With the launch of transportation power and new infrastructure planning, major cities in China are accelerating the digital transformation and upgrading of transportation systems. However, because intelligent transportation is a new topic all over the world and lacks a unified standard and technical system, the transformation process of each city is exploratory.
The launch of Baidu ACE engine has solved this problem, and provided a complete solution for all kinds of cities, with both underlying technology and rich upper-level functional applications, which will further accelerate the process of building intelligent transportation systems in major cities and improve traffic efficiency and urban governance.
▲ The overall architecture of Baidu's "Ace Traffic Engine"
Intelligent transportation is a systematic project. Basic technologies such as AI artificial intelligence, V2X communication, cloud computing and maps are indispensable, and specific functional applications such as intelligent signal control, intelligent taxis and intelligent public transportation are indispensable. It is difficult for ordinary companies to launch a complete set of solutions.
Behind Baidu's AEC traffic engine, it reflects its deep accumulation in AI, cloud computing, big data and other technical fields, as well as its exploration experience in specific applications such as automatic driving, automatic parking and road coordination. At present, Baidu's ace traffic engine has been put into practice in more than 10 cities such as Beijing and Changsha, and has achieved a series of operational results.
As the key trend of future development, intelligent transportation is coveted by many technology companies around the world. However, due to the lack of technology accumulation and exploration experience, it is difficult to come up with a complete solution at present. With the official release of this ace traffic engine, Baidu has actually taken the lead in the intelligent transportation technology competition.
1. Baidu ace traffic engine released? Using artificial intelligence to help upgrade urban traffic
Today, Baidu, which has been deeply involved in the field of intelligent transportation for many years, officially released its trump card transportation engine. The engine has accumulated its technologies in the fields of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, maps, and exploration experience in the fields of autonomous driving, vehicle-road coordination, and vehicle networking, providing standardized and systematic solutions for urban construction of intelligent transportation systems.
ACE, three letters, autonomy Driving and networking? Road, efficiency? The initials of mobility, that is, automatic driving, vehicle-road coordination and efficient travel.
Simply put, through ACE engine, we can deploy self-driving cars in cities to realize intelligent management of parking information, automatically adjust traffic lights to reduce congestion according to traffic conditions, or recommend an optimal driving route for navigation users according to traffic conditions.
It can even be said that ACE traffic engine is a one-stop "shopping center" for cities to choose intelligent transportation systems, and any specific application case can find a solution.
▲ Baidu's "Ace Traffic Engine" faces seven scenarios of intelligent transportation.
Baidu ACE traffic engine consists of a digital foundation, two intelligent engines and n application ecosystems.
A digital base refers to four basic technologies, namely, small on-board OS, rocking deep learning framework, Baidu AI cloud and Baidu map.
Small car OS can connect private cars, buses and other vehicles to collect and share data; Flying oars can realize high perception, so that infrastructure such as street lamps and roads can perceive traffic information; Intelligent cloud is a platform for data and information collection and decision-making; Map is the digital basis of intelligent transportation.
After realizing the intelligentization and networking of the vehicle end and the road end through the underlying digital technology, two intelligent engines, automatic driving and vehicle-road coordination, can be derived, and then specific applications can be developed based on these two engines. For example, based on autonomous driving technology, applications such as unmanned rental, independent logistics and automatic parking service have been developed; Based on the coordination of vehicles and roads, develop intelligent public transportation and intelligent signal control system.
Obviously, Baidu ACE traffic engine is a full-stack solution that truly includes the underlying technologies such as AI and the upper applications such as autonomous driving. It can help major cities to quickly build a modern intelligent transportation system characterized by real-time perception, instant response and intelligent decision-making.
At present, Baidu's ace traffic engine has landed in more than 10 cities such as Beijing, Changsha and Baoding. In March, Baidu won the bid for new infrastructure projects in Chongqing, Yangquan and Hefei, which was very popular.
