Horion Video Conference System: Hardware Architecture, Technical Matrix & Enterprise Sizing Guide

1. Physical & Electrical Architecture of Horion Unified Endpoints

Standard meeting spaces historically require multi-vendor hardware components connected via external cables: standalone displays, USB or PTZ cameras, tabletop microphone pods, external DSP audio processors, and desktop PCs.

The Horion architecture consolidates these discrete subsystems into a single chassis powered by a shared internal power supply and a high-speed inter-module bus.

Optical Subsystem Engineering

• Quad-Camera AI Array (M7E Series): Integrates a 48MP primary sensor paired with three 8MP auxiliary sensors. The 48MP sensor handles digital pan-tilt-zoom (ePTZ) and fine-detail capture, while the three 8MP sensors continuously monitor room geometry to calculate participant coordinates. This hardware layout enables speaker tracking, auto-framing, and 9 hardware-stored electronic PTZ preset positions.

• 50MP Single-Sensor Array (M7 Advanced Series): Features an integrated 50MP sensor positioned at the top center of the bezel, optimized for medium-depth rooms.

• 48MP Single-Sensor Array (M7 Classic Series): Provides native 4K output for rooms requiring broad coverage up to 10 meters.

Acoustic Subsystem & Transducer Design

• 8-Element Microphone Array: Positioned horizontally inside the upper bezel. Employs acoustic delay-and-sum beamforming algorithms to create directional pickup lobes. The M7E achieves a 12-meter pickup radius; the M7 Classic and M7 Advanced achieve 8 to 10 meters.

• Tencent EME Audio Algorithm Integration (M7 Classic): Employs hardware-level AI acoustic modeling to attenuate steady-state ambient sounds (HVAC fan hum, projector fans) and transient noises (keyboard clicks, paper handling) while preserving human vocal frequencies.

• Tri-Speaker Audio Architecture (M7E Series): Integrates two 20W high-to-mid-range drivers for vocal reproduction and a dedicated internal 20W low-frequency subwoofer.

2. Horion Interactive Flat Panel Hardware Matrix

The following table provides an engineering specification comparison across all current models in Horion’s commercial conference tablet catalog:

3. Large-Venue Displays: Horion All-in-One COB LED Series & Modular Cabinets

For environments where screen diagonal requirements exceed 98 inches—such as executive briefing centers, auditoriums, and command rooms—Horion supplies Chip-on-Board (COB) All-in-One LED displays and modular cabinets.

Technical Specifications: Horion All-in-One LED Displays

Modular COB LED Cabinets for Architectural Video Walls

For custom installations, Horion provides modular COB cabinets measuring $600\text{mm} \times 337.5\text{mm} \times 39.75\text{mm}$ (16:9 aspect ratio) with integrated switch-mode power supplies and synchronous receiving cards:

• P0.7 Module: 0.78mm pitch, $768 \times 432$ resolution per cabinet.

• P0.9 Module: 0.903mm pitch, $768 \times 432$ resolution per cabinet.

• P1.2 Module: 1.25mm pitch, $480 \times 270$ resolution per cabinet.

• P1.5 Module: 1.56mm pitch, $384 \times 216$ resolution per cabinet.

• P1.8 Module: 1.87mm pitch, $320 \times 180$ resolution per cabinet.

4. Digital Signage Hardware: Horion DS1 Commercial Series (43"–86")

The Horion DS1 Series provides continuous-duty commercial displays for executive dashboards, lobby communications, and command centers:

The DS1 lineup (available in 43", 50", 55", 65", 75", and 86") operates in landscape or portrait orientation and supports forward or backward tilt up to ±30°. An integrated power-consumption detection module tracks system wattage in real time to meet commercial energy standards.

5. Enterprise Peripheral Ecosystem: Cameras, Audio Cascading & Room Control

High-Fidelity Optical PTZ Cameras

When meeting room depth exceeds 8 meters, external PTZ optics are recommended to complement the panel's built-in camera:

HC-5KT12D Dual-Lens PTZ Camera: Features an 8.5MP Sony CMOS sensor delivering 4K at 30fps with 12x optical zoom and 15x digital zoom. Its dual-camera layout includes an ultra-wide panoramic camera and a motorized PTZ telephoto camera. Onboard facial detection, a 6-microphone array, and sound-source localization drive automated presenter tracking. Interfaces include HDMI, USB 3.0, PoE-enabled LAN, Line-In, and RS-232, supporting 255 presets with sleep-mode power consumption below 400mW.

