Mr Vernon Neo, Executive Director of mVizn
mVizn Pte Ltd is a fast-growing startup in the industrial automation space. Incorporated in 2017, its technologies are deployed by PSA Singapore for safety and monitoring operations at Pasir Panjang Terminal and Tuas Port. mVizn also has a spin-off company called ENEReady, an open-source Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Management Platform that can be integrated with multiple EV charger brands.
Pasir Panjang Terminal and Tuas Port are critical infrastructure businesses which operate 24/7. As a result, mVizn receives large amounts of datasets for processing and requires a lot of manpower to make sense of this data.
“We needed support with verifying and tagging the data, which was why we approached Singapore Polytechnic (SP) in 2018 to engage students for paid internships,” explained Mr Vernon Neo, mVizn’s Executive Director and an SP alumnus. Students from SP would also generate reports and, on occasion, conduct incident simulations on site in a safe environment.
A demonstration of the camera visuals for safety and operations monitoring at Pasir Panjang Terminal.
SP students support mVizn with data collection and incident simulation projects to aid the development of Anti-Collision Safety Systems.
Meanwhile, the ENEReady team also began building an application programming interface (API) that serves as an anti-hogging monitoring system. Using cameras installed at parking lots, the API will be able to detect how long a vehicle has been left at a spot. “For this API to function, we will need a lot of bandwidth to transmit the images and other data,” said Mr Neo.
The company is currently working with SP’s 5G & AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) Centre on 5G development to improve the efficiency of this API while keeping costs low.
Mr Vernon Neo, mVizn’s Executive Director, is grateful for the valuable support the company has received through SP’s Company & Workforce Transformation programme.
Students at SP have been supporting mVizn since 2018 with data collection and incident simulation projects at Pasir Panjang Terminal.
As mVizn’s core technology focuses on the prevention of incidents, it is challenging to quantify the cost savings that the solution can deliver. “Due to the nature of the industry, the prevention of even one incident is probably enough to cover an entire project cost,” said Mr Neo. “More importantly, of course, is that port operators now have a safer environment to work in.”
Having achieved some key milestones with SP, Mr Neo is looking forward to other collaborations. “SP has been very encouraging towards the work we do, providing help when needed. I’m sure we will continue working with them and leveraging their expertise and support in our projects.”
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