Where will smart cities go in 2019? Potential for explosive growth in security, transportation, commercial, and community/home scenarios.-Welbell

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Where will smart cities go in 2019? Potential for explosive growth in security, transportation, commercial, and community/home scenarios.

2019-03-25

The economic scale and construction speed of smart cities are astonishing. Since IBM proposed the concept of "Smart Earth" in 2015, more than 1,000 smart cities have been launched or are under construction globally, with China having nearly half of them, around 500, under construction.

With the continuous development of new smart city construction, various industries are being redefined, including public safety, traditional retail, transportation, and community life. Technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data, 5G, and the Internet of Things are constantly evolving, A large number of "black technology" projects in the fields of security, commerce, transportation, and community have emerged. Managers, enterprises, and the public clearly recognize that these forces are having a disruptive impact on the industries in which we operate. The inclusive, open, and intelligent ecosystem of smart cities is gradually being established, making it possible for the benefits of smart cities to benefit the entire population and create a better life.

2019 Four Major Trends in Smart Cities

Safe City—High-Intensity Continuous Advancement

Thanks to the nationwide implementation of the "Snow Bright Project," the construction of safe cities experienced a surge in 2018, with a significant increase in both the number and value of projects. The "13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for the Development of China's Security Industry" points out that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the security industry will undergo transformation and upgrading towards scale, automation, and intelligence. By 2020, the revenue of security companies will reach around 800 billion yuan.

Looking Ahead at New Trends in Safe Cities From the perspective of hardware infrastructure, the construction of China's video surveillance network and public safety video monitoring network continues to expand, with the proportion of high-definition cameras increasing steadily. The rise of edge computing and the "cloud-edge integration" are unlocking new directions for security; from the software platform perspective, the continuous advancement of cloud platform construction and the enrichment of comprehensive data applications provide numerous conveniences for combating crime and improving urban safety. Thanks to the technological maturity and cost reduction of front-end chips and artificial intelligence algorithms, the engineering implementation of safe city projects is accelerating.

At the same time, data security has become paramount. Several public safety data breaches have sounded the alarm for data security. In 2019, 5G became the engine of the new economic wave, bringing a wave of technological dividends to the construction of safe cities, and the industry chain is expected to usher in new opportunities.

Intelligent Transportation—Full Data Perception of "People, Vehicles, and Roads"

With the acceleration of China's urbanization process, the pace of intelligent transportation construction is also accelerating. In the future construction of cities, intelligent transportation is listed as an important link. In 2018, China's infrastructure construction ushered in a new climax, with large-scale "short-board supplementation" projects being carried out nationwide. According to incomplete statistics, 24 provinces and municipalities across the country have announced their 2019 transportation investment plans, with a total amount exceeding 2 trillion yuan. China's intelligent transportation construction has entered the advanced stage of "multi-system integrated development."

Looking Ahead at New Trends in Intelligent Transportation The operating efficiency of transportation equipment is improving, and the widespread application and service of transportation information is exploding. Various transportation subsystems, such as information collection, video surveillance, traffic checkpoints, new payment methods, the Internet of Vehicles, smart parking, traffic statistics, positioning and navigation, and signal control, are becoming intelligent individually and collaborative as a whole. The opening and sharing of transportation big data, the advancement of artificial intelligence algorithms, and system collaboration have built an intelligent road network with full data perception of "people, vehicles, and roads," meeting the experience and needs of consumers for "pleasant travel" and striving to achieve intelligent travel, traffic-free travel, and green travel.

Smart Commerce—Digital Life and Consumption Life Merge

The computer vision technology commonly used in security mainly has four directions: human body analysis, vehicle analysis, behavior analysis, and image analysis. These technologies are helping security companies find business opportunities and enter more industries. Among them, their explosive power in the commercial field is undeniable. The advancement of big data, algorithms, and computing power is reshaping the retail industry, providing more interactive means between people, goods, and markets, refreshing the consumer shopping experience, improving management and operational efficiency, and integrating digital life and consumption life.

Looking Ahead at New Trends in Smart Commerce Security technology has a rich imagination space in commercial scenarios. In the second half of 2018, many security manufacturers also switched to other video Internet of Things fields. Smart commerce may be the next profit growth point for traditional security companies and new CV companies. In the next step, the industry needs to continue to explore how to improve algorithm accuracy, improve scene migration, optimize customer experience, achieve resource reuse, and extend the industrial chain.

Home and Community Security—Comprehensive and Continuous Opening and Output of AI Capabilities to Home and Community Security

People spend more time outside, but their connection with their families is becoming increasingly close. This is due to the widespread application of smart community, smart building, and smart home devices. When people are out, they can connect with smart devices in their community and home through their mobile phones.

Looking Ahead at New Trends in Home and Community Security ， Real estate and property management companies are actively transforming and embracing new technological changes to create various smart living scenarios for residents; smart door locks, smart speakers, and video access control systems are bursting with vitality, and AI capabilities are comprehensively and continuously opened and output to home and community security; old communities are in urgent need of transformation, and new community construction has unlimited potential. In the next step, how to overcome the problem of interoperability of standard protocols, what is a sustainable and large-scale application model for smart community construction, how to enhance the stickiness between security and community families, and how to improve the design for the elderly, so that digital technology benefits residents of all ages in the community are topics of more heated discussion.