HC-5KT20 20x Optical PTZ Camera: Equipped with an 8.28MP 4K sensor, 20x lossless optical zoom, and a quiet motorized mount (255 presets). Supported protocols include VISCA, PELCO-D, and PELCO-P over RS-232, RS-485, and PoE LAN.

HC-5M & HC-5E USB Cameras: Fixed USB cameras for small rooms. The HC-5M provides 4K video, an 8.28MP sensor, 10x digital zoom, auto-framing, and a 100° field of view (FOV). The HC-5E features a 12MP sensor with a 120° wide-angle lens and USB 2.0 plug-and-play connectivity.

Cascaded Microphones & Speech Capture Systems

HM-5U Cascaded Omnidirectional Microphone: Uses an 8-microphone array with an 8-meter pickup radius and a 5W monitor speaker. Employs deep-learning AI acoustic echo cancellation and background noise suppression. Supports wired cascading of up to 8 units via dedicated 3-meter dual Type-C cables, extending audio pickup across conference tables up to 30 meters long.

HM-6P Omnidirectional Microphone: An 8-element array with a 6-meter pickup radius, built-in 5W speaker, and wireless cascading support.

HM-5E Wireless Microphone Pod: Features physical mute and volume controls, a 2000mAh battery, Type-C audio input/output, and dual-unit wireless linking.

HM-LP1 Wireless Lavalier System: A 1-to-2 dual-channel wireless lapel microphone system with AI noise filtering, 360-degree pickup, and an integrated battery charging case.

Wireless Casting, BYOM Dongles & Smart Styluses

HT-6N BYOM Wireless Dongle: Connects via USB Type-A or Type-C, supporting driverless 4K screen mirroring with 10-point reverse touch return. It provides full Bring Your Own Meeting (BYOM) support: laptops running software clients (Teams, Zoom, Webex) access the Horion panel’s onboard 48MP/50MP camera, 8-array microphone, and speakers as native USB peripherals.

HG-2S Wireless Screen Transmitter: Supports driverless 4K transmission, simultaneous multi-device pairing, 1/2/3-screen split displays, and single-button portrait/landscape rotation.

SK11, HP-3S & HP-F1 Smart Styluses: The HP-3S includes air-mouse gyroscopic navigation, wireless page-turning, and one-touch annotation. The HP-F1 adds an aluminum chassis, 2.4GHz transmission with up to 6 months of standby time, and a software spotlight presentation mode.

Environmental Control & Scheduling Endpoints

10TH3 Meeting Room Scheduler: A 10.1-inch touch panel running Android 11 (2GB RAM+32GB ROM) with a 5MP front camera. Powered via 802.3af PoE or 12V DC, it integrates with calendar platforms to display room occupancy at doorway entrances.

HN-1 / HN-T2 / HN-V2 E-Ink Nameplates: Battery-powered digital desk plates featuring dual-sided 7.4" or 7.5" electronic ink displays. They update attendee names and titles dynamically via Bluetooth or NFC from mobile apps or central management consoles.

27EP1-S Smart Podium (Smart Lectern): An interactive presentation station with an integrated 27-inch 4K capacitive touch display, an octa-core processor (8GB RAM+64GB ROM), electronic motorized height adjustments, a gooseneck microphone, and Type-C/HDMI/LAN connections.

156HS1 Desktop Conference Controller: A 15.6-inch tabletop console (8 cores,8GB RAM,256GB ROM) running at 1920×1080 resolution for central meeting orchestration.

11ST-H Smart Hotel Display: A 10.95-inch Android 13 endpoint integrating VoIP desk phone hardware, cloud management, and automatic boot-on-power provisioning.

6. Dual-Operating System Architecture: Intel OPS Computing Modules

Horion interactive panels run an embedded Android OS alongside an optional Intel x86 Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) computing module. The OPS module interfaces with the panel via an internal 80-pin connector that carries power, PCIe signaling, USB 3.0 data, and 4K@60Hz DisplayPort video channels.

The table below outlines the three enterprise-grade OPS compute configurations available for Horion panels:

7. Enterprise Network Design, QoS Engineering & Switch Configurations

Integrating video conferencing displays into an enterprise campus requires dedicated Layer 2 VLAN segmentation, Layer 3 Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) traffic classification, and specific firewall traversal configurations.

