Upcoming challengefor the 1st year of AIoTA full range of intelligent vehicle management solutions with AI imaging analysis technology

This report aims to provide a reference note for differ-ent vehicle types and technical applications, which are mainly focused on the industries of Smart Transporta-tion, LPR (License Plate Recognition), RSU (Road Side Unit), OBU (On Board Unit) and CMS (Content Man-agement System) etc.

EverFocus Electronics Corp EverFocus Electronics Corp.

Overview

EverFocus mainly produces industrial computers, CCTV and mDVR (mobile DVR).EverFocus is a gold member of Intel® IPA, and many of its products have been Microsoft Azure service certified. EverFocus' industrial computers have consecutively won the Taiwan Excellence Award and the COMPUTEX d&i Award. It is the most high profile rising star in the global IPC industry.

EverFocus is committed to providing the most professional customized smart solutions for the development of global artificial intelligence, helping customers and partners improve the safety and efficiency of their working environments, including smart transportation, smart buildings, smart security and other vertical markets.

In 2021, with the ongoing vaccine deployment, and its consequent gradual and widespread use has spurred the industry's recovery. This recovery has accelerated 5G Internet adoption which is a breakthrough technology that has started to be available worldwide. The vigorous development of AI applications has brought a tremendous growth in the industrial computer industry. Nowadays, the major industry benchmarks focus on infrastructure and smart manufacturing. Together with the long-prepared software and hardware integration technology, they are all gearing up for newer smart transportation applications, such as autonomous driving, electric vehicles and much more. The vertical market for popular mobile applications such as defense transportation has also become a battlefield for hundreds of companies.

With the maturity of AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) technology and the rapid development of 5G, countries oriented towards sustainable development have joined the prohibition on fuel vehicles. The two major economies of the EU and Japan have jointly established the development of prohibiting fuel vehicles and to sell only electric vehicles by 2030. Last year, in 2020, China announced that there will be a prohibition on the sale of gasoline vehicles in 2035. The increase in electric car sale legislation and 5G connectivity adoption will help usher and achieve automated driving.

This article will start with a comprehensive smart vehicle management solution equipped with AI image analysis technology and introduce representative successful cases of smart vehicle management around the world. Under the development of AIoT and 5G technologies, we will analyze the innovative applications of smart transportation, potential business opportunities, and how EverFocus, a leader in smart security and smart transportation solutions, can successfully deliver answers that satisfy customers.

1. Does the partner have the ability to integrate?At present, smart manufacturers are striving to overcome the difficulties in the integration of IT and OT. As we have known, IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operation Technology) are two completely different system disciplines. If there is no experienced manufacturer to assist and guide, it will cause the development in the critical stage of the process to get suspended, and the deadline will not be met, thus all the previous efforts will be wasted, which will cause the investors' efforts to be wiped out. Certainly, none of the policymakers would like to see a project fail or be halted mid-development. Therefore, when selecting a manufacturer, it is necessary to consider the scale of their past cooperations, and the brand's reputation in the market, etc.

2. Does the partner understand the market?The research and development process of vehicle technology, market acceptance and the verification process of tedious regulations are issues that all manufacturers have to face with. The system integrator, which acts as a bridge between the market and the industry, is the most important screw in the process. Whether end customers can be convinced to accept the product is also the core that must be considered before and after the listing. Partners with solid market knowledge, can quickly rely on cooperation. Partner's technical advantages and market familiarity, will lead to an acceleration of the process listing, and whether the partner has enough patience and careful understanding of customer needs is the focus that tests basic skills.

3. Does the partner have a good reputation?Industrial manufacturing-related industries are the battlefield of B2B. Without a doubt, the importance of word-of-mouth is very important. In addition to quality endorsement by many partners, excellent manufacturers include certifications from internationally renowned institutions, reputation of partners, and past awards records. It is a basis for verifying whether the partner is trustworthy. In addition to not falling behind in innovation, a brand that has survived for more than 20 years in the industry can provide a service quality that can be as long as 5-10 years for cooperation in the field of smart manufacturing. Maintaining a certain level is the focus that decision makers must consider when selecting partners.

