Our company's road inspection technology using smartphones was featured in the Asahi Shimbun Digital (January 21) and the Asahi Shimbun Morning Edition (February 3). We would like to inform you about it. Article title: "'On-site' is not only a reality: Construction and Metaverse Fusion to Commonize Data" https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASR1K67H2R1JPLBJ001.html

WE HAVE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A MONODZUKURI (MANUFACTURING) SUBSIDY (OFFICIAL NAME: SUBSIDY FOR PROMOTION OF PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT IN MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE, AND SERVICES AS AMENDED IN FISCAL 2048). THE THEME OF THE PROJECT IS "DEVELOPMENT OF A DEDICATED DEVICE FOR THE OPERATION OF A NEXT-GENERATION AUTOMATED REAL-TIME ROAD MANAGEMENT PLATFORM. THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE WILL REALIZE FULL REAL-TIME OPERATION (DATA TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING) OF THE GLOCAL-EYEZ ROAD INSPECTION DX SYSTEM.

We are pleased to announce that the passing of the performance verification test of the vehicle equipped with "GLOCAL-EYEZ" has been published in "NIKKEI Mobility". Nikkei Mobility] ▼ Smart City Technology Institute, etc., conducts high-precision road surface inspection using smartphones [Press Release] ▼ Vehicles equipped with "GLOCAL-EYEZ" have passed the performance verification test for automatic road surface condition measurement equipment in FY2022.

(A vehicle equipped with the "GLOCAL-EYEZ" smartphone-based road inspection DX system, jointly developed by Smart City Technology Institute, Inc. and Nichireki Corporation, has passed the "2022 Performance Verification Test of Automatic Road Surface Property Measurement System" (hereafter, Performance Verification Test) conducted by the Public Works Research Institute, Japan. The vehicle equipped with GLOCAL-EYEZ has passed the "2022 Performance Verification Test of Automatic Road Surface Texture Measurement System" conducted by the Public Works Research Center. GLOCAL-EYEZ" is a technology that enables measurement of road surface properties simply by attaching a smartphone to an ordinary vehicle and driving as usual. The vehicle was able to pass the test. For more information, please visit: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000107939.html

SINCE ITS RELEASE IN AUGUST 2021, GLOCAL-EYEZ HAS BEEN TESTED IN MORE THAN 40 MUNICIPALITIES IN JAPAN OVER THE PAST YEAR, OF WHICH MORE THAN 10 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ADOPTED THE SYSTEM FOR A FEE. IN ADDITION, THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY MATCHING PROJECTS AT NATIONAL HIGHWAY OFFICES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAUS TO SUPPORT THE UPGRADING AND STREAMLINING OF ROAD DISASTER PREVENTION IN THEIR DAILY PATROL OPERATIONS. IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL NOT ONLY SUPPORT PATROLS, BUT ALSO FURTHER ENHANCE OUR TECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS WITH HIGH ACCURACY TO REALIZE GLOCAL-EYEZ'S GOAL OF "MOVING FROM PATROLS TO INSPECTIONS". TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CLOUD SERVICES, GLOCAL-EYEZ IS CURRENTLY BEING USED IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS CHINA, THE UNITED STATES, UZBEKISTAN, AUSTRALIA, AND DUBAI, AND ITS TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES ARE RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD.

IN THE OVERSEAS BUSINESS OF GLOCAL-EYEZ, WE HAVE RECEIVED MANY REQUESTS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS FOR GLOCAL-EYEZ TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH LOCAL IMAGE ACQUISITION EQUIPMENT SUCH AS ELECTRONIC MIRRORS. IN RESPONSE, OUR CHINA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HAS MADE TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO GLOCAL-EYEZ SO THAT ITS IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY CAN BE APPLIED TO IMAGES TAKEN BY ELECTRONIC MIRRORS. IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE ALSO MADE TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS REMOTE CONTROL OF THE START AND END OF MEASUREMENT OF THE DEVICE AND THE ADDITION OF AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FUNCTION FOR MEASUREMENT DATA.

Due to system maintenance, GLOCAL-EYEZ (Japan) will be temporarily suspended from Saturday, April 30, 2022 to Sunday, May 8, 2022. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to our customers, and we appreciate your understanding.

Thank you for your continued support of our road survey web service GLOCAL-EYEZ. We are pleased to announce the release of the Road Patrol Photography and Registration function. This function allows you to manually take photos of damaged areas such as fallen objects, poor drainage, and emergency treatment areas such as pothole repairs found during patrols, and upload these images to the cloud management system. As well as the images, comments on the location and condition of the inspection point and the action taken can also be uploaded. These inspection records can be managed and checked centrally on the cloud.

An article introducing GLOCAL-EYEZ x ROAD has recently been published in the Journal of the Japan Concrete Institute, Concrete Engineering (Jan 2022). The article is summarised as follows. Concrete Engineering Vol. 60, No. 1, Jan 2022 Special Feature* New Technologies and Business in the Concrete Sector - SDGs Job satisfaction and economic growth - Title: 'Linking university-based technology development and business development'. https://www. jci-net.or.jp/j/publish/bulletin/202201/