SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Echelon Corp (NASDAQ:ELON), the original Industrial
Internet of Things (IIoT) company, today announced that the IES
Progress Committee has recognized the Echelon Insight
Cognitive Vision System for inclusion in the
2017 Progress Report. Each year, products, research and
activities that showcase significant technical advancement in the
art and science of lighting are honored.
"We are excited by the customer response to this cutting-edge
new technology, which marries artificial intelligence with street
light based sensors to drive improved lighting and energy
savings. We're honored to be recognized by the IES for this
innovation," said Ron Sege, Echelon
CEO and Chairman.
Echelon Corporation recently unveiled this patent-pending
cognitive vision-based technology that can enable a wide range of
smart city and safe campus applications. The Echelon InSight system
utilizes artificial intelligence in vision-enabled edge devices,
optimized for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
applications.
The first application of Echelon's new technology has been to
provide traffic-adaptive lighting in Spokane, Washington. The InSight Cognitive
Vision System was deployed on traffic intersection streetlights
where it analyzes traffic flows and intelligently adjusts light
levels to enhance safety while reducing energy consumption and
maintenance costs. With the InSight system, each unit analyzes
video streams locally and makes decisions about what light levels
to set based on traffic volumes and conditions, triggering higher
levels during peak hours and lowering light levels during non-peak
hours. The solution leverages Echelon's industry-leading connected
streetlight control system, along with the trend by cities and
campuses to upgrade to LED lighting.
LED streetlight conversions typically reduce electricity
consumption by 50 percent while maintaining the same or better
light levels. Adding Echelon's connected lighting control system
can reduce consumption by an additional 30 to 40 percent by
allowing intelligent traffic-adaptive lighting driven by the
InSight Cognitive Vision System.
About Echelon Corporation
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON), a pioneer in developing
open-standard control networking platforms, delivers elements
necessary to design, install, monitor and control
industrial-strength 'communities of devices' within the lighting,
building automation, Internet of Things and related markets
worldwide. Echelon sells its lighting products under the Lumewave
by Echelon brand and its building automation and other IIoT-related
products as part of its IzoT® platform. With more than
100 million Echelon-powered devices installed worldwide, Echelon
helps its customers to easily and safely migrate existing control
systems to the most modern platforms, while bringing new devices
and applications into an ever-growing global Industrial Internet.
Echelon helps its customers reduce operational costs, enhance
satisfaction and safety, grow revenues and perform better in both
established and emerging markets. More information about Echelon
can be found at www.echelon.com.
Echelon, the Echelon logo, InSight, IzoT and Lumewave by
Echelon are trademarks of Echelon Corporation that may be
registered in the United States
and other countries. Other product or service names mentioned
herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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uncertainties, the risk that Echelon's offerings by themselves or
combined with other applications or offerings do not perform as
designed or do not offer the expected benefits and savings, and
other risks identified in Echelon's SEC filings. Actual results,
events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned
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which speak only as of the date hereof. Echelon undertakes no
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circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
Thomas Cook
Echelon PR
tcook@echelon.com
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