Second, rapid deployment and strong scalability? Four advantages of ACE engine
Since 20 15, China has successively issued a series of policies to strengthen the country by transportation, and made great efforts to guide the traditional transportation to digital transformation. In 20 19, the State Council, the Ministry of Communications and other central institutions issued the Outline of Building a Traffic Power, pointing out that it is necessary to promote the deep integration of new technologies such as big data, Internet, artificial intelligence and blockchain with the transportation industry, and put forward the development goal of basically building a traffic power by 2035 and building a traffic power in an all-round way by the middle of this century.
In recent years, both first-tier cities such as Beishangguangshen and Shenzhen, and second-and third-tier cities such as Chongqing, Hangzhou, Changsha and Baoding have flooded into the tide of building intelligent transportation.
However, it should be pointed out that although intelligent transportation is the general trend and the future refers to it, it is a new concept composed of new technologies such as AI, cloud computing and autonomous driving, and there are no standardized solutions and cases to follow around the world.
Although major cities are active, they are actually groping forward step by step and accumulating experience.
The launch of Baidu ACE engine, including AI and other low-level technologies, middle-level engines such as automatic driving and vehicle-road coordination, and top-level applications such as intelligent signal control and intelligent taxis, has solved this problem and provided a set of comprehensive solutions for the construction of intelligent transportation systems in major cities.
Even on a global scale, the ACE traffic engine is a great innovation.
For the specific application of cities, ACE traffic engine has four advantages.
First of all, ACE traffic engine has many specific application cases, such as intelligent signal control, intelligent bus, intelligent taxi and so on. Can meet the different needs of different cities. For example, some small cities are suitable for improving traffic efficiency from intelligent information control in advance, while big cities such as Beishangguang can take the lead in deploying driverless taxis in the new district to improve the overall scientific and technological level of the city.
▲ Schematic diagram of smart renting house
Secondly, the bottom layer, middle layer and upper layer of ACE traffic engine are all built by Baidu, which will greatly reduce the number of technology suppliers during deployment, thus reducing the time for joint development and collaboration, which not only improves the deployment efficiency, but also reduces the subsequent operation and maintenance costs.
Thirdly, different functional applications on the ACE traffic engine are developed on the same digital basis, and can be seamlessly connected when functional applications need to be expanded. For example, after a city deploys intelligent signal control, it wants to introduce a driverless taxi, which can quickly connect with the existing system.
Finally, as an integrated, full-stack solution, ACE traffic engine also has better iterative upgrade ability, and can quickly deploy applications when there are new updates and functional upgrades.
Third, behind the ace engine? Baidu has built a systematic intelligent transportation capability.
As mentioned above, ITS is a systematic project.
First of all, we need to collect the data of each traffic subject and upload it to the cloud for interconnection. Then, based on the traffic data, the intelligent decision-making system makes a pre-judgment, and issues instructions to signal lights, navigation apps, and even self-driving cars to guide or change their running status.
Behind this process, a series of basic capabilities are needed, such as vehicle-mounted system, intelligent perception at vehicle end and road end, communication module, cloud computing, map and so on. For any technology company in the world, it takes a long time for technology accumulation and application exploration to gather these technical capabilities.
In this regard, Baidu's previous technology research and development process and application exploration played a key role. Whether in AI, maps, cloud, autonomous driving and automatic parking, Baidu already has a large number of technology patents and application cases.
▲ Schematic diagram of automatic parking
Just say the most important AI technology and autonomous driving technology, Baidu can get it.
In terms of artificial intelligence, Baidu has 57 12 patents, ranking first in China. At the bottom, we not only independently developed a rocking deep learning framework, but also based on a large number of products such as Baidu search engine and small assistants, with a huge amount of text, pictures and voice data, creating a leading AI ecosystem in China-only Baidu brain can output 240 AI capabilities, and the number of voice interactions completed by small assistants has exceeded 5 billion times.
