- Pilot installation of 42 integrated safety smart poles and 30 intelligent signboards using the Internet of Things (IoT) next year
– Real-time disclosure of ‘city data’ collected by IoT sensors… Expected to be utilized in service development to increase citizen convenience
- City “We will create a smart city Seoul that is safe and convenient for citizens by utilizing the intelligent Internet of Things”
□ The Seoul Metropolitan Government is actively utilizing the 'Internet of Things (IoT) technology' to protect the safety and consideration of the socially vulnerable, such as the elderly, women, the disabled, and children. Starting next year, the city plans to discover smart city services and infrastructure that can apply IoT technology and expand them throughout the city.
□ Seoul City announced that it will begin a pilot project to install integrated safety smart poles with IoT applied in 42 child protection zones next year and intelligent guide signs equipped with voice recognition AI on 30 city roads. It will also share real-time urban data that can be used for various urban phenomenon research and service development.
○ Since 18, the city has been actively utilizing IoT-applied services in the field of citizen safety, such as smart paths, smart security lights for the way home, smart plugs for caring for single-person households, smart crosswalks for preventing traffic accidents, S-DoT*, a complex IoT sensor that collects data on 1 types of urban phenomena, and smart poles that integrate smart functions.
□ First, the city decided to establish a foundation for reducing child traffic accidents by installing integrated safety smart poles equipped with speed cameras, CCTV for cracking down on illegal parking, and traffic guidance signs in 25 locations around the children’s protection zone in 42.
○ As a result of examining the traffic accident status for two years before and after the installation of unmanned surveillance cameras in children's protection zones in 20, the number of accidents decreased by 2% (77 cases in 18-19 → 31 cases in 21-22), confirming that smart devices such as CCTV are effective in preventing traffic accidents involving children.
○ In addition, by integrating the speed cameras, illegal parking CCTVs, and traffic information signs that were previously installed individually into one, we were able to reduce traffic accidents, improve the cityscape and pedestrian convenience, and reduce construction costs.
○ Smart poles are smart urban infrastructure facilities that combine complex road facilities such as streetlights, traffic lights, and CCTVs into one and integrate various smart technologies such as public Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things to increase the safety and convenience of citizens. Currently, 812 different smart poles are installed throughout Seoul.
□ In addition, starting from 25, city data collected from IoT sensors installed throughout the city will be disclosed in real time. The city has decided to actively disclose the data so that it can be used to study various urban phenomena and develop services that increase citizen convenience.
○ S-DoT sensors are installed in 1,100 locations throughout the city, collecting 2 types of urban phenomenon data, including temperature, humidity, and noise, at 16-minute intervals. Previously, only data collected the previous day was disclosed through the Open Data Plaza (data.seoul.go.kr), but starting next year, it will be disclosed in real time through API-linked channels.
○ Accordingly, the city expects that more detailed urban phenomenon research and various services that improve citizen convenience can be developed.
□ Lastly, 30 locations with a large floating population will be selected to pilot the installation and operation of 'intelligent signboards' equipped with voice recognition AI technology. The city plans to closely analyze, supplement, and expand the effectiveness of the installation of intelligent signboards that provide route guidance to the digitally disadvantaged through voice and image.
○ The intelligent guide board is a system that uses artificial intelligence to provide voice-based guidance on how to get to a destination or how to use public transportation through voice and image responses. It is also expected to increase the convenience of city travel for foreign tourists as it can answer questions in foreign languages.
□ Park Jin-young, Director of Seoul’s Digital City Bureau, stated, “The Internet of Things is one of the core technologies of a smart city that can be installed in all objects and connected to each other,” and added, “We will actively utilize the intelligent Internet of Things, which has been further developed through the convergence of artificial intelligence technologies, to create a smart city Seoul where citizens are safe and convenient, and an intelligent city Seoul that becomes even smarter with data.”
Source: Seoul Metropolitan City