WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME MR SU DI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, AS OUR TECHNICAL ADVISOR. SU DI HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN RESEARCH ON DIAGNOSIS AND MAINTENANCE OF BRIDGE AND RAILWAY STRUCTURES FOR MANY YEARS, AND HIS WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WILL ENABLE US TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICES TO MORE CUSTOMERS.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is pleased to announce that the research and development theme (lead applicant: Associate Professor Tomonori Nagayama of The University of Tokyo) that we proposed jointly with the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo and Nichireki Corporation has been selected as one of the technology seeds for the fiscal 2020 Matching Project with Universities and Other Research Institutions conducted by the Kanto Regional Development Bureau of the MLIT. This is an announcement. The theme of the research and development adopted is "Development of near-real time wide area road surface crack rate evaluation technology using in-vehicle cameras," which is expected to contribute to "making the maintenance and management of social infrastructure more flexible. For more information, please refer to the press release by the Kanto Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport at the following URL: https://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/ktr_content/content/000786881.pdf
We have signed a joint research and development agreement with the Bridge Laboratory of the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Tokyo to develop technology to accurately estimate vehicle speeds and locations where GPS signals are weak or inaccessible.