The role of pets in modern households has fundamentally changed. Industry research indicates that over 80% of pet owners consider their pets family members. The anxiety caused by separation when away from home has fueled the continuously expanding market for smart pet hardware. Currently, fixed indoor cameras represented by brands like Furbo and SiiPet only cover home environments and cannot accompany pets outdoors. While affordable wearable cameras on the market can achieve first-person perspective recording, they commonly suffer from severe image shaking, lack real-time remote viewing, absence of location tracking and safety features, and weak battery life. Addressing this market gap, Shenzhen Qingshi Interconnect Technology has launched the CW-01 Smart Wearable Pet Camera. Leveraging the Ingenic T33ZN dedicated vision chip, it specifically tackles the image stabilization challenges of wearable devices, integrating real-time video, GPS positioning, electronic fencing, 4G full-network communication, and other multifunctional capabilities to create an integrated hardware solution that combines video recording with pet safety protection.
Ⅰ. Segmentation Trends in the Pet Smart Hardware Market
The domestic urban pet consumption market is steadily growing, with consumers continuously increasing their spending on pet supplies, and the proportion of expenditure on smart products rising annually. Overseas markets also present vast demand, with high pet ownership penetration rates in Europe and America, where smart devices for pet companionship and safety monitoring maintain stable sales. Clear segmentation has emerged within the sector:
Fixed Indoor Monitoring Devices: Rely on WiFi networks, focusing on indoor video, two-way audio, and AI behavior recognition. They are limited to fixed indoor locations and lose all monitoring capability once pets go outside.
Functional Collar Hardware: Primarily offer GPS positioning and health monitoring, lacking video recording capability, preventing owners from visually observing their pet's real-time status.
Basic Wearable Recorders: Can be attached to pet collars for first-person perspective recording but lack real-time transmission, image stabilization, waterproofing, and long battery life, limiting their practicality.
Amidst these overlapping needs, wearable pet cameras that combine real-time video, outdoor positioning, stable recording, and all-weather usability have become a crucial market segment needing fulfillment. The Qingshi CW-01 is precisely designed to meet this demand.
II. Qingshi Interconnect CW-01 Overall Features and Hardware Configuration
The CW-01 is the brand's flagship wearable pet camera. The main unit (excluding the clip) measures 72.5×43.5×24.5mm, weighs only 100g, and features a lightweight design with a buckle structure for easy attachment to various pet collars without burdening cats or dogs. The body uses ABS+PC composite material, balancing structural strength and portability.
Imaging System: Wide-angle, HD, Low-light Capable, Automatic Recording
The device is equipped with a 120° wide-angle lens and an image sensor using the Starway SC235HAI. It supports dual-mode switching between 1080P 30FPS HD and 640×360 15FPS SD, allowing users to adjust clarity based on network conditions to save data usage. The body features a white LED fill light to enhance brightness in low-light and nighttime environments, addressing blurry imaging issues. It includes a gravity acceleration sensor and intelligent wake-up logic: automatically starts recording when the pet is active and enters sleep mode when stationary to reduce power consumption. Recorded footage is automatically saved, and the companion APP automatically categorizes and generates a dedicated pet photo album, eliminating the need for manual video file organization. Video output format is universal MP4 for greater compatibility. The device supports up to 128GB Class10 or higher memory cards, meeting long-term storage needs.
4G Full-Network Support + Dual-mode GPS, All-Scenario Pet Safety Protection
Unlike home cameras limited to local WiFi networks, the CW-01 features a single nano SIM card slot, with multi-band 4G solutions divided into China, Europe, US, and Global versions, compatible with most regional carrier networks worldwide, enabling remote connection even away from home networks. For positioning, it employs a GPS+AGPS dual-mode solution with two core practical functions: First, activity route playback, which completely records the pet's daily movement path, helping owners understand their pet's activity range. Second, electronic fence alerts; users can define safe zones within the companion UBox Pro APP, and the phone will receive instant push notifications if the pet leaves the designated area, effectively reducing the risk of pet loss. Combined with a one-click pet finder function, it improves recovery efficiency if the pet gets lost.
Remote Two-Way Audio, Long-Distance Companionship and Interaction
The body has a built-in 0.8W speaker, utilizing chip-supported audio algorithms to enable two-way voice calls. Owners can remotely activate the device via the APP to talk to their pets anytime, alleviating separation anxiety. The device supports remote one-click wake-up, eliminating the need for constant standby, balancing convenience and battery performance.
