Intellivix to Use AI to Help Drivers Check Hydrogen Station Waits in Real Time

Intellivix has begun building a real-time system to provide information on waiting vehicles at hydrogen charging stations using AI video analysis technology. On the 6th, the company said it had won a contract from the Korea Petroleum Quality & Distribution Authority for the project to improve the digital customer satisfaction center through support for the installation of video analysis equipment. The project calls for building an AI video analysis system to check the number of hydrogen vehicles waiting at charging stations. Its goal is to help drivers confirm the number and types of waiting vehicles before they visit, improving convenience for station users.

The project covers 15 hydrogen charging stations nationwide. Intellivix will install AI video analysis equipment and cameras at those stations and carry out the project by linking them with existing operating systems. The schedule runs through December.

Until now, hydrogen charging stations have continued to face the inconvenience of opaque charging waits. Before arriving on site, it has been difficult to determine the actual number of waiting vehicles and how crowded the station is. Under the existing operating method, on-site staff checked manually with the naked eye and then entered the data by hand into the POS system. As a result, real-time information was sometimes delayed or omitted.

Intellivix said it is pursuing the construction of a system that provides waiting vehicle information in real time through AI video analysis.

The system Intellivix is building analyzes vehicle location and direction of travel based on camera footage, and determines the waiting status by vehicle type, including sedans, buses and trucks, by analyzing vehicle size and appearance. Based on the analysis results, the system distinguishes between vehicles passing near the station and vehicles actually waiting to charge, and counts the number of waiting vehicles in real time to create live status information.

The AI counting data gathered in this way will be linked to the station sales information management system, as well as Korea Petroleum Quality & Distribution Authority's hydrogen distribution information system, Hying, and the digital customer satisfaction system. It will also be built so that real-time station video can be provided, and in public footage, AI will automatically mask, or blur, faces and license plates in real time to eliminate concerns over privacy violations at the source.

Once the build is complete, drivers will be able to check the waiting conditions before visiting and use that information when deciding which station to choose. Operators will be able to reduce manual vehicle counting and data entry, and the waiting information accumulated through the project can later be used to predict charging wait times and improve station operations.

Intellivix plans to expand the scope of AI video analysis technology applications on the strength of this contract. The company has already built up expertise in traffic control and public safety monitoring, and it aims to extend that to eco-friendly energy infrastructure operations.

An Intellivix official said the key point of the project is that AI automatically aggregates waiting information that station operators had previously checked and entered manually. The official added that the system then provides that aggregated information to drivers. The official also said the company intends to expand AI projects that improve the operation of eco-friendly energy facilities based on the technologies it has accumulated in the traffic and public safety sectors.

Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Hye-jin
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=409386

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