LG Uplus said on the 11th that it expanded the application of its "artificial intelligence (AI) road hazard control system," developed with road management solution corporations Millieway, to Yongin Special City in Gyeonggi.
The system installs real-time kinematic (RTK) high-precision positioning and AI video monitoring terminals on city buses and government vehicles to detect and analyze potholes and road surface damage in real time.
LG Uplus's RTK technology pinpoints the locations of road hazards detected by AI with centimeter (cm) accuracy. While errors in existing satellite navigation systems (GNSS) such as GPS can reach up to 15 meters, RTK minimizes errors by linking ground reference stations and dedicated terminals in real time. Unlike fixed closed-circuit (CC) TVs, which can only monitor limited areas, using vehicles enables accurate control over a much wider range.
When AI finds damage, it is immediately filed as a civil complaint and the responsible department handles it quickly.
According to LG Uplus, from April last year to February this year, the "AI road hazard control system" detected more than 3,200 road hazards. Road-related civil complaints filed through platforms such as the National Sinmungo fell about 19% (436 cases) from a year earlier, and compensation for public facilities due to road damage also decreased by about 25%.
Based on these results, Yongin expanded the system to a total of 300 vehicles, including village buses and government vehicles. It also plans to apply the system starting in Jun. to tasks such as handling damaged roadside metal fixtures and animal carcasses.