Taking the Initiative to Commercialize Indoor Positioning Technology and Provide Diversified Supporting Force for Its Sustainable Development
The other day, the reporter learned that, a breakthrough was achieved in commercialization of the "Location Service Based white light communication technology" developed by Great Aim Optical Communication Co., Ltd. under Great Aim Group, a well-known private real estate enterprise in Zhuhai. The National Test Center for Mine Equipment of Production Safety awarded a "Conformity Certificate for Explosion-proof" for the miner position management system (comprising four hardware devices, namely, intrinsic safety type minder's lamp, intrinsic safety type wireless sub-station for mines, intrinsic safety sub-station for mines, mining flame-proof LED roadway lamp). White light positioning technology will be officially applied in the miner position management.
As a famous real estate developer, why did you step into the high-tech sector and make such a big achievement? In an interview with the reporter, Chairman Yang of the group, said, "Stepping into the high-tech field does not mean giving up the real estate market. We have implemented a development strategy of one body with two wings, among which one body refers to the group, and two wings refer to real estate and technology." When the reporter asked about the proportions of the "two wings", Chairman Yang said, "I am a merchant. I need to consider the performance of enterprises. In the progress of two wings, I will pay more attention to whichever wing that I can make more profit. However, considered from our strategic development in the future, the future of optical communication in the technology segment will be bright, since the technological fruit now fills a gap of the nation and even the world. We are also the first pioneer to commercialize the fruit."
Striving for internationalization and diversification with development of real estate and technology
Those who are engaged in real estate in Zhuhai should have heard about Great Aim Group. The group was established in 1994. At first, it undertook many large office building projects. In 1999, it made its first attempt in real estate development. Drawing experience from Singapore, it built Yuehai International Garden and took the initiative to introduce concepts such as "separation of pedestrians and vehicles" and community management and rose to fame. However, under the wave of reconstruction of urban villages in Zhuhai, development of commodity housing was suspended. Great Aim chose to broaden its vision to the Pearl River Delta and even the whole country. In 2006, it chose to return to Zhuhai and built a mountain and sea view deluxe mansion project Longteng Bay. In 2009, it commenced the construction of four projects in Zhongshan and Zhuhai at the same time, including Nanwan International, Lingfeng International, Lanbo Shui'an and Junyi Garden. Great Aim confirmed its long-term development strategy of taking root in Zhuhai.
In 2011, Great Aim Group began to strive for international and diversified development and entered the high-tech industry with innovation. In 2012, Great Aim Optical Communication Co., Ltd. was established and made a huge investment to accept seven patents of "Location Service Based white light communication technology" from China Solid State Lighting Alliance. Since white light communication technology is characterized by an accurate positioning, a low cost and a high additional value, it effectively solves a tough issue of the world, namely, accurate indoor positioning and fills a technical gap in the field of optical communication in China and infuses the factor of technology into the national field of LED industry application, and thus attract high attention from peers, experts and scholars at home and abroad.
By 2015, the company's invention patents had increased from 7 to 28. White light communication technology has been successfully applied in fields such as reverse vehicle tracking system in public parking lots, indoor personnel positioning management system in nuclear power plants, smart robot indoor positioning projects and factory's smart system. Besides, it has constructed 20 demonstrative projects across the country and won warm care and great support from national leaders, related ministries and committees of the state, local governmental departments and industrial experts. On September 15, 2015, the solution and demonstrative application of personnel positioning based on white light communication technology won an honor and award as an "Technical Innovation Project of Technology Enterprise of Zhuhai". On December 3 the same year, it won an award for excellence in the 4th China Innovation Entrepreneurship Competition.
Taking the initiative to commercialize and endow it with Internet+ element
Recently, a great breakthrough has been made in the commercialization of the "Location Service Based white light communication technology" (U-Beacon). The National Test Center for Mine Equipment of Production Safety awarded a "Conformity Certificate for Explosion-proof" for the miner position management system. White light positioning technology will be officially applied in the miner position management.
It was said that coal mine is a special industry. Production and operation in the mine involves life safety of staff and workers. Related department of the nation requires that each production equipment to be applied in the coal mine must go through strict and high-standard strict tests and examinations. Therefore, the "Conformity Certificate for Explosion-proof" is a necessary condition for a production equipment to be applied in the coal mine.
The coal mine positioning system can achieve an accurate positioning and real-time tracking of miners. With the light emitted by lighting lamps in the mine (the fixed roadway lamps and mobile miner's lamps) as the carrier, through the optical signal interaction between the fixed roadway lamps in the mine and the mining lamps worn by the miners, it can locate personnel with a high accuracy within 0.5 meter, which is of great significance for the rescue after a mine disaster. Meanwhile, since it can greatly reduce the use of wireless signal, it can lower the explosion risk triggered by electric sparks. That the system has obtained a "Conformity Certificate for Explosion-proof" not only means that the company has taken the initiative to obtain the key to the commercialization of miner positioning technology. A new generation high-tech products for the special industry field will be applied extensively in miner management, safety management and production management, which endows the traditional coal mine industry with the element of Internet + and is also an extremely important step taken by a Chinese enterprise in the commercialization of indoor positioning technology worldwide.
How can a private real estate enterprise take the lead in the world in the high-tech field and take the initiative to realize commercialization? It was said that while introducing the internationally latest technologies, the group has also adhered to a global vision and planned a new round of global deployment in the semi-conductor industry from the strategic height. Meanwhile, it has made a huge investment to speed up the promotion and application of the technology in the market. It has kept a close watch on the world's first-class technical teams, established White Light Communication Research Institute, and employed 500 international top-notch experts from Holland, the US and Russia to provide an all-round guarantee for its products. The Institute is now chaired by Professor Zhang Guoqi, the originator of "Beyond Moore's Law", the former academician and openness & innovation senior supervisor of Dutch Philips Semi-conductor Lighting and now one member of the Thousand Talents Program launched by the Organization Department of Central Committee of CPC. Professor Zhang now serves as chairman of Great Aim Optical Communication Co., Ltd.
Yang disclosed, now standing at the commanding height in the indoor positioning industry, he will continue to aim at the international market, and will not stop until perfection is achieved, from the introduction of internationally latest technologies to a new round of patent deployment, and then to the introduction of globally first-class team to provide technical support for its products. It is a big event for China and even the world that white light communication technology has made a breakthrough in commercialization. It will be applied in each field and change our life. I hope that the white light communication technology developed by Chinese people can become a brand of Chinese people, help our semi-conductor enterprises to go into the world. That is also where my sense of responsibility lies as a Chinese." Yang said, "In the heart of entrepreneurs there is also a Chinese dream. We wish that China can grow from a manufacturing power to a power of creation."
