As the topic of smart cities continues to ferment, manufacturers in different fields are driven to join/seize this application service market; among them, urban smart monitoring is the focus of many manufacturers' entry into the smart city market. In fact, whether it is water resources/air, street safety, or transportation, cities are already covered with various monitoring systems; however, if you want to achieve smart urban monitoring, such information must be integrated and can be unified Only by presenting it on a platform can we achieve true intelligence.
Edge Computing/Last Mile Connection Capability Series Monitoring System
"The Internet of Things has two major aspects." said Taiwan Color and Imaging Technology Deputy General Manager Wan Yi Zhong (Figure 1). The first is edge computing (Edge Computing), and the second is the "Last Mile" connection capability; that is, all the way The self-sensor receives the signal and then transmits it to the brain (cloud), allowing the system to judge and make corresponding judgments. This is also the company's focus in the monitoring field.
Trillions believes that thanks to the continuous reduction of the size of the central processing unit (CPU) by hardware manufacturers, it can be directly mounted on the device for use, allowing a lot of information that originally had to be processed on the server to be judged in advance on the device. .
The company provides a comprehensive quantification image analysis, a flexible core platform Intelligent Video Analyze, which can be used in a powerful computing environment, meaning can be changed, and the service aspect can be changed in the city of Wisdom City. The supervisory system has been changed and further simplified.
"Currently, the company's technology has been introduced into parking space detection, smart street lights, and smart monitors." Wanyizhong said that traditional monitors must stream images back to the back-end server for processing, analysis and judgment. However, if the software provided by the company is combined with the CPU, most of the analysis operations can be completed in the device. The analyzed information is then output to the back-end platform through wireless transmission technology; judgments such as age/gender, people flow management, etc. can only be completed at the edge.
Trillions believes that compared with other competitors, the company focuses on lightweight product performance and does not initially pursue extremely high recognition rates. However, even so, the company's system recognition rate is still 93.3%, which means that the company can achieve certain results without sacrificing a lot of accuracy.
In addition to edge computing, Last Mile’s connectivity capabilities are also very important for smart cities. Trillion Zhong said that the company is optimistic about the application of Bluetooth. Compared with ZigBee or Wi-Fi, the cost of this technology is relatively low. If it is applied to asset/personnel tracking, its value will be more highlighted. For example, the current emphasis on care for the elderly in Taiwan is to wear wearable devices on the elderly, and then install Bluetooth receivers in various street lamps and corners in the city. If the elderly disappear, they can use the wearable devices to receive The device corresponds to its location, which is a good application model in smart cities.
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