Sharp AIoT Cloud’s “WIZIoT remote monitoring” service supports AI reading of “float type and level meters”

[Sharp] AIoT Cloud’s “WIZIoT remote monitoring” service supports AI reading of “float type and level meters”
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Press release: September 19, 2024
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AIoT Cloud’s “WIZIoT remote monitoring” service supports AI reading of “float type and level meters”
*Continuous automatic shooting with a smartphone camera can reduce the time required for conventional visual inspection recording by approximately 50% (*1)*
AIoT Cloud Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Koto-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Toru Matsumoto, hereinafter referred to as AIoT Cloud Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Sharp)
Starting today, September 19th, AIoT Cloud will update its “WIZIoT Remote Monitoring” service, which streamlines inspection operations by photographing factory equipment meters with cameras and reading them using AI.

AIoT Cloud focuses on the current situation where the burden of equipment inspection work, which is essential for the safe operation of factories, is increasing due to the worsening labor shortage at manufacturing sites. In February of this year, we began providing a service that streamlines inspection operations by taking pictures of meters, etc. in factory equipment with a camera and reading them using AI, in a SaaS format (*2) that supports the hybrid use of fixed cameras and smartphone cameras. I did.

In addition to conventional analog and digital meters and lamps, this update introduces “float-type and level-type meters,” which are widely used as flowmeters and liquid level meters for tanks and boilers in food and cosmetics factories and chemical plants. ” now supports AI reading. Additionally, by supporting continuous automatic photography that allows inspections by simply holding a smartphone camera over the meter, the time required to record conventional visual inspections can be reduced by approximately 50%. This allows even those who are inexperienced with inspections to work easily and quickly, making inspection work more efficient.

AIoT Cloud will continue to improve work efficiency and reduce costs, as well as work style reform and labor savings, by expanding the functions of the “WIZIoT remote monitoring” service and linking with other business tools in response to customer issues and requests. We will continue to contribute to

■ Main update contents
1. Compatible with AI reading of “float-type and level-type meters” used in tanks and boilers in food and cosmetics factories and chemical plants.
2. Continuous automatic shooting by simply holding your smartphone over the meter reduces the time required for conventional visual inspection recording by approximately 50%
3． Supports offline inspections in areas where smartphone signals are difficult to reach, such as underground

(*1) When inspecting multiple meters (10 meters), compare the case where the meter values ​​are read visually and the inspection results are written down by hand on a paper inspection form, versus the case where the inspection is carried out using the continuous automatic shooting function of the smartphone app. Reduction rate of inspection time (according to AIoT cloud research).
(*2) Abbreviation for Software as a Service, which is a service that allows software to be used over the Internet.

*The information contained in the news release is information as of the date of the press release.

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