Gyeonggi-do to Conduct Safety Inspections in Vulnerable Areas Using Smart Glasses

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will conduct remote inspections of vulnerable facilities using 'smart glasses' based on the Internet of Things (IoT).

The IoT-based smart glasses remote safety inspection is a project where an employee wearing smart glasses in the form of eyeglasses surveys risk factors of facilities on-site, and experts can share the on-site video and provide real-time consultation on repair and reinforcement measures without physically going to the site.

The smart glasses incorporate augmented reality (AR) and AI (artificial intelligence) technologies to measure real objects, compare actual images with previously stored images, and display the status values of invisible structures on the screen.

On the 19th, the province announced that it was selected as the lead institution for the 'IoT-based Smart Glasses Remote Safety Inspection Service' in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 2020 Advanced Information Technology Utilization Public Service Expansion contest.

Accordingly, the province secured 850 million KRW in national funds and will invest a total of 1.2 billion KRW including provincial funds to establish the system in 15 cities and counties within the province by the end of the year and to introduce the system uniformly to all 31 cities and counties by next year.

The province expects that once this project is established, it will solve problems such as the accelerated aging of small-scale vulnerable facilities around daily life, the increase in the number of facilities, the shortage of experts on duty, and the wide geographical limitations of Gyeonggi Province. It will also greatly contribute to protecting the lives and property of residents by immediately responding to disasters and preventing secondary accidents.

In particular, this project upgrades the 'Expansion of Residents' Safety Inspection Request System,' a pledge project of the 7th Gyeonggi Province administration, to meet the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The Residents' Safety Inspection Request System is a project where residents can request safety inspections for retaining walls, embankments, cut slopes, buildings, and other structures closely related to daily life, and experts in each field visit the site directly to conduct free inspections. The province has conducted safety inspections at an average of 184 sites annually.

Han Dae-hee, head of the province's Special Safety Inspection Team, emphasized, "By collaborating with the Information Planning Office to establish a remote safety inspection system, the Residents' Safety Inspection Request System will be activated, and facility safety inspections will be resolved more quickly. We will continue to devise various measures to protect the lives and property of residents."

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