IoT Usage Applications

Remote Equipment Monitoring

IoT makes it possible to check the remaining amounts in tanks installed in factories even in remote locations. The system can also be configured to send e-mails about when to replenish supplies. This eliminates the need to perform human labor-intensive tasks such as patrol, calibration, tabulation, and refilling.

Example) Easy IoT system for detecting tank amounts

IoT for Remote Equipment Monitoring

Equipment Monitoring and Safety

We can store data on the vibration and tilt of signboards collected from sensors attached to them. While utilizing the data, our partner companies will construct a “total life support service” for signboards, from daily remote monitoring to early maintenance planning, inspection work, and repair work.

Example) Total support services such as signboard inspection, maintenance, and monitoring

IoT for Equipment Monitoring and Safety

Natural Disasters

Every year, Japan experiences significant damage from natural disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes. Simply installing flood sensors, water level sensors, and IoT wireless units, for example, makes it possible to receive notifications by e-mail or to a smartphone whenever the water level has risen, allowing for quick understanding of just how significant the danger is.

Example) Simple IoT monitoring for determining flooding dangers

Example) IoT supports to grasp flood information in urban areas in real time

IoT for Natural Disasters

Parking Lot Management

By linking vehicle detection sensors installed in the parking lot with the communication devices, we have built a mechanism to check the parked status (full or empty) of vehicles via the cloud. Vehicle management can be performed with minimal investment, without embedding loop coil sensors in the parking lot.

Application example) Improving dental clinic operations in consideration of customers by providing visitors with parking lot usage information

IoT for Parking Lot Management

Building Automation

IoT systems make it possible to visualize usage conditions of conference rooms and other free spaces, enabling efficient operation even when space is limited. Analyzing the obtained data and improving usage conditions can also improve productivity and promote communication.

Example) Visualization of conference room and free space usage

IoT for Building Automation

Water Quality Control

All processes are automated, from causing the collected water to react to a dedicated reagent, to measurement with a water quality measurement sensor, to accumulation of data. Anyone can easily measure water quality, and even administrators at remote locations can view and manage the status of each measurement area in real time.

Example) Abnormalities in Factory Wastewater: Ignoring Them Is Not an Option

IoT for Water Quality Control

Smart Agriculture

Collecting and analyzing meteorological data such as temperature, humidity, and rainfall, and soil conditions from sensors make it possible to determine the appropriate time and amount for water or fertilizer usage, helping to improve the overall yield. Supply chain efficiency can also be improved at every step, from harvesting to processing and distribution.

Application example) Using an IoT system to collect and visualize rainfall data for a vast sugarcane field without a power supply

IoT for Smart Agriculture