[Shanghai, China, September 23, 2019] Haier, Mstar, China Mobile and Huawei
have jointly launched the world's first "5G+machine vision" solution for smart
factory. This solution is an achievement made by smart
manufacturers, carriers, equipment vendors, and application providers. It is the
first time that cloud-based machine vision systems with 5G+MEC have been
combined in industrial manufacturing. The solution marks a milestone after the
world's first "5G+AI” smart factory was jointly released at the end of July. It
represents a big step forward in the exploration and practice of 5G smart
factory.
Representatives of companies partnering on the solution at
the press conference (see names below)
Some of the big names attending the conference included Liu Zili, Technical
Strategy Director at Qingdao Haier Institute of Industrial Intelligence), Liu
Xinwen, Director of Haier’s Digital Technology Service Platform, Zhou Rougang
Vice General Manager of Hangzhou Mstar Technologies, Meng Xin, General Manager
of the Industrial Energy Product R&D Dept. at the Industrial Institute of
China Mobile Shanghai Branch, and Dai Jisheng President of Strategy &
Business Development Dept. at Huawei Cloud Core Network and Chairman of the 5G
Deterministic Networking Alliance. Liu Zili introduced the architecture,
deployment, advantages, and prospects of the"5G+machine vision" solution.
Machine vision provides automatic inspection and identification, which have
been widely used in industrial manufacturing, but "bottlenecks" are limiting the
shift from industrial manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing. The
"5G+machine vision" solution uses 5G+MEC computing capability as a basis, and
selects machine vision as the upper-layer application to form an end-to-end
solution. The machine vision app is deployed on MEC to achieve cloud-based
control, algorithm self-optimization, and enterprise data security through data
localization. In addition, this solution reduces costs and improves quality and
efficiency. Cloud-based algorithms greatly reduce investment. The ultra-high
bandwidth and ultra-low latency network makes the inspection more flexible and
improves operations efficiency. Collaboration between big data processing and
deep learning ensures an improvement of quality. Cloud-based deployment makes
commissioning, maintenance, and expansion more convenient, greatly shortening
their durations.
The release of the world's first "5G+machine vision" solution for smart
factory also provides important reference for the implementation of 5G+MEC
applications in other scenarios. The solution can be replicated and applied to
fields such as smart logistics, smart campus, and smart home and becomes an
important solution for enabling cross-domain, cross-platform, and cross-industry
applications. Haier, Mstar, China Mobile, and Huawei will continue to deepen
cooperation, innovate, and explore more smart factory scenarios.