Ceremony Marks Debut of iParking System in San Francisco's Japan Center; Mitsubishi Electric among Technology Vendors Supporting the Endeavor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Japan Center SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003 Launching a new era in parking management, Cyberonix Inc., and Tepco Systems Corp. will introduce their Internet-based iParking solution at Japan Center's Miyako Hotel at a special ceremony attended by civic and government leaders on Nov. 14. The iParking system, designed to help reduce pollution, energy costs and improve efficiency, integrates garage devices such as fans, sensors, cameras and ticket machines with the Internet. Based on Java(TM) technology from Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , which provides a safe, secure platform for industrial control, iParking coordinates the functions of existing garage equipment, connecting parking systems, customers and management quickly and efficiently, over the Internet. iParking can also provide parking management with improved monitoring and accountability for revenues and taxes, safety, security, air quality and reporting, resulting in enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; for San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden residents, workers and visitors. The launch in the Japan Center Parking Garage, located in the Japan Town section of San Francisco on Post Street, marks the successful completion of the first iParking system. This City garage is now equipped with new iParking services that include Air Quality Management, to ensure clean, smog-free air and ambient temperature Outside temperature at any given altitude, preferably expressed in degrees centigrade. using sensor A device that measures or detects a real-world condition, such as motion, heat or light and converts the condition into an analog or digital representation. An optical sensor detects the intensity or brightness of light, or the intensity of red, green and blue for color systems. and fan controls; Smart Digital Visual Monitoring (S-DVM), which provides Internet-enabled "smart" cameras to detect motion and unusual behavior patterns for better security; and License Plate Recognition, which integrates the same smart camera technology to scan car license plates and match them with tickets. These services can solve many of the problems associated with lost tickets, while providing customer loyalty programs to the local neighborhood. "By installing iParking in the Japan Center Parking Garage, we can save around $1,600 on our energy bills each month just with the Air Quality Management services alone," explained Richard Hashimoto, corporate administrator of the City of San Francisco
iParking is a collaboration between Cyberonix Inc., an Oakland-based Java technology engineering firm, and Tepco Systems Corpo., the systems arm of Tokyo Electric Power Company, Japan's leading electricity company. Sun Microsystems and Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社 are among the technology vendors supporting this endeavor. About Cyberonix Inc. Cyberonix specializes in the design and implementation of industrial Java technologies using their Enterprise Common Protocol (ECP (Enhanced Capabilities Port) See IEEE 1284. 1. ECP - Engineering Change Proposal. 2. ECP - Enhanced Capabilities Port. 3. ECP - Extended Capabilities Port. 4. ECP - Extended Concurrent Prolog. ) technology to seamlessly connect, monitor and control devices through the Internet safely and securely. For more information visit www.cyberonix.net About Tepco Systems Corp. Tepco Systems Corp. is a subsidiary company of Tokyo Electric Power Company, one of the world's largest electricity providers. For more information visit www.tepsys.co.jp Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java and "The Network is the Computer" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. |
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