Provision of AI image analysis and data prediction services

「For video management DX, we provide the cloud-based AI video analysis service OPTiM AI Camera to a wide range of customers. As one example, we also began providing it to Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu City.」

「For video management DX, we provided the cloud-based AI image analysis service OPTiM AI Camera to Kitakyushu City. In Kitakyushu City, which aims to promote DX across the region, OPTiM AI Camera converts congestion at ward office service counters into data and provides quantified congestion results, contributing to improved citizen services and operational efficiency. Following this case, we will promote the provision of OPTiM AI Camera to local governments nationwide and support local-government DX.」

「In office DX, OPTiM Electronic Books and Records Preservation, an AI-based document management service, obtained the Electronic Transaction Software Legal Requirements Certification from the Japan Document Information Management Association (JIIMA).」

「For the video management DX business, we began providing OPTiM AI Camera's congestion visualization function, which displays anonymized congestion levels, to Fukuoka City's official portal site, Fukuoka Support, and Well Camera Net, Fukuoka City's system for displaying the number of people waiting at service counters.」

「Deployment of OPTiM AI Camera Enterprise, a real-time AI image analysis service usable across industries, is progressing, with the service being used in a variety of settings. New initiatives have begun to count visitors at the passenger terminal building of Kyushu Saga International Airport, operated and managed by 佐賀ターミナルビル株式会社, and to use the service as a COVID-19 countermeasure solution at the main tower of Kumamoto Castle.」

「We added an automatic web-page generation function to OPTiM AI Camera, enabling users without a website to publish congestion information externally. We also added vehicle detection functions to OPTiM AI Camera Enterprise, enabling its use to visualize parking-lot congestion, survey road traffic volume and monitor vehicle intrusion at factories.」

「OPTiM AI Camera adoption progressed steadily, and in collaboration with パナソニック ネットソリューションズ株式会社, we completed connection testing between OPTiM AI Camera Enterprise and the VMS service ArgosView.」

「In the first quarter, in collaboration with KDDI Corporation, we provided OPTiM AI Camera's congestion visualization function, which displays anonymized congestion levels, at Ueno Zoo within the Tokyo Metropolitan Ueno Zoological Gardens.」

「The former service has been particularly well received as a service that enables users to check store congestion in real time and monitor measures being taken to address crowded and close-contact conditions. Expanded deployment and full implementation have been decided for fiscal 2021.」

「Specifically, the low-priced, easy-to-use OPTiM AI Camera Lite was changed to the main AI image analysis service OPTiM AI Camera, while the previous OPTiM AI Camera was changed to the real-time AI image analysis service OPTiM AI Camera Enterprise.」

「OPTiM AI Camera was selected for Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.'s and Fukuoka City's "Beyond Coronavirus" demonstration project under Fukuoka City's full-support program for demonstration projects. During the fiscal year, we will conduct a demonstration project for a multipurpose AI camera service using AI technology in Fukuoka City.」

「Under these circumstances, the Group began selling a "with-COVID-19 solution" using OPTiM AI Camera.」

「OPTiM AI Camera Mobile began being offered on Google Play from 30 January 2020 at a monthly fee of ¥1,950, including tax. Integration with video management systems (VMS) connected to OPTiM AI Camera also progressed, and we completed integration with Omnicast, the VMS service of Genetec Security Center, Genetec Inc.'s comprehensive security platform from the world's No. 1 manufacturer by market share, and connection testing with Safie, the VMS service of Safie Co., Ltd., the domestic No. 1 manufacturer by cloud video recording service market share.」

「For services using the AI and IoT platform OPTiM Cloud IoT OS, we announced 6 services at once, including OPTiM AI Camera Mobile and OPTiM AI Camera Lite, entry-level services for OPTiM AI Camera; OPTiM AI Creator, which enables users to create proprietary AI image recognition models; OPTiM AI Research and OPTiM AI Signage, which provide detailed AI-based customer analysis and targeted in-store marketing; and OPTiM AI Voice Recorder, an upgraded version of OPTiM AI Voice.」

「The number of OPTiM AI Camera licenses continues to grow steadily, and we are conducting pilot projects across industries to accelerate this trend. In a pilot project with Solasto Corporation, we are using OPTiM AI Camera to visualize and optimize employee operations. We have also begun a joint research project with St. Luke's International University to evaluate a hand hygiene monitoring method using the service at St. Luke's International Hospital.」

「We began sales of these services during the fourth quarter, achieved a certain level of results, and expect further sales expansion in the fiscal year ending March 2020.」

「In October 2018, we announced OPTiM AI Camera, a packaged service that addresses industry-specific issues through AI image analysis technology, and OPTiM AI Prediction, a quantitative data analysis service based on the knowledge gained from our data analysis activities to date. OPTiM AI Camera collects data from various types of cameras installed at stores and facilities according to industry and intended use, then uses trained models to analyze images and support marketing, security, operational efficiency and other areas. We prepared menus applying more than 300 trained models across 11 industries, creating an environment in which AI can be used easily. We also decided to provide OPTiM AI Camera for Retail CE at TSUTAYA KADEN+ (Tsutaya Kaden Plus), which 蔦屋家電株式会社 plans to open as a next-generation showroom in April 2019.」

「In the AI and IoT fields, we have begun providing services that enable a wide range of customers to adopt AI and IoT easily. Our main services are OPTiM AI Camera, a packaged service that addresses industry-specific issues through AI image analysis technology, and OPTiM AI Prediction, a quantitative data analysis service based on the knowledge gained from our data analysis activities to date. OPTiM AI Camera collects data from various types of cameras installed at stores and facilities according to industry and intended use, then uses trained models to analyze images and support marketing, security, operational efficiency and other areas. We have prepared menus applying more than 300 trained models across 10 industries, creating an environment in which AI can be used easily.」