This article is reprinted from the "Zijinshan News" app Nanjing Daily/Zijinshan News reporter | Chen Weiming
Cases of impersonating others to engage in online fraud have emerged one after another, while online "car hailing" may result in inconsistent ID cards, and mobile banking login passwords may be easily stolen A series of events were particularly frequent before 2015. In 2015, the development of computer vision technology centered on deep convolutional neural networks provided high-tech support for effective verification of facial and identity information.
In the same year, a company named "Minivision Technology" (also known as Xiaoshi Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., hereinafter referred to as "Xiaoshi") was established in Jiangning High tech Zone, Nanjing. With the goal of "visible analysis" and the core capabilities of original artificial intelligence algorithms, big data analysis, and IoT platforms, the company is positioned as a "smart visual full scene ecological service provider". In the era of perceptual intelligence, "Xiaoshi" aspires to become an industry benchmark that cannot be underestimated.
Since its establishment, Minivision has accumulated 6 categories of self-developed visual algorithms, obtained more than 300 technical patents and software works, and has successively obtained honors and qualifications such as the National Specialized, Refined, and New Little Giant, Jiangsu Provincial Computer Vision Engineering Research Center, and Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award. This year, the company won both MOT17 and MOT-HT21 championships in the "Multi Objective Tracking MOT International Competition".
One click AI helps with "One Network Management"
In recent years, the country has attached great importance to the modernization of urban governance systems and governance capabilities. In June 2022, the State Council issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Digital Government", requiring active promotion of innovation in digital governance models, and promotion of the intelligent and intelligent emergency construction of social security prevention and control systems.
The workload of camera video monitoring is large, and human resources cannot "proactively detect" security incidents; The cost of replacing ordinary monitoring equipment on a large scale is extremely high; Traditional monitoring lacks AI capabilities and lacks linkage mechanisms with urban emergency management The pain points of urban governance are highlighted, and Minivision will focus on building an intelligent visual center for the city.
In order to fully empower the construction of urban monitoring systems and help urban governance move towards "one network unified management", Minivision has built a unified, open, and compatible digital city AI foundation, known as the "Urban AI Hub Platform". The platform has strong AI algorithm capabilities, which can fully empower front-end sensing devices, enable urban management to move towards data-driven and intelligent, and accelerate the construction of digital cities.
The 'City AI Central Platform' we have created integrates video structured analysis, data storage, and data application, which can be integrated into the city's video surveillance equipment. By embedding AI algorithms into city surveillance cameras, the cameras have the ability to actively detect events and assist in city management through system alarms. "Duan Weizhi, Vice President of Minivision, said that based on video intelligent analysis algorithms, The platform has implemented labeling analysis of video streams, alerting abnormal events, and effectively preventing potential risks. In addition, the platform also supports one click upgrade to minimize costs and increase efficiency, effectively improving the level of urban intelligent governance. As of now, the company has completed the landing and application of over 10 smart city visual centers in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places.
It is understood that Minivision has built benchmark smart community projects for multiple cities, districts and counties in Jiangsu, with thousands of residential areas undergoing smart upgrades, covering over 8 million households and integrating over 200000 front-end devices.
Innovative products such as "protective clothing removal monitoring" and "face recognition"
The epidemic has affected economic development, and the real economy is facing a critical moment of survival. How can enterprises turn danger into opportunity? Minivision responded with action.
After the outbreak of the epidemic, the company's decision-making team immediately adjusted their research and development direction, transferring internal resources to the research and development of epidemic prevention products, which also achieved a significant growth rate of the company's development. Duan Weizhi told reporters that around March 2020, the company developed a "epidemic prevention sentry" that combines temperature measurement and facial recognition functions, and applied it in eight major scenarios, including communities, hospitals, and campuses. With the improvement of prevention and control requirements, Xiaoshi has upgraded the function of "Epidemic Prevention Sentinel", achieving integrated functions such as facial recognition, temperature measurement, health code verification, ID card verification, and dynamic travel query, reducing management costs and improving verification efficiency.
Expand the scope of research and development, and refine service scenarios. At present, Minivision's new technology and product, the "Intelligent Monitoring System for Removing Protective Clothing", can be applied in square hospital to achieve intelligent supervision of the process of medical staff wearing and removing protective clothing. It is understood that the steps to wear and take off protective clothing are numerous and complex, with correct sequence, standardized operation, and disinfection. The entire process is closely related to the personal safety of medical staff and the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control work. We communicated with relevant departments in a timely manner and learned that the project requires high requirements, tight schedule, and heavy tasks, so we developed this product as soon as possible. Duan Weizhi said that currently, the product can not only monitor but also provide voice reminders. This timely correction method has improved the efficiency of epidemic prevention and control.
Joining the list of specialized, refined, and new "little giants"
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China completed the review and list disclosure of the fourth batch of specialized, refined, and new "little giant" enterprises, and Minivision Technology was successfully selected.
Specialization, refinement, specialization, and novelty are the "labels" that specialized, refined, and innovative "little giants" enterprises should have. With its independent research and development capabilities and technological innovation achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, Minivision has become one of the "Little Giants" and a representative enterprise of artificial intelligence in Jiangsu Province.
At present, Minivision's technology and products have gradually integrated into our daily lives and exist within our reach.
In a certain community in Pukou, Xiaoshi focuses on the construction of an intelligent IoT perception system and explores new models for the construction of smart communities. Intelligent cameras with AI capabilities can automatically monitor behaviors such as "throwing at heights", "vehicle parking violations", and "walking a dog without pulling a rope", and provide these monitoring images to community management departments to assist in regulating residents' behavior, improving community governance efficiency, and allowing residents to enjoy a better community life.
Since its establishment, it has developed a 'substitute exam monitoring' system worth tens of thousands of yuan for driving schools, and now it has developed into a national level specialized and innovative 'little giant' enterprise. The growth step by step is also inseparable from the strong support of relevant government departments in Nanjing and Jiangning District. Duan Weizhi said that the financial and tax support for resuming work and production, as well as the delivery of financial policies, have injected impetus into the development of Minivision.