Because the B2B purchase process has always required cross-departmental and cross-class joint decisions, the above points provide decision-making personnel to raise the level of consideration and accelerate the pace of discussion during the long decision-making process.

How to choose the proper partnerships for smart vehicle :

The smart transportation industry has a great development potential and huge business opportunities. How to choose a proper partner with many competitors is a compulsory course for fleet managers. The following provides 3 key aspects that decision makers can refer to when choosing a good partner:

With the European Union and Japan jointly establishing the main development direction of migrating from fuel vehicles towards electric vehicles in 2030 and along with China announcing the prohibition on the sale of gasoline vehicles in 2035, will accelerate the adoption of electric vehicle sales that will need to be connected to networks. Connected vehicles will help achieve self-driving capabilites. However, the research and development process of electric vehicle technology, market acceptance, and the verification process of tedious regulations have also become problems that many manufacturers have to face. The system integrator, which acts as a bridge between the market and the industry, has naturally become the most important screw. Whether you can persuade end customers to accept a new product is also the focus of consideration before and after the launch of a new technology.

Since the industrial revolution, people have always pursued a faster, safer, and more comprehensive transportation and transportation experiences. With the fierce competition in the international smart transportation market, the development of advanced technology, the improvement of computing efficiency and the re-upgrading of the agility of sensing equipment are the goals pursued by the manufacturers of the current smart transportation industry chain.

Industry Status — Smart Transportation Market Analysis

1. Electric vehicle market (self-driving cars, hybrid cars, etc.)

Global Market Insight's new survey points out that by 2026, the global defense transportation market will be worth more than 27 billion U.S. dollars. As the popularity of global defense military preparations continues to increase, governments of various countries are planning to replace existing equipment, purchase more advanced equipment and vehicles, and prepare for potential cross-border conflicts. This move is expected to further stimulate the growth of the defense market.

2. Defense transportation market (military trucks, military transportation trucks, etc.)

According to the statistics of the Foreign Trade Association, the number of countries that imported commercial vehicle-related parts and accessories from Taiwan in 2019 was as high as 114 countries, with an average import value of nearly 40 million U.S. dollars. The average market share of Taiwan in that year was 4.03%, and the average ranking was 8th in the world.

Such outstanding results are sufficient to highlight Taiwan's strong international position in the transportation-related industries. It is also because of its rich experience that the international market recognizes the quality and stability of Taiwanese manufacturers' automotive electronics. Therefore, a complete set of smart management solutions for commercial fleets was made accordingly.

3. Commercial fleet management (taxi, police cars, school buses, trucks, etc.)

EverFocus cooperated with a customer in China with a fleet of hundreds of taxis. The Intel® platform model eIVP-BT3-IV-V0000 (eIVP1300) was selected as the host for this project, and the main purpose is to detect the aging of automobile parts. Since China has strict regulations on automobile-related specifications (almost all countries on earth have strict regulations on vehicle components and other related regulations, which is due to the consideration for driving safety), it picked EverFocus because of its reputation for service and scale. Since good customer relationships must be derived from excellent business standards, EverFocus has manufactured industrial computer solutions tailored for customers.

All-round smart vehicle management

EverFocus has cooperated with many well-known domestic and foreign manufacturers in the past, and has achieved brilliant results for the top 10 global security control manufacturers. After experiencing the hardship of brand transformation, in recent years, it has successively cooperated with well-known manufacturers such as Intel, Microsoft, and Hino to create solutions. After the 200 million defense transportation order was placed, this excellent performance has once again made EverFocus a high profile rising star in the industrial computer industry. EverFocus will continue to carry on the grassroots spirit in the future to provide solutions products and services that are closest to the needs of customers and partners in the international market.

"Very good quality, professional team, close to the actual needs to meet customer needs."

