I MADE A PRESENTATION AT THE 34TH JAPAN ROAD CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT THE URBAN CENTER HOTEL. THE TITLES OF THE CO-AUTHORED PAPERS ARE AS FOLLOWS. 1DX IN PAVEMENT (DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION) TITLE: QUASI-REAL-TIME ROAD SURFACE EVALUATION METHOD USING SMARTPHONE INSTALLED IN VEHICLE ■2DX IN PAVEMENT TITLE: DX OF PAVEMENT INSPECTION USING SMARTPHONE 

THE ARTICLE ABOUT "GLOCAL-EYEZ" WAS PUBLISHED IN "NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN" ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2021. PLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO READ THE ARTICLE. ROAD INSPECTION AND ANALYSIS BY SMARTPHONE IN ONE HOUR".

OUR TECHNICAL ADVISOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TOMONORI NAGAYAMA, GAVE A LECTURE AT THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY FORUM HELD ONLINE ON 6 FEBRUARY 2021. THE TITLE OF THE LECTURE IS "DEVELOPMENT OF QUASI-REAL TIME WIDE AREA ROAD SURFACE CRACK RATE EVALUATION TECHNOLOGY USING CAMERA INSTALLED IN VEHICLE", AND WE INTRODUCED THE CONTENTS OF OUR JOINT WORK WITH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO AND NICHIREKI CORPORATION UNDER THE MATCHING PROJECT OF KANTO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU, MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM. OUTLINE OF THE RESEARCH: IN RECENT YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN CASES OF AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF CRACKS IN PAVEMENTS USING PHOTOGRAPHY AND AI TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO ACCURATELY CALCULATE THE CRACK RATE USING GENERAL-PURPOSE PRODUCTS SUCH AS DRIVE RECORDERS INSTALLED IN THE CARS OF OFFICE AND BRANCH OFFICE STAFF. USING VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, THE CRACK RATE CAN BE ACCURATELY CALCULATED. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE LECTURE

Thank you for your continued use of our road survey web service GLOCAL-EYEZ. We have recently updated the road surface measurement application GLOCAL-EYEZ (iPhone version). In order to improve the stability of the service, an alert function for poor GPS reception and thermal runaway has been added. The latest version of the APP (Version 2.3.1) can be downloaded and updated from the APP Store. For details on the update, please log in to GLOCAL-EYEZ and refer to the manual.

Thank you very much for using our road survey web service "GLOCAL-EYEZ". Based on the feedback and requests from our users, we have updated our road survey web service "GLOCAL-EYEZ". In order to enhance the service, we have added 3 categories of AI evaluation of markings, 3 categories of AI evaluation of ruts, point search function, and statistical analysis function of inspection big data. For details of the update, please login to GLOCAL-EYEZ and refer to the manual as well.

NICHIREKI HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ITS PAVEMENTS AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ITS SERVICES. NICHIREKI WILL START PROVIDING THE NEXT GENERATION "GLOCAL-EYEZ" SERVICE. THIS NEXT GENERATION "GLOCAL-EYEZ" CONSIDERS THE PATROL BY THE DAILY MANAGEMENT AND THE INSPECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPAIR AS A SINGLE UNIT, WHICH HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT SEPARATELY IN THE PAST, AND DEVISED AN EPOCH-MAKING SYSTEM THAT THE DATA OBTAINED BY THE PATROL CAN BE USED FOR THE INSPECTION AND THE DATA OBTAINED BY THE INSPECTION CAN BE USED FOR THE DAILY MANAGEMENT. BY ADDING THE BASIC INFORMATION OF THE ROUTE (ROUTE NAME, LENGTH, LOCATION, ETC.) TO THE DATA OBTAINED FROM THE PATROL, IT IS POSSIBLE TO OUTPUT THE INSPECTION RECORD FORM. THIS SYSTEM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY COMBINING NICHIREKI'S EXISTING GLOCAL-EYEZ SYSTEM, WHICH FOCUSES ON INSPECTIONS, WITH THE AI-BASED ROAD SURFACE EVALUATION METHOD DEVELOPED BY PROFESSOR HIROSHI HASEGAWA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO AND NICHIREKI'S LONGSTANDING EXPERTISE IN ROAD MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT. FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CLICK HERE. IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL IMPLEMENT OTHER ROAD ANCILLARY STRUCTURES AS ANALYSIS ITEMS IN "GLOCAL-EYEZ" IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE DX OF ROAD INSPECTION AND MANAGEMENT WORK.

Thank you very much for your continued support of our Road Research Web Service "GLOCAL-EYEZ". Based on the opinions and requests from our users, we have updated our road survey web service "GLOCAL-EYEZ". The additional functions of this update are as follows. It is now possible to compare the latest road surface image with the past road surface image at the same location. The latest, maximum and average values can be selected and displayed on the map view. It is now possible to check the AI inspection results, vibration inspection results, and location information at the same time while automatically playing back the captured road surface images. (One-click patrol survey function) ■It is now possible to share the location information of defective pavement areas via URL. For details of the update contents, please refer to the manual on the GLOCAL-EYEZ website.

Based on the international development status of GLOCAL-EYEZ, we have released a new website including detailed technical information and English notation. With this new website, we will actively disseminate information about GLOCAL-EYEZ to overseas. English version: http://intro-en.smc-road.com/ Japanese version: http://intro-jp.smc-road.com/

Thank you very much for your patronage of our road survey web service "GLOCAL-EYEZ". We are pleased to announce that we have updated our road surface measurement application "GLOCAL-EYEZ" (iPhone version). In order to make the service more convenient and fulfilling, we have added the functions of simultaneous measurement of image and vibration and preview of still image. The latest version (Version 2.2.0) can be downloaded and updated from the APP Store. For details of the update, please login to GLOCAL-EYEZ and refer to the manual as well.

Thank you very much for your continued support of our Road Research Web Service "GLOCAL-EYEZ". We are pleased to announce that we have updated our road survey web service "GLOCAL-EYEZ" based on the opinions and requests we have received from our users. In order to make the service more convenient and fulfilling, we have added several new features such as AI image analysis, automatic replay viewer for AI analysis results, and map view display for quantitative evaluation of bumps. For details of the updated contents, please log in to GLOCAL-EYEZ and refer to the manual as well.