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Smart City
In recent years, there has been an increasing trend of large numbers of people moving towards urban living. As forecasted in1 by 2030 more than 60 % of the population will live in an urban environment. Some of the systems that can address the challenges related to increased population will contribute to the development of the Smart City. The Smart City concept operates in a complex urban environment, incorporating several complex systems of infrastructure, human behaviour, technology, social and political structures and the economy. A Smart City provides an intelligent way to manage components such as transport, health, energy, homes and buildings and the environment. The data generated by these components are primarily by wireless sensor networks. Wireless sensor networks have been deployed in many industrial and consumer applications such as health monitoring, smart home applications, water monitoring and environment monitoring.Every time a city improves upon its existing structures to incorporate more data-driven or connected technologies, it becomes more intelligent. Examples of smart-city enhancements beyond smart transportation include sensors to monitor air quality and temperature fluctuations, IoT technology in public buildings to conserve energy and data-driven waste pick-up management. But the crown jewel of any smart city is how smart transportation can revolutionize how cities operate and how people move within them.
Smart city based on Internet of Things (IoT) technology is one of the key research topics. Especially, smart city applications require diverse kinds of integrated algorithms such as IoT, security, software architecture, artificial intelligence (AI), image processing, and so on, which enable various smart city applications. For example, AI algorithms are utilized for autonomously controlling devices such as buildings, vehicles, and so on. Security algorithms are utilized for managing the data invoked by smart city applications. Software architectures are required to integrate the huge size of IoT applications.
Smart Transportation
What is smart transportation?
Samar transportation includes the use of several technologies, from basic management systems such as car navigation; traffic signal control systems; container management systems; automatic number plate recognition to speed cameras to monitoring applications, extending to more advanced applications that integrate live data and feedback from multiple external sources
What is a smart transportation system?
Mobility is a major concern for any city. As urban populations continue to grow, the number of people trying to get from A to B in and around cities is also growing at a pace that cannot be sustained under current transportation systems.
An STS aims to achieve traffic efficiency, helping to minimize traffic problems whilst providing real-time, up-to-date information to passenger and travelers across multiple modes of transport within a city.
How does a smart transportation system work?
According to report commissioned by Genesee County,” Shaping out transportation future together”, they identified 16 types of technology- based systems that make up an intelligent transportation system. These are divided into two separate areas: intelligent infrastructure systems and intelligent vehicle systems.
Intelligent infrastructure systems:
- Arterial management
- Freeway Management
- Transit Management
- Incident Management
- Emergency Management
- Electronic Payment and Pricing
- Traveler Information
- Crash Prevention and Safety
- Roadway Operations and Maintenance
- Road Weather Management
- Commercial Vehicle Operations
- Inter modal Freight
Intelligent vehicle systems:
- Collision Avoidance systems
- Driver Assistance Systems
- Collision Notification Systems
Together, these technologies comprise an intelligent transport system, helping to improve travel conditions and improve the overal’liveability’ of a city.
Smart Parking
What issues you would come into while parking vehicles?
- Parking lot is saturated– The most severe issue is the increasing number of vehicles with no increase in the parking space,hence,resulting in the jam.
- Overpay– Sometimes,drivers or customer don’t know how long they will stay at a specific place. Therefore,they overpay the parking fees sometimes.
- Environment impact– The parking lot accumulated amounts of contaminant that are unable to be absorbed,which are flushed into the water body when raining.
- On-street or Off-street parking– There’re not enough space on the parking lot of the shopping malls or reservation areas,in this case,severe traffic jam will appear.
- Improper use of existent parking lot– People are always in a hurry and get impatient to parking properly,which result in insufficient parking space for other vehicles.
Smart parking systems are widely used to improve People’s Daily life, so the use of smart parking systems is expected to increase constantly. The system can also add the following advanced functions, making it a multi-functional management tool.
- Parking demand management and space optimization
- Personalized parking guidance
- parking reservation system
- dynamic parking price and policy optimization
- parking area, charging, illegal parking detection
For large parking lots, augmented reality might create a mapping function on real images captured by smartphones. These AR outdoor and indoor navigation systems can guide drivers to their parked cars via virtual paths.
Another innovation is the use of visual image processing technology to catch the license plate number of a car and identify it with the help of optical character recognition technology. It then automatically opens the gate to the parking lot and the system lead the driver to a suitable parking lot space.
The future of smart parking systems seems prospective. The technologies behind this solution include the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality, which are also driving the digital transformation of enterprises in industry 4.0 terms. Leveraging these innovations, Parking 4.0 will improve the efficiency of parking systems by addressing urbanization challenges.
Smart Home
what is a smart home?
Simply put, a smart home is a tech-enabled residence that gives people control over their living environment by connecting various smart devices to the Internet. The key to a smart home is the ability to remotely control your preferred home system. In a smart home, everything from large appliances like TVs to smaller devices like vacuum cleaners, and even home security systems can be put on your home network and at your command. The home reacts whether the commands are issued by voice, smartphone, tablet, laptop or other connected devices.
Pretty much adoptions of smart home systems are related to lighting, air conditioning and heating, home theater and entertainment, as well as home security. In fact, a smart home is much more than what you can imagine, it’s a fully integrated IoT system where you can seamlessly monitor and control everything connected to your home network. The core driver of a smart home solution lies in its convenience, therefore, your home can comfortably be as ‘smart’ as you’d like. From having a few connected devices to a fully automated house, an IoT smart home is designed to create the perfect atmosphere in your apartment or house.
Smart Lightening
what is it and what are the benefits?
Since the arrival of Artificial Intelligence (AI) you undoubtedly have heard of smart technology, smart building and maybe smart lighting. In this blog we would like to explain what smart lighting really is and what the benefits are for the office or your home.
What is smart lighting?
Smart lighting is an innovative lighting technology which allows you to automatically control your lighting using specific lighting systems. This not only makes it easier to use your lighting, but also makes it a lot more pleasant. For example, with smart lighting you can automatically control your lighting, from dimming the light and adjusting the color temperature to controlling the correct amount of daylight.
Smart lighting works with a few triggers to automatically adjust the light. For example, sensor technology can be used to detect the presence of people in a room or the amount of daylight shining into a room. Time, sound and external data such as location or a weather forecaster are also possible triggers.
Benefits of smart lighting
Smart lighting systems have several interesting benefits for both office buildings and your home environment:
More control of the lighting
Sensor technology can also be added to this which makes it possible to detect movement or the presence of people to adjust the lighting. For example, you can dim the lights or the opposite, turn on extra lighting in a specific room depending on the need at that time. The lighting can also remain controllable with a push button, but this can also be included in the wireless network and applied or moved to the most appropriate location.
In addition, smart lighting always takes into account the appropriate color temperature at the right time in order to adjust the lighting more to the mood of those present. For example, cold light in the morning is more suitable and warm light in the evening more pleasant and cozy.
Energy saving and sustainable
Because smart lighting always takes into account the necessary lighting on the one hand and specific other factors in the room on the other, you will save a lot of energy in the long term. No more unnecessary light wastage and a lot less energy consumption, which also means less CO2 emissions. In addition, smart lighting has a good average lifespan, a lot longer than ordinary lamps, for example. In addition, LED-lamps are often used for such lighting systems, which is again a lot more energy efficient than other lamps.
Atmosphere creation
By detecting various factors in a room, smart lighting also creates a more pleasant atmosphere. For example, it can automatically dim the lighting systems or adjust the color temperature for a more pleasant experience.
Would you like to know more about smart lighting and how you can integrate it into your home environment or office? Then don’t hesitate to contact us! We are happy to advise you.
