box is made of alloy, and the special zero-fan heat dissipation structure ensures a lower noise while not hindering the long-time operation of the host.
- Operation and Interaction
- Its built-in high-fidelity Wireless Microphone Array has an original noise reduction algorithm, which can easily cope with various ambient noises. Moreover, thanks to the acoustic algorithm for far-field interaction, the high-fidelity sound capture can be achieved even at distance of 5 meters accurately, and sounds can be easily restored in long-distance video calls. Equipped with gesture and voice control, Z1 pro lowers the threshold for the elderly and children to master its usage.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2020 in Hangzhou, China and ended in January 2021, and it was officially launched in February 2021 on e-commerce platforms such as JD.com, Taobao and Suning.
- Specifications
- Width 190mm x Depth 22mm x Height 58mm
- Keywords
- Smart Box, AI neuron network algorithm, Entertainment Terminal Set, Scientific Touch, Zero-fan Heat Dissipation Structure