Customized solution for fleet parts aging detection function

eIVP-BT3-IV-V0000(eIVP1300)

Although the cooperation process will inevitably encounter related difficulties such as specification, customization and other software and hardware integration, but EverFocus' excellent communication from all of their involved teams (including the technology and development teams) will help with the mediation with local businesses to continuously provide customers with the most useful help that earns customer's positive reviews such as:

Successful cases of national defense transportation

eIVP-CFS-IV-V0004

eIVP-KBU-IV-V0004 (eIVP5600)

Global Market Insight's new survey points out that by 2026, the global defense transportation market will be worth more than 27 billion U.S. dollars. As the popularity of global defense military preparations continues to increase, governments of various countries are planning to replace existing equipment, purchase more advanced equipment/vehicles, and prepare for potential cross-border conflicts. This is expected to further stimulate the growth of the defense market. EverFocus, led by senior manager Zhang Jiayuan in the Asia-Pacific region, won a large defense transportation technology order worth more than NT$200 million, reflecting the market's recognition of EverFocus's strength for many years.

EverFocus has been cultivating the in-vehicle equipment market for over ten years, and has become the company's most popular product line. In recent years, it has transformed into an industrial computer manufacturer, combined with past in-vehicle systems and security image analysis technologies, to create a complete front-end and back-end product line, and launch a number of vertical application market solutions such as smart transportation. From the front-end lens sensor to the back-end control system industrial computer, a full set of MIT products, the driving vision assist device that meets the specifications of various fleets.

EverFocus observed that the market is investing in the development of new products integrated with front-end technology to meet the growing needs of the defense sector. EverFocus's on-board system products required for defense transportation vehicles include front-end vehicle camera lenses to the mainframe of the driving vision assist system. , To the back-end can support AI edge computing vehicle-mounted industrial computer (eIVP-CFS-IV-V0004/eIVP-KBU-IV-V0004 (eIVP5600)), a one-stop supply chain has been established, future partners can freely carry your own software or combine with EverFocus's self-developed BSD function (developed with Intel®OpenVINO™ toolkit) to create a comprehensive driving safety network for customers.

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Seizing $27 billion in business opportunities, EverFocus enters the defense transportation system market

EverFocus has been transformed into an industrial computer manufacturer. Due to its superior image processing performance, EverFocus's industrial computer series have had an excellent response in the market and cooperated in many well-known projects. One of the those is the "Autonomous Self-Driving Bus" project which was jointly developed with Taiwanese self-driving car manufacturers. It has now entered the third phase by opening up for public test rides. This phase has turned a new page in Taiwan's self-driving car industry. EverFocus plays the role of "transmitter of image analysis of the outside field environment" during the operation of self-driving cars, the images are captured by the new MIT network camera EZN1250-SG with its industrial computer edge in the roadside unit (RSU), this helps link analyzed images to the project in real-time.Computing (Edge Computing) technology (eIVP-TGU-IV-V0000), the collected images are transmitted to the industrial computer in real time and accurately for edge computing. With the help of AI identification technology (Vehicle to Everything, V2X), it can effectively judge various emergencies for Autonomous Self-driving Cars. Road conditions are a very important part of the current vehicle networking technology.

eIVP-TGU-IV-V0000

Successful Cases of Autonomous Driving (Taiwan)

EverFocus joins hands with self-driving car technology developers to create a new future for 5G car networking self-driving buses

Conclusion

EverFocus's comprehensive intelligent vehicle management solution, under the guidance of the Intel® Cities and Transportation special project team, has continued to show good results in the past few years. The flagship industrial computer product eIVP-KBU-IV-V0004 (eIVP5600) has not only won Taiwanese Excellence Award affirmation, but also won the favor of customers to use in the high-level community electronic fence project in Taipei City. In addition, it has also launched a number of mid-to-high-end AI Box products that meet different market needs (eIVP-TGU-AI-D0000, eIVP-CFS-AI- D0000, eIVP-WHU-AI-D0000, etc.), not only can be used for smart transportation, but also can be used in different business scenarios according to customer needs.

Excellent service quality and integration ability, considering needs to be met, combined with EverFocus' more than 26 years of professional program customization experience, is ther first choice when selecting partners!

EverFocus Electronics Corp.TWSE : 54842F., No. 12, Ln. 270, Sec. 3, Beishen Rd., Shenkeng Dist., New Taipei City 222, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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