Keeping the Grid AI-nergised
Augmenting your existing infrastructure with the advancement in Computer Vision
Count & Classify Defects, Manage Inventory, Optimize your Grid and much more...
With a focus on Sustainability, an increase in demand and the consumption of electricity, the aging Grid Infrastructure is a concern for Utility companies, regulators, and government agencies. For Grid to deliver efficiently, it has to ride and rely on rails of Transmission Towers and Poles, a network of more than 200 million in the US, and more than a billion across the globe. In addition, the aging infrastructure and limited capital investment available, are pushing for extending asset life and prioritizing investments were absolutely required.
Is your Grid and its Infrastructure Ready for the Future or can meet the following challenges?
Due to the sheer size of the grid, it's extremely difficult for utilities to know exactly where distribution poles are, what’s on them and what condition they are in. Why? Because collecting and analyzing the data necessary to answer these questions is currently a slow, manual and costly process - often done by sending out dedicated crews and trucks with binoculars, cameras and paper forms. This process is expensive and difficult to scale, and it doesn’t adequately mitigate risks related to grid reliability, resiliency and safety.
Increase in Demand and Consumption of Electricity
Focus and Commitment to Sustainability
Extending the life of Aging Infrastructure
Prioritizing Capital Investments
Workforce, Staffing, and Training
Do you know less than 10% of the Electric Poles get inspected every year?
Let us show you how you can increase it by 8X.
Challenges with the current system
With a focus on Sustainability, an increase in demand and the consumption of electricity, the aging Grid Infrastructure is a concern for Utility companies, regulators, and government agencies. For Grid to deliver efficiently, it has to ride and rely on rails of Transmission Towers and Poles, a network of more than 200 million in the US, and more than a billion across the globe. In addition, the aging infrastructure and limited capital investment available, are pushing for extending asset life and prioritizing investments were absolutely required.
How our Solution Works ?
Electric Utility Companies are adopting Computer Vision as the next generation of technology for tasks like inspection and inventory management. At Apture, we are making this happen seamlessly.
Our AI on Edge offers various options, be it cameras fitted on your Utility Truck or larger long-endurance drones to reach remote areas, or Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) thermal imaging video sensors and high-resolution still frame cameras.
Based on the use case and need, we have the ability to leverage various cameras, and process images and videos on our deep learning Edge Machine Learning. Our Computer Vision Models are tuned for various needs – they can run on the Camera itself, on the edge device connected to the cameras, On-Prem and in Cloud.
Apture models available in
Utilities
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Asset Inventory
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Asset Inspection
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Compliance
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Deep Insights
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Unsupported Additions
Asset Inventory
Utility distribution inventory can mean millions of dollars of valuable capital, and the demand is growing. Existing manual processes, and the use of ‘carrying cost’ as a leading practice, do pose a risk to the bottom line. By using CV, you can not only count the number the transmission poles but can also count the number of instruments and attachments on the pole.
Asset Inspection and Health Analysis
Accelerate and improve the accuracy of your asset inspection and the productivity of your staff. Our Computer Vision Models are trained to detect and classify damage and tear, and broken attachments to the pole. It can also help in Pole loading analysis as well as leveraging the ground markers to measure the required distance between Electric Wires and Cable/Telephone wires and boxes.
Compliance
Several laws outline that utility companies must conduct power line inspections to prevent electrocution. Be it NESC/G095 compliance or the requirement to conduct audits on authorized and unauthorized attachments, we got it covered. Our solution provides high-resolution images, analyzed by our pre-trained Models. The timestamp, geolocation, and other inspection details help automate manual processes.
Further, these images and data captured can be used to validate and compare your master data to ensure nothing is added or removed from the pole, helping you maintain and improve your data and process integrity.
Deep Insights
Computer Vision is the right step, but it will fall short of impact without a strong data analysis by machine learning algorithms. By leveraging the power of Apture and ANAI, utility companies can harness the synergies towards modeling for Failure Predictions, build models that take various factors like weather, climate, consumption, and demographics for Dynamic Energy Management, and perform predictive maintenance of key equipment. Using ANAI, you can Optimize and Extend your asset life and performance as well as improve operational efficiencies.
Vegetation, Obstruction and Unsupported Additions
Several laws outline that utility companies must conduct power line inspections to prevent electrocution. Be it NESC/G095 compliance or the requirement to conduct audits on authorized and unauthorized attachments, we got it covered. Our solution provides high-resolution images, analyzed by our pre-trained Models. The timestamp, geolocation, and other inspection details help automate manual processes.
Further, these images and data captured can be used to validate and compare your master data to ensure nothing is added or removed from the pole, helping you maintain and improve your data and process integrity.
Benefits that come with
Apture
By Leveraging the power of Machine Learning (Data) and Computer Vision, enterprises can accelerate their transformation. Our unique Platform Product play, combines the power of Edge AI, Mobility (Vehicles/Drones) and deep learning algorithms, offering your real-time insights. You have the flexibility to run the Models on Edge, On-Prem and On Cloud.
Gain in Inspection Coverage
Improvement in employee productivity
Reduction in O&M Cost
Improvement in Asset Utilization
Life Extension of Aging Infrastructure
Our Context Aware Computer Vision Platform Product ecosystem is unique 'All-In-One' computer vision offering.
What differentiates us?
- An All-encompassing CV Platform Product Play
- Context based approach for CV solutions
- Pre-built Computer Vision solutions
- Frictionless personalized offering and experience
