Overview
The Shaanxi Education Informatization Management Center is a unit directly under the Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government. It is responsible for organizing, managing, evaluating, and guiding provincial education informatization, ensuring the security of educational network information, conducting educational statistics, providing language and character training, and administering Putonghua proficiency tests. Its subordinate units cover 10 prefecture-level cities, 31 districts, 7 county-level cities, and 69 county-level units.
Usage Scenario
As a management center, the customer currently faces two core usage scenarios.
Scenario 1: Online course training and tests
The customer, responsible for provincial language training and the Putonghua proficiency test, therefore requires high-quality video and audio transmission that can accommodate multiple participants.
Scenario 2: Remote Video Conference
The customer frequently hosts remote meetings of various scales and types, requiring long pickup distances for audio, capability for close-up and panoramic shots, and the ability to eliminate traditional sound amplification devices like handheld microphones.
Challenges
- Severe reverberation affects the quality of communication
The customer's large conference room (lecture hall) has a high ceiling (9 meters long, 7 meters wide, and 5.2 meters high), smooth flooring, and multiple large screens installed on all sides. The room is relatively enclosed with poor sound insulation, resulting in severe reverberation, necessitating strong voice pickup and amplification equipment.
- Outdated audio and video equipment cannot meet the requirements for voice pickup and amplification
As a unit directly under the Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government, the customer needs to convey important educational policy information and facilitate high-quality voice interactions. The existing equipment cannot meet these demands.
- The customer hosts many high-level online meetings, requiring high-quality video transmission effects
The customer frequently holds high-level online video conferences for subordinate units and the public. Therefore, they have specific requirements for functions such as camera visual transmission effects, close-up shots of presenters, panoramic shots, etc.
- The existing cloud conferencing platform is diverse, and the hardware products are complex, requiring high compatibility with new equipment
The customer's conference room terminal adopts a 3x3 LCD splicing screen + TCL flagship TV, paired with a Hiwonder 86-inch conference all-in-one machine, featuring mixed hardware product brands. For online video conferencing, the Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government uses the Kedacom conference platform, while classrooms use Tencent Meeting. Considering cost-effectiveness, the customer needs to reuse existing equipment and connect to different cloud conferencing platforms, thus demanding high compatibility for new conference devices.
Solutions
The customer's conference room previously had a setup of a 3x3 LCD splicing screen with a TCL flagship TV, along with a Hiwonder 86-inch conference all-in-one machine. To make the most out of the customer’s existing equipment and make it suitable for large conference rooms and lecture halls, Nearity provides a comprehensive solution,
integrating software and hardware to create a one-stop intelligent conference system, bringing the customer a relaxed, intelligent, convenient, and efficient meeting experience.
Recommended solutions from Nearity:
1 Nearity A50 ceiling array microphone + 1 AMX100 audio processor + 2 ASP100 wall-mounted speakers
1 Nearity V520D dual-camera auto-tracking PTZ camera
1 Nearity V415 4K PTZ conference camera
1 Nearity WT400D 4K HD conference host
1 Nearity B10 Rooms conference touch tablet
AI noise reduction, directional sound pickup: Nearity's A50 ceiling array microphone provides 12 customized beam distributions and multiple options for customizing pickup areas. This enables it to adapt to different room layouts or seating arrangements while avoiding noisy areas. Equipped with advanced audio technologies such as automatic mixing, echo cancellation, noise reduction, and automatic gain control, the A50 ensures clear audio within the designated area. This effectively solves the difficulties in sound pickup caused by severe reverberation and poor sound insulation in the customer's meeting room. With the A50, not only will you hear, but you'll also hear clearly.
Effortlessly cover large conference rooms with unobtrusive sound pickup and amplification: The Nearity A50 ceiling array microphone features a built-in 91-unit MEMS microphone array and the latest cascade technology, perfectly covering large conference rooms for seamless sound pickup from any position. Coupled with two ASP110 wall-mounted speakers, it efficiently meets the amplified sound needs of remote conferences, helping customers communicate important educational policy information and achieve high-quality voice interaction.
Capture spokesperson close-ups and HD panoramas effortlessly: The V415's 5x optical and 3x digital zoom lens, along with a 350° pan range, enables capturing every detail in the room, including clear views of meeting participants and front screen content. With exceptional video sharpness and vivid color reproduction, it accurately conveys the thoughts of participants and meets the customer's need for speaker close-ups in important online meetings.
Supporting mainstream video conferencing platforms and seamlessly connecting with various hardware devices: Nearity's series of audio-video products universally feature easy integration and high compatibility.
The A50 ceiling array microphone, coupled with the Nearity AMX100 audio processor, can flexibly connect to various conference equipment via the Line out interface.
The Nearity V520D auto-tracking PTZ dual-camera system has rich interfaces that enable compatibility with a wide range of conference terminals, including personal PCs, greatly increasing device flexibility. The V415 can be used in any size of meeting space, from conference rooms to training rooms and classrooms. Equipped with USB, HDMI, and RJ45 ports, it supports multiple interfaces.
Nearity addresses the current confusion in audio and video software and hardware with their Rooms B10 conference touch panel, designed specifically for meetings. This dedicated touch screen device can be used with terminals and collaborative/multi-functional networks. The WT400D video conference host is also purpose-built for the Rooms scenario, supporting various needs such as Tencent Meeting Rooms and DingTalk Meeting Rooms. It offers rich expansion interfaces that ensure compatibility with existing video conference systems. The WT400D also supports meeting control and diversified customer access, along with dual-video output to facilitate file and screen sharing during meetings. With its flexible "1+N" deployment mode, Nearity products are well-suited for a variety of conference scenarios, providing customers with a professional-level video conferencing experience.
Conclusion
Through Nearity's solutions, participant satisfaction with the online training system has increased by 40%. The overall experience of remote meetings and the quality of voice interaction have also significantly improved, effectively helping the customer address related issues.