Access Switch Configuration: Cisco IOS-XE / Catalyst 9300

! --- Step 1: Define Traffic Match Rules ---

ip access-list extended ACL-HORION-MEDIA

permit udp any any range 3478 3481

permit udp any any range 50000 50050

permit tcp any any eq 5061

permit tcp any any eq 443

! --- Step 2: Establish QoS Class Maps ---

class-map match-any CM-VOICE-TRAFFIC

match ip dscp ef

match access-group name ACL-HORION-MEDIA

class-map match-any CM-VIDEO-TRAFFIC

match ip dscp af41

match ip dscp cs4

! --- Step 3: Define Interface Ingress Policy ---

policy-map PM-HORION-PORT-POLICY

class CM-VOICE-TRAFFIC

set cos 5

set ip dscp ef

priority level 1

class CM-VIDEO-TRAFFIC

set cos 4

set ip dscp af41

bandwidth remaining percent 40

class class-default

set cos 0

set ip dscp default

! --- Step 4: Provision Switchport for Horion Display ---

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/18

description HORION_M7E_CONFERENCE_ROOM_A

switchport mode access

switchport access vlan 40

spanning-tree portfast

spanning-tree bpduguard enable

service-policy input PM-HORION-PORT-POLICY

power inline auto

speed 1000

duplex full

no shutdown

Perimeter Firewall Traversal Rules

Globally Disable SIP ALG: Stateful firewalls running Session Initiation Protocol Application Layer Gateway (SIP ALG) inspect and rewrite packet headers, which can break STUN/TURN/ICE negotiations and cause dropped calls. SIP ALG must be disabled globally.

Exclude Media Streams from SSL Interception: Real-time encrypted SRTP media packets must bypass SSL Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) firewalls. Re-encrypting real-time media streams introduces latency, jitter, and packet fragmentation.

Network Isolation: Horion displays should reside on an isolated AV VLAN (e.g., VLAN 40). Access-control lists (ACLs) should block direct routing into sensitive corporate databases or financial subnets.

8. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) & Global Hardware Procurement

Procuring interactive displays for enterprise deployments requires balancing upfront capital expenditure (CapEx) with ongoing maintenance, licensing, and support overhead (OpEx).

The table below details a 3-year TCO comparison for outfitting 10 medium-to-large conference spaces using a traditional multi-vendor hardware stack versus an integrated Horion M7E deployment:

Sourcing via B2B Telecommunication Equipment Distributors

Procuring displays through an established enterprise telecom equipment distributor-Importgm International Ltd simplifies hardware integration across the network stack:

Hardware Consolidation: Bundle Horion interactive panels with PoE+ edge access switches (Cisco Catalyst, Huawei CloudEngine, Fortinet FortiSwitch), rack servers (Dell PowerEdge), and enterprise firewalls in a single procurement schedule.

Optical Transceivers & Power Infrastructure: Match SFP+ 10G/25G optical transceivers and auxiliary PoE+ injectors across bill-of-materials items, ensuring clean deployment and consistent supply chains.

Technical Sizing & Procurement Verification Checklist

Use this technical checklist to finalize hardware specifications prior to deployment:

[   ] Form Factor & Space Allocation: Has display size been matched to viewing distance (65"/75" for rooms <25 m²; 86"/98"/105" for spaces up to 50 m²; 135"/162" COB LED for large venues)?

[   ] Optical Requirements: Are the built-in 48MP/50MP cameras sufficient, or does the room length require an external optical PTZ camera (HC-5KT12D with 12x optical zoom or HC-5KT20 with 20x optical zoom)?

[   ] Acoustic Sizing: For tables longer than 8 meters, are cascaded HM-5U microphone arrays (supporting up to 8 linked units via Type-C) included in the bill of materials?

[   ] Operating System Selection: Does the workflow require an Intel OPS module (HOPS-I5 with 12th Gen Core i5-12450H or HOPS-I7) for corporate Windows domain integration?

[   ] Mounting Hardware: Has the mobile stand or wall bracket been selected based on total weight capacity (HK52L for 55–65", HK75 for 55–75", HK76G2 for 65–86", or HK90 rated for 200KG for 98–110" panels)?

[   ] Network Layer Validation: Are access switch ports configured on a dedicated AV VLAN with DSCP EF (46) and DSCP AF41 (34) QoS priority mappings?

[   ] Perimeter Firewall Configuration: Is SIP ALG disabled, and are UDP media port ranges (3478–3481, 50000–50050) open for direct real-time media transit?

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