Philips Lighting released a new test project

Philips Lighting has launched a new test project in Los Angeles to expand the reach of Smart City, improve public safety and provide support for residents, visitors and local businesses.

By adding a sound sensor to a streetlight system, you can receive a variety of sound readings in the city. This first-hand information allows us to understand the relationship between cities and these sounds.

Philips is deploying new technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities by enhancing the existing streetlight infrastructure in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. This includes sensors mounted on the poles and software that receives and analyzes data, while sharing the results of the observations with municipal units and promoting more relevant opportunities for collaboration.

For example, new sound and ambient noise sensors can be used to reduce the response time of an emergency when detecting a vehicle crash, and to support the first-aid treatment of the patient, providing instant information directly to the police, fire or emergency services (EMS). Currently, Los Angeles has more than 200,000 street lights, including roads, highways, tunnels and pedestrian trails.

"The lighting infrastructure in Los Angeles is one of the world's largest lighting systems and one of our most valuable assets," said Ed Ebrahimian, director of the Los Angeles City Office of Street Lighting. "The lighting infrastructure is a reliable and all-round light fixture, If you can imagine that each street light can collect all kinds of information, then the value of street lamps is far more than to provide lighting only. "

"Continued advances in networked lighting systems are revolutionizing the way cities operate, turning these street lighting systems into media for information delivery and providing insight into what really drives smart city development," said Susanne Seitinger, department manager, Philips Lighting Professional Systems.

In 2015, the Los Angeles Streetlight Office began the Philips City Touch program, which uses existing mobile networks and cloud technology to control street lights, monitor street lighting status and accurately analyze the information obtained to confirm the energy consumption of each street to form a network Street lamp management system. The new test plan will be based on such a system, adding new sensor nodes and testing new applications, so that the city of Los Angeles to maximize the return on investment in infrastructure.