Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 7, 2025 - Akuvox Japan has announced the successful integration of its smart intercom systems with elevators from Nippon Otis Elevator Company. This integration enables seamless, automated elevator service for residents and visitors entering apartment buildings equipped with Akuvox smart intercoms. Nippon Otis is the Japanese subsidiary of Otis Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: OTIS), the world’s leading company for elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service. 

Advancing Building Intelligence with AI

Akuvox’s integration with Nippon Otis enhances building intelligence by enabling automatic elevator calls triggered by Akuvox’s advanced authentication methods. Residents, visitors, and delivery personnel entering through the Akuvox smart intercom at the shared entrance can now experience a more efficient, secure, and user-friendly entry experience within apartment buildings. This collaboration leverages Otis Integrated Dispatch™, a cutting-edge API solution available as both a cloud-based and on-premise system.

Key Benefits of the Integration

1. Improved Convenience

Residents can unlock building entrances and simultaneously call elevators via Akuvox’s various authentication methods, including facial recognition, QR code, and PIN. The elevator automatically registers the destination floor, minimizing waiting time and eliminating the need for physical interaction with elevator buttons. This hands-free experience is particularly advantageous for residents carrying heavy items or juggling multiple tasks.

2. Enhanced Security

Akuvox’s high-precision facial recognition technology, featuring award-winning anti-spoofing algorithms, prevents spoofing attacks using printing, replay, and 3D masks. Akuvox’s various authentication methods allow only authorized residents and visitors to gain access to both the building and the elevators. The system restricts elevator stops to the registered user’s designated floor, offering a higher level of security for residents.

3. Customization and Reliable Performance

When there is a distance between the entrance and the elevator hall, especially in large apartment buildings, Akuvox’s system allows to customize the elevator’s arrival time, providing more time for those who may move more slowly. In addition, Akuvox ensures the proper functioning of the intercom and elevator automation system even during server outages through a speedy switchover to a backup server, significantly reducing maintenance labor time and costs.

Intelligent Urban Living

This integration marks a significant step forward in the evolution of smart buildings, combining cutting-edge access control with elevator systems. With future collaborations on integrating the cloud-based solution with Akuvox SmartPlus, Akuvox will continue to research and develop such new integrations with various systems as Otis Integrated Dispatch and service robots. By streamlining resident experiences and enhancing overall security, Akuvox Japan and Nippon Otis are setting a new benchmark for smart living in Japan.

About Otis

Otis gives people the freedom to connect and thrive in a taller, faster, smarter world. The global leader in the manufacture, installation, and servicing of elevators and escalators, we move 2.3 billion people a day and maintain approximately 2.3 million customer units worldwide – the industry's largest Service portfolio. You’ll find us in the world's most iconic structures, as well as residential and commercial buildings, transportation hubs and everywhere people are on the move. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, Otis is 71,000 people strong, including 42,000 field professionals, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories. 

About Akuvox

Akuvox is a global leading provider of smart intercom and smart home products and solutions. It is committed to unleashing the power of technologies to improve people's lives with better communication, greater security, and more convenience. Encompassing artificial intelligence, SIP, Android, cloud, security, and other advanced technologies, Akuvox continuously drives breakthrough changes in the industry and creatively delivers an unrivaled portfolio of smart intercom and smart home products and solutions. It has been deployed and used daily in more than 110 countries and regions, meeting customer needs in various vertical markets that range from residential to commercial, from healthcare to public safety.

About Akuvox Japan

Address: 20-6 Kabutocho, Nihonbashi, Chuo Ward, Tokyo

Website: https://jp.akuvox.com/ 

Social Media: https://twitter.com/Akuvox_Japan 

Media Contact

Jennifer Cai

press@akuvox.com