IP67 Water and Dust Resistance with Long Battery Life
The entire unit achieves IP67 water and dust resistance, suitable for outdoor scenarios like rainy days, muddy ground, and shallow water play, making it usable indoors and outdoors in all weather. It houses a large 2000mAh battery, requiring only 1 hour for a full charge, with typical usage offering 3-5 days of battery life. The device's rated power is 2.0W, with an operating temperature range of -10°C to 60°C, ensuring stable performance in both cold and hot outdoor environments.
UBox Pro Companion Management Platform
The brand's companion UBox Pro APP serves as the unified management terminal, integrating all device functions: real-time video preview, GPS map positioning, electronic fence settings, activity route playback, pet photo album browsing, remote voice, and device remote wake-up are all centralized in one interface. The operation logic is simple, allowing beginners to quickly complete device binding and function setup.
III. Underlying Hardware Support: Ingenic T33ZN Chip and EIS Electronic Image Stabilization Solution
The CW-01's ability to address pain points of traditional wearable cameras—such as shaky footage, short battery life, and poor imaging—relies on the Ingenic T33ZN dedicated battery-powered vision processing chip paired with its supporting EIS electronic image stabilization technology. This section objectively analyzes the underlying technical solution.
Core Hardware Capabilities of the Ingenic T33ZN Chip
The T33 series is Ingenic's cost-effective H.265 AI SOC. The T33ZN version is specifically designed for battery-powered camera devices. It features 1Gb of built-in DDR memory, uses an XBurst1 1GHz processor paired with a 500MHz RISC-V co-processor, a 0.5 Tops-int8 NPU supporting hybrid quantization algorithms, and includes commercial algorithm libraries for pet recognition and audio noise reduction. Compared to the previous T32 chip, power consumption is reduced by 25% under the same working conditions, forming the core foundation for the device's 3-5 day long battery life. The chip incorporates the Tiziano-4.1 ISP image processing unit, supporting RAW domain noise reduction, purple fringe correction, defogging, and multi-level spatial/temporal noise reduction, optimizing low-light imaging performance and improving color accuracy and detail retention. The accompanying Hera-1.6 encoding unit supports H.264/H.265/JPEG multi-format encoding, providing better dynamic scene motion blur suppression and more complete detail retention at the same bitrate. On the audio front, it integrates a full suite of audio 3A algorithms for echo cancellation, noise reduction, and automatic gain control, suppressing howling and noise during two-way calls. The chip boasts faster startup speed and shorter TTFF (Time To First Frame) streaming latency, enabling remote device wake-up without prolonged loading times. The hardware packaging is pin-compatible with the T32, indicating a mature and stable solution that significantly reduces hardware failure probability.
EIS Electronic Image Stabilization, Solving the Core Pain Point of Wearable Recording
Intense body shaking caused by pet running and jumping is the most significant drawback affecting the user experience of traditional collar cameras. The CW-01 utilizes an IMU inertial sensor module and the chip's self-developed optical flow algorithm to achieve EIS electronic image stabilization, eliminating the need for mechanical gimbals and maintaining a slim profile. The working principle involves the gyroscope capturing the device's shake trajectory in real-time. The chip reserves sensor redundant pixels as a buffer area, dynamically cropping and compensating for image displacement in the opposite direction to counteract high and low-frequency vibration interference. This ensures stable footage throughout 1080P recording, significantly reducing video dizziness, and eliminates the need for post-processing stabilization for daily walks or outdoor running shots.
Currently, the pet smart hardware market shows clear differentiation, with fixed indoor monitors and basic wearable recorders each having their shortcomings. The Qingshi CW-01 precisely targets the gap between them. The product is built on the foundation of the low-power Ingenic T33ZN chip, relies on EIS electronic image stabilization to overcome the core challenge of wearable recording, and simultaneously integrates practical features like 4G full-network support, dual-mode GPS, electronic fencing, IP67 waterproofing, and long battery life, addressing both core needs of daily video recording and pet safety protection. The device's features avoid redundant or flashy designs, with all configurations centered around the core scenario of "portable pet care." Its lightweight body is suitable for long-term wear by cats and dogs. Multi-version 4G band coverage caters to domestic and international markets, offering cross-regional usage advantages. From a technical perspective, the entire chip solution is mature and balanced, with power consumption, imaging, and encoding performance fine-tuned to standards. The stabilization technology relies on algorithms without adding extra hardware bulk, perfectly balancing device portability and recording quality. For pet-owning families with needs for outdoor companionship and loss prevention, the CW-01 is a wearable smart pet hardware product with distinct differential advantages and strong practicality.
