S&I Corp. Launches Security and Safety Management System Built on Microsoft Azure

Scenera and TnM Tech provide managed Kubernetes and edge computing technology to enable AI-powered facility management services

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–S&I Corporation, a total building solution provider and space management expert of LG Group with unrivaled level of technology and business expertise, has released �atxpert (‘at’+’expert’) AI Viewer^™”, a new AI building security management system based on Microsoft Azure, TnM Tech’s Ghost-I AI edge computing and Scenera’s NICE^™ PaaS, a managed Kubernetes service built on Microsoft Azure infrastructure.

Combining these partners’ technologies enables a highly scalable and easy to manage building safety and security management system. The system can detect special events such as off-hour intrusion, tailgating at the entrance, fire, loitering and more. All events are programmed to alert security managers with real-time, low latency notifications that will provide details of such events via apps running on mobile devices, prompting quicker reaction times. Cameras and X-ray scanners are connected to atxpert AI Viewer^™ edge computing processor (Ghost-I) running edge AI analytics, enabling the motion detection with pre-programmed AI models.

S&I’s system utilizes existing CCTV data of buildings, making it easy to be applied. The system recognizes, captures and filters only necessary events, as opposed to analyzing all streaming video images, allowing this model to be more cost-effective and saving on bandwidth costs, storage, and cloud-based video stream analytics. Key features of the system include:

• Built on existing safety management equipment – ONVIF compatible cameras and IoTs, and network infrastructure for low overhead system implementation
• Scene-based event capture help organize events by easily searchable and indexable categories
• On-premises edge computing to help reduce costs and latency of event detection and notification
• Integration of X-Ray scanner with edge AI analytics for suspicious objects
• Still image and short clips are immediately available upon event detection for viewing by security managers via apps running on mobile devices, prompting quicker responses
• Accumulated and organized event data along with machine learning continues to improve AI models running on edge computing over time for higher accuracy
• Deploying new applications and updating AI models are easily completed with managed Kubernetes services
• High availability and low maintenance services
• Security and privacy of data and analytics results
• Offer other detection services for specific events such as tailgating at the entrance, personal incidents (falling), littering and others.

S&I completed service development in Q1 2021 and launched this service on the buildings by LG Group, and is planning to further expand this service and apply it to more customers. “Our expertise in building management is enhanced by the industry’s leading edge-to-cloud distributed AI services offered by our partners. Our commercialized services will elevate building management to the next level of security and safety,” said Mr. Eric Kim, Chief Director of S&I Corp. “The AI analytics data we gather in our service will further improve our capabilities, while also enabling us to integrate additional features. We plan to develop and offer safety services optimized on basis of AI-collected data of our sites.”

Microsoft Azure is the foundation for the solution and enables an edge to cloud pipeline managed by Scenera PaaS to process high bandwidth video streams effectively. Azure Key Vault will be utilized to manage critical data security and privacy. Azure IoT Edge will be used to manage the deployment and reconfiguration of Edge AI Analytics. Azure IoT Hub will enable the management of thousands of edge devices. The solution utilizes Azure Kubernetes Service managed by Scenera to handle large numbers of Video and IoT data streams. AI algorithms trained using the Azure cloud infrastructure can be distributed from the cloud to the edge enabling the effective filtering of video data, while Azure Media Storages will store filtered and indexed data.

Bharat Sandhu, senior director, AI and Machine Learning at Microsoft Corp. said, “At Microsoft we are committed to empower our partners and customers to innovate and I am pleased to see this collaboration delivering a real value for S&I and its customers by enhancing building safety and security. This architecture can be applied to various applications beyond the building management solution including retail stores and large-scale residential property management.”

Scenera architected and built Platform as a Service (PaaS) in collaboration with Microsoft and has partnered with TnM Tech to provide end-to-end system integration and managed services for S&I. David Lee, CEO of Scenera commented, “We are glad to see our collaboration with Microsoft and TnM Tech produce an efficient and modern solution to S&I’s building management and look forward to seeing our services may implemented in other buildings and new businesses.”

Dr. ES Hwang, CEO of TnM Tech said, “We are glad to make it together with Microsoft and Scenera for S&I’s AI-based building security management service and will do our best to support it to be the most popular solution in the world.”

About S&I Corp.

As a no.1 total building solution provider in Korea, S&I promptly detects and responds to facility management issues such as power outage, leakage, fires, and equipment abnormality through its Integrated Operational Center (IOC). Also, the company has established remote control services enabling optimal building management based on real-time monitoring data of buildings and its sites across the country. It is expected that S&I’s remote control service will be further developed with the company’s new AI-based building management system. http://www.sni.co.kr

About TnM Tech

TnM Tech is a professional IoT company and offers a full range of services including Software development, Hardware prototyping, integration, and Continuous enhancement, and is offering Extensible Camera-based AI system which analyzes real-time streaming video. TnM Tech provides these services in multiple industries such as retail, power, and manufacturing. https://www.tnmtech.com

About Scenera

Scenera is forging a new standard data platform for the IP cameras and IoT devices for efficient way to manage and analyze the data. The visionary founders see the paradigm shift from simple streaming data to rich scene information that enables new and powerful analytical capabilities. Standard compliant devices generate abundant scene-based information for surveillance and monitoring applications for business and consumer users. Scenera’s goal is to align key industry players with the same vision to create an interoperable ecosystem that will bring a new generation of the smart edge devices. For more information, please visit www.scenera.net.

Contacts

US:

Lydia You | Scenera, Inc.

lydia@scenera.net

Japan:

Kiyohisa Ota (????) | Scenera, Inc.

kiyohisa.ota@scenera.net

Korea:

Jaesung Lee | S&I Corp.

leejaesung@sni.co.kr

Bumjae Park | TnM Tech

bjpark@tnmtech.com