beaconnect plus

Scalable IoT Platform

beaconnect plus is an IoT platform that
acquires location and environmental information of people and objects
using sensors and stores it in a cloud system via gateway devices for visualization.

It can be used in a wide range of industries and in a variety of scenarios.

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Factory/
Warehouse
  • Visualization of attendance status

  • Identification of service overtime

  • Real-time location search

  • Assessing facility usage

  • Management of shared equipment
By correctly understanding and analyzing the current situation in factories and warehouses, work processes can be improved and productivity can be enhanced.
  • Man-hour management

  • Flow control

  • Vital data management of workers

  • Environmental Management

  • Grasping the operating status of machines
It enables work efficiency improvement, compliance enhancement, and effective use of space to create a comfortable workplace.
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Stadium
  • Check congestion

  • Event Management

  • Content Distribution

Enables a stadium environment that avoids crowding by using location-based seating guidance and real-time information on lines and congestion at concession stands and restrooms.

  • Check congestion

  • Obtaining information on each booth

  • Confirmation of current location

  • Content Delivery

You can also use it for safe and secure event management, such as easily obtaining information on nearby booths from your smartphone, checking congestion, and avoiding crowding.

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School/Welfare/
Hospital
  • management of the way to and from school

  • Hospital wandering notification

  • Patient and resident health care

  • Locating physicians and nurses

  • Management of medical equipment

Location and health information of children, the elderly, and other people you want to watch over can be checked remotely.

Agriculture
  • Visualization of work processes

  • Growth environment monitoring

  • Measuring the soil environment

  • Management of work equipment

  • Crop growth management

Enables optimization of the environment inside plastic greenhouses and management from remote locations, helping to improve crop productivity and quality

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How beaconnect plus works

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Basic functionality

Dashboard
Device Management
Gateway Management
Location Settings
Timeline Viewing
Trigger Function
Log Search
Downloads

Option

Email notification function
Attendance management function
External system integration
(API integration)

- Admin -

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- Image of equipment used -

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gateway

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* The devices used and the management screen may change from the actual one.

CASE STUDY

Examples of Utilization

FACTORY/WAREHOUSE

By correctly understanding and analyzing the current situation in factories and warehouses
Improve work processes and increase productivity.
Recommended for those who are thinking of doing the following
  • Those who visualize the workers' flow line.
  • Those who want to manage man-hours automatically
  • Those who want to collect environmental information in factories and warehouses.
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Attendance and attendance management (work style reform / service overtime control)

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  1. Engineers working in client company's laboratories, factories, offices, etc., possess beacons and install gateway equipment in their work areas.

  2. Beacon logs everywhere engineers enter and leave the work area

  3. Aggregate arrival and departure time data from acquired beacon logs and link to existing time and attendance system via API

Reduce the time and effort of reporting and tabulating attendance recordsmanages guest engineers' working hours and improves on-site operational efficiency.

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

(Partner company: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.)

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sumitomodenso

 

Location and flow control (site improvement)

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  1. 30 workers with small beacons and gateway equipment in the plant work area

  2. Beacon logs when workers approach the work area

  3. Aggregate and analyze work time by work area from acquired beacon logs

Grasping work waste from work hours and improving production management

A certain metal processing manufacturer

(Co-research: University of Tsukuba)

tukuba

 

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OFFICE

Improved operational efficiency and compliance
Enables effective use of space and
We create a workplace that is easy to work in.
Recommended for those who are thinking of doing the following

  • Those who want to automate time and attendance management.
  • Those who want to manage the whereabouts of people.
  • Those who want to manage whereabouts of things

Attendance and attendance management (work style reform / service overtime control)

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  1. All employees have small beacons, and gateway devices are installed on the floor of each office nationwide.

  2. Beacon logs are acquired everywhere when employees enter and leave the floor.

  3. Aggregate arrival and departure time data from acquired beacon logs and link to existing time and attendance system via API.

Reduce the number of omissions in employee time and attendance input and reduce management man-hours by linking with existing time and attendance systems.

ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation

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AGRICULTURE

It enables optimization of the environment in plastic greenhouses and management from remote locations,
Helps improve crop productivity and quality
Recommended for those who are thinking of doing the following
  • Those who want to visualize the work process
  • Those who wish to monitor the growing environment even in remote areas.
  • Want to manage work equipment?
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Agricultural IoT

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  1. Sensors and gateway devices installed in the house

  2. Obtain data on temperature, humidity, and CO2 in the house

  3. Acquired data in greenhouses is aggregated and linked to the management system via API, allowing managers to view information in real time, and the collected data is useful for improving farming techniques and creating manuals for stable cultivation.

Real-time sharing of temperature, humidity, and CO2 data to on-site managers and workers in charge


Next Farm

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SCHOOL / WELFARE / HOSPITAL

The location and health information of children, the elderly, and other people you want to watch over can be checked remotely.
Recommended for those who are thinking of doing the following

  • Those who want to automate the management of their children's school attendance.
  • Those who wish to centrally track the whereabouts of people in a hospital or facility.
  • Want to manage medical equipment?

School arrival and departure management (monitoring)

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  1. Elementary school students carry small beacons and install gateway devices near school gates

  2. Beacon logs when elementary school students approach the school gate area

  3. Send school arrival/departure notification e-mails to registered e-mail addresses from the acquired beacon logs

Parents can check on their children's progress to and from school in real time, providing peace of mind.


Pitto Corporation

(PTA of the Elementary School attached to the Faculty of Education, Utsunomiya University)

 

Whereabouts management (monitoring)

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  1. Children and the elderly carry small beacons, and gateway devices are installed on telegraph poles throughout the city.

  2. Obtain gateway device beacon logs

  3. Email notification to family members when they are about to leave the area where gateway equipment is installed

Parents can check on their children's progress to and from school in real time, providing peace of mind.


Municipalities
(3 municipalities)

EVENT

Assessed the flow of people and congestion.
It can also be used for safe and secure event management.
Recommended for those who are thinking of doing the following
  • Those who want to visualize congestion
  • Those who want to ensure smooth conduction within the event.
  • Those who want to distribute non-contact content.
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Booth information dissemination and whereabouts management

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  1. Beacons (approx. 120) installed in the exhibition venue

  2. Delivering booth information using push notifications when visitors who have installed the dedicated app approach the beacon

  3. Able to check your location from nearby beacons

We provide you with the comfort of smoothly moving around the booths and the ease of obtaining information without having to stop by.


Communications carrier companies

Game and Congestion Management (Congestion)

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  1. Beacons (approx. 500) were installed at the event site and a dedicated application was developed.
  2. Delivery of contents such as puzzle-solving games using push notifications when visitors who have installed the dedicated application approach the beacon.
  3. Also, it is possible to check congestion on the map from nearby beacons

Comfort for smooth booth navigation, Fun through gamification.


General IT entertainment company

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STUDIUM

Enables a stadium environment that avoids crowding by providing real-time information on queues and congestion
Recommended for those who are thinking of doing the following

  • Those who want to plan fan events that take advantage of smartphones.
  • Those who wish to visualize congestion at concession stands and restrooms
  • Those who want to use location-based seating guidance.

Photo Rally Event

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  1. Install beacons in home stadiums.

  2. Rare off-shot photos of players are sent via push notification when visitors with a special application installed on their smartphones approach the beacon.

Provide enjoyment at the time of visit by having special offers for home stadium visitors.

Oita Football Club Co.,Ltd.

(Oita Trinita)


Positional and environmental information on people and objects is acquired by sensors, stored in a cloud system via gateway devices, and visualized.

This system can be used in a wide range of industries and in a variety of situations.

Please contact us for more information.

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