Seoul City to Install 4,500 'Smart Security Lights' This Year... Linked with 'Ansim-i App'

Goal to Install 20,000 Units by 2025

Seoul City will install 4,500 ‘Smart Security Lights’ this year and create a safe nighttime walking environment in vulnerable areas such as residential safety zones by linking them with the ‘Ansim-i App’.

According to Seoul City on the 16th, the city has installed about 11,500 ‘Smart Security Lights’ through the ‘Smart Security Light Installation Project’ that began in 2021. The city is pushing forward with the project aiming to install 20,000 units by 2025.

‘Smart Security Lights’ are equipped with IoT signal devices based on near-field communication networks and are linked with Seoul City’s ‘Ansim-i App.’ When pedestrians activate the safe return monitoring on the ‘Ansim-i App’ and pass near the security lights, the brightness of the surrounding lights increases.

Additionally, if a pedestrian presses the emergency report menu on the ‘Ansim-i App’ or shakes their smartphone during an emergency, the security lights continue to flash, broadcasting the emergency situation to the surroundings. At this time, the district control center automatically calls the reporter to assess the situation, which leads to police dispatch to the scene.

Starting this year, Seoul City will newly apply ‘Night Safety’ public design to the ‘Smart Security Lights.’ By coloring the security lights with safety colors and visualizing the image of ‘Night Safety’ on alleyway floors, it is expected that citizens will feel psychological stability regarding the nighttime walking environment.

Meanwhile, ‘Smart Security Lights’ apply remote control and two-way monitoring systems, allowing managers to check real-time lighting status and malfunctions via personal computers (PCs) and smartphones and perform prompt maintenance. In addition, by using the brightness adjustment function of the security lights, energy savings and prevention of light pollution in residential areas can be achieved.

Choi In-gyu, Director of Design Policy at Seoul City, said, “We will focus on alleviating citizens’ anxiety and creating a safe urban environment based on mutual cooperation with district offices,” adding, “We will do our best to improve the cityscape by integrating public design into security lights and to make Seoul a safe city.”

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