In terms of autonomous driving, Baidu is a large-scale technology company with the earliest start and the largest investment in China. By the end of 20 19, the number of patent applications worldwide exceeded 1800. With 150 license plates for driving test, the cumulative test mileage in the world exceeds 3 million kilometers. There are more than 36,000 global developers and 78 eco-partners/kloc-0 based on Apollo's self-driving open platform. In China, Baidu is the first player to deploy a driverless taxi.
▲ Baidu driverless taxi team
At the same time, almost all the world's mainstream car manufacturers (such as BMW, Daimler, Toyota, Great Wall, etc. ), first-class parts suppliers (Bosch, Continental, Delphi, etc.). ), chip companies, sensor companies and travel companies have all joined the "friend circle" of Baidu Apollo.
Speaking of autonomous driving in China, Baidu is not only an unavoidable company, but also a member of the "national team" of autonomous driving.
In addition, Baidu Map is also one of the two major mobile phone map service providers in China, with massive POI and road network data, and Baidu Cloud is also an important cloud service provider in China ...
Undoubtedly, it is this series of technology accumulation and application exploration that enables Baidu to launch an integrated trump card traffic engine today, providing a complete solution for the digital transformation of urban traffic systems in China and even the world, and promoting the application of intelligent transportation systems more quickly.
Fourth, the battle of intelligent transportation has intensified? Baidu is one step ahead.
The progress of technology constantly promotes the development of traditional transportation in a smarter, safer and more environmentally friendly direction. Under the guidance of the national transportation power strategy, domestic enterprises are launching a new round of intelligent transportation competition.
There are two indicators to evaluate the success of major scientific and technological enterprises, one is the technology mentioned above, and the other is the actual application effect.
In terms of results, Baidu's ace traffic engine has been put into practice in more than 10 cities such as Beijing, Changsha and Baoding.
On February 8, 20 19, 19, Baidu Apollo and Baoding government of Hebei province reached a cooperation on the implementation of intelligent traffic control system in Baoding city. The two sides will intelligently upgrade several intersections in Baoding city, realize intelligent supervision of traffic flow by adding sensing equipment and networking equipment, and adjust traffic flow through intelligent traffic lights.
It is reported that the initial amount of intelligent transportation cooperation project signed by Baidu and Baoding exceeds 1 100 million yuan. At that time, it was already one of the largest single orders in the field of intelligent transportation in China.
In addition, Baidu has signed cooperation agreements with many cities such as Xiong 'an, Cangzhou and Changsha in Hunan. In the past March, it also won the bid for new infrastructure projects in Chongqing, Yangquan and Hefei.
Among these ongoing projects, Beijing, Changsha and Baoding have launched Baidu Intelligent Information Management and Control System. At the same time, intelligent parking systems have also landed in cities such as Beijing, Shijiazhuang and Zhangjiakou.
▲ Schematic diagram of intelligent signal control
Obviously, on the track of intelligent transportation, Baidu has gained more achievements than its competitors. ? These achievements, in turn, illustrate Baidu's technical ability and completeness of the scheme.
On February 20 19, 19, Baidu upgraded the structure of its most important emerging business team, Baidu Intelligent Driving Business Group, and established a new intelligent transportation business group. As a result, Baidu officially upgraded its intelligent transportation business to the same important position as the two core businesses of autonomous driving and car networking.
Today, the official release of the "Ace Traffic Engine" means that Baidu's exploration in the field of intelligent transportation has been further expanded.
The horn of traffic intelligence has sounded. Today, based on its years of technical accumulation and rich practical experience in the fields of artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, vehicle-road coordination, big data, etc., Baidu officially released the ACE traffic engine, providing a set of controllable, full-stack and open comprehensive solutions to promote the modernization, accuracy and convenience of traffic services.
In the future, with Baidu's "Ace Traffic Engine" landing in more cities, the intelligent level of urban traffic in China will be further improved.
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