New technologies for smart cities – high‐resolution air pollution maps based on intelligent sensors

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzena Banach ◽  
Tomasz Talaśka ◽  
Jakub Dalecki ◽  
Rafał Długosz
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Intelligent Sensors

Smart Cities and Smart Regulation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Rønne
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Smart Regulation

Increasing focus on sustainable societies and ‘smart cities’ due to emphasis on mitigation of climate change is simultaneous with ‘smart regulation’ reaching the forefront of the political agenda. Consequently, the energy sector and its regulation are undergoing significant innovation and change. Energy innovations include transition from fossil fuels to more renewable energy sources and application of new computer technology, interactively matching production with consumer demand. Smart cities are growing and projects are being initiated for development of urban areas and energy systems. Analysis from ‘Smart Cities Accelerator’, developed under the EU Interreg funding programme that includes Climate-KIC,——provides background for the focus on a smart energy system. Analysis ensures the energy supply systems support the integration of renewables with the need for new technologies and investments. ‘Smart’ is trendy, but when becoming ‘smart’ leads to motivation that is an important step towards mitigating climate change.

scholarly journals Image-Based Automatic Watermeter Reading under Challenging Environments

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Qingqi Hong ◽  
Yiwei Ding ◽  
Jinpeng Lin ◽  
Meihong Wang ◽  
Qingyang Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Spatial Layout ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Automatic Instrument ◽  
Intelligent Sensors ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
Instrument Reading ◽  
Network Technologies

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and fifth-generation mobile network technologies, automatic instrument reading has become an increasingly important topic for intelligent sensors in smart cities. We propose a full pipeline to automatically read watermeters based on a single image, using deep learning methods to provide new technical support for an intelligent water meter reading. To handle the various challenging environments where watermeters reside, our pipeline disentangled the task into individual subtasks based on the structures of typical watermeters. These subtasks include component localization, orientation alignment, spatial layout guidance reading, and regression-based pointer reading. The devised algorithms for orientation alignment and spatial layout guidance are tailored to improve the robustness of our neural network. We also collect images of watermeters in real scenes and build a dataset for training and evaluation. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method even under challenging environments with varying lighting, occlusions, and different orientations. Thanks to the lightweight algorithms adopted in our pipeline, the system can be easily deployed and fully automated.

scholarly journals High-Resolution Pixel LED Headlamps: Functional Requirement Analysis and Research Progress

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3368
Author(s):  
Liping Wang ◽  
Jianshe Ma ◽  
Ping Su ◽  
Jianwei Huang
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Light Distribution ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Requirement Analysis ◽  
Functional Requirement ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
The Subject

High-resolution pixel LED headlamps are lighting devices that can produce high-resolution light distribution to adapt to road and traffic conditions, intelligently illuminate traffic areas, and assist drivers. Due to the complexity of roads and traffic conditions, the functional diversity of high-resolution pixel LEDs headlamps and traffic safety has come into question and is the subject of in-depth research conducted by car manufacturers and regulators. We summarize the current possible functions of high-resolution pixel LED headlamps and analyze ways in which they could be improved. This paper also discusses the prospect of new technologies in the future.

Survey on Demands for New Technologies towards Smart Cities to Solve Urban Problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 1413-1420
Author(s):  
Wataru Katsumata ◽  
Eiko Kumakura ◽  
Hiroyasu Shingai
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Problems

High-Resolution Modelling of Health Impacts and Related External Cost from Air Pollution Using the Integrated Model System EVA

2016 ◽  
pp. 125-128
Author(s):  
Jørgen Brandt ◽  
Mikael Skou Andersen ◽  
Jakob Bønløkke ◽  
Jesper Heile Christensen ◽  
Kaj Mantzius Hansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Model System ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
External Cost
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