ActcastAI
SHIMIZU CORPORATION
To make smart buildings widespread. The obstacle was that each piece of equipment required its own development and operation, leaving the burden of managing edge devices customer by customer and building by building.
The challenge Idein solves
The “DX-Core” building OS and Actcast are integrated platform to platform, shifting edge device management onto Actcast. That removes the need to manage large numbers of devices separately in every building, and lets the integration itself be assembled faster and in a better shape. Actcast already had a track record of remotely operating AI cameras dispersed across large spaces such as commercial facilities, and that operational capability carries straight over to buildings.
What we did
- Platform integration between Shimizu Corporation’s “DX-Core” building OS and Idein’s “Actcast” began in July 2024
- Ten Actcast-linked AI cameras installed in meeting rooms at Shimizu’s head office and in the “Shintora Yasuda Building,” a smart building owned by Yasuda Real Estate
- Foot traffic, attributes and occupancy within specific areas captured and fed into DX-Core
- Applied to marketing for commercial facilities and to visualizing meeting room congestion
- Environmental sensors and “LLM App on Actcast” are under consideration for future use
- Related release: Edge AI company Idein partners with Shimizu Corporation to promote smart buildings (Idein, PR TIMES)