Kaohsiung announces $1.5m smart pole deployment

The Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung has announced a $1.5m smart pole project with artificial intelligence (AI), video and sensor technology specialist Iveda.

The technology will help the harbour city build an internet of things (IoT) infrastructure for rolling out smart city applications.

Smart pole use cases

Iveda’s Utilus smart pole brings together its other technologies, such as the video surveillance, AI-based video analytics IvedaSPS smart power system), and IvedaPinpoint location-based trackers and smart sensors solution, into a centralised platform on existing infrastructure such as streetlighting.

The multi-purpose poles will help Kaohsiung tackle a range of urban challenges, from improving parking and traffic management and electric vehicle charging, to detecting and notifying officials about street flooding, all through real-time data and alerts.

“As we dive into 2023, we’re seeing more municipalities lean into rapid development of AI, internet of things, and smart city technologies” 

When the Iveda Pole Gateway and IvedaSPS are combined, the system acts as a microgrid, providing power for mission-critical infrastructure as needed. Once light poles are equipped with Utilus, they are able to communicate with one another, establishing a network that provides distributed video surveillance with AI video search technology and remote management of local devices such as trackers, water and electrical meters, valves, circuit breakers, and sensors.

“As we dive into 2023, we’re seeing more municipalities lean into rapid development of AI, internet of things, and smart city technologies,” said David Ly, CEO and founder of Iveda. “Automation is the way of the future and Iveda’s Utilus smart poles add to the foundation of physical infrastructure necessary to deploy critical smart city functions.”