Marubeni : YNU, LocaliST, Yokosuka City, Mobileye, Marubeni, ESRI Japan Commence the Joint development of sensing system equipped with Mobileye's automotive camera-based safety, mapping technology and edge AI
January 27, 2021 at 08:40 am EST
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Marubeni Corporation (hereinafter, 'Marubeni'), Institute of Urban Innovation in Yokohama National University, LocaliST, Co., Ltd., Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd., ESRI Japan Corporation and Yokosuka City (hereinafter collectively, 'Consortium') hereby announce the start of joint development for sensing system equipped with Mobileye's automotive camera-based safety, mapping technology and edge AI (hereinafter 'Technology') as a part of 'Yokosuka x Smart Mobility Challenge'.
The Consortium will roll out more than a dozen units of commercial vehicles equipped with the Technology, and will develop a sensing system that continuously collects and accumulates data on road assets such as road surface conditions and on the position and volume of pedestrians and bicycles.
As the spread of COVID-19 increases the dependence on private vehicles, the Consortium will contribute to the realization of a more human-centered, safe and secure walking and cycling environment by combining the data obtained from this initiative and other existing data with a multi-evaluation of road safety. Furthermore, the chronological analysis of pedestrian traffic volume allows for the verification of the effectiveness of stay-at-home orders during a pandemic, and also enables risk assessment by hotspot analysis.
In 2021, as a first step, the Consortium will introduce more than a dozen edge AIs (drive recorders) mounted on garbage trucks and public vehicles to an area that covers about 100km of roadway in Yokosuka City, and conduct a demonstration experiment to collect, analyze, and visualize the accumulated data.
'Yokosuka x Smart Mobility Challenge' is an industry-academiagovernment collaboration project led by Yokosuka City with the aim of solving regional issues by utilizing state-of-the-art mobility and information and communication technology.
The Consortium's next step will be to include major logistics companies and expand the range, number and types of experimental vehicles to further develop the system and verify the utility of the collected data. Furthermore, in order to visualize and share the roadside situation data collected from this initiative, the Consortium is considering cooperation with the 3D city model 'PLATEAU' developed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Marubeni Corporation is a diversified group organized primarily around 12 business segments:
- sale of agricultural products and related services (47% of net sales): sale of agricultural inputs (crop protection products, fertilizers, seeds, etc.), precision farming services, formulation of crop protection products, export of cereals and oilseeds, etc.;
- sale of food products (17.6%);
- production and distribution of oil, gas, alternative energy and electricity (10.4%);
- production of chemicals and petrochemicals (6.4%);
- production of metals and mineral resources (4.9%);
- sale and financing of industrial and construction machinery and equipment (4.6%). The group also develops car sales and tire distribution activities;
- sales of consumer electronics (4.3%). In addition, the group develops real estate development and management activities;
- sale of forest products (2.3%): wood chips and biomass fuel, pulp and waste paper, paper, paperboard, hygiene products, building & construction materials and wood products;
- sale of apparel, accessories, textile and lifestyle products (1.1%);
- management and operation of aircraft and ships (1%);
- development of energy production units and industrial installations (0.3%);
- finance and leasing (0.1%): auto finance, aircraft leasing, aircraft engine leasing, leasing and renting of refrigerated trailers, commercial vehicles and commercial freight railcars, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (37.2%), the United States (42.5%)
Marubeni : YNU, LocaliST, Yokosuka City, Mobileye, Marubeni, ESRI Japan Commence the Joint development of sensing system equipped with Mobileye's automotive camera-based safety, mapping technology and edge AI
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