PHOENIX, AZ – At ITS America, Panasonic, announces the launch of its new Cirrus by Panasonic platform: Cirrus 2.0, an expanded, seamlessly integrated approach for managing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) ecosystems. Panasonic’s Cirrus platform offers an extensive, industry-leading cloud toolkit for state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and commercial fleet operators who seek V2X technologies to improve roadway mobility and provide information that can help save lives. Select U.S. state DOTs and fleet operators are currently using Cirrus by Panasonic to manage V2X operations across hundreds of infrastructure devices on highways and intersections that can support their essential vehicles including snowplows, emergency response vehicles, transit buses, and maintenance fleets.
“With the launch of Cirrus 2.0, Panasonic applies learnings drawn from over seven years of statewide V2X technology installations, deployment, and platform engagements to bring technical and practical improvements directly to our entire user base, said Rob Zimmer, Director Cirrus, Panasonic Smart Mobility Office. “Our new platform features align with the U.S.DOT and Federal Highway Administration primary V2X deployment goals. Customers know that Cirrus 2.0 can help them achieve the same goals on their roadways.”
Key features of Cirrus by Panasonic 2.0 include:
- Interoperability between advanced capabilities of V2X systems and traditional transportation information
- Management platform using intelligent data collection to enable advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) insights
- A completely redesigned user experience (UX) incorporates requests and suggestions from the Cirrus user base. It aims to streamline the way V2X systems are accessed by both fleet and roadway infrastructure operations staff.
Resolving V2X Interoperability
Operating as a “data broker” between various connected systems and core Cirrus applications, Cirrus seamlessly manages the variations in data elements produced by connected systems (such as different units of measurement, naming conventions, etc.) and variations in the contextual factors of IoT platforms operating in very different domains (such as how traffic signal data might differ dramatically from utility work order systems). By handling these domain specific data translations independently, Cirrus 2.0 allows many different tools to “talk” to connected vehicles in a consistent way. It also uses automation to reduce the cognitive load of users. Additionally, it expands the range of source data available for connected vehicle safety and mobility solutions.
Scaling V2X Data Management
Cirrus 2.0 simplifies the platform’s data architecture for scalability. It implements patent pending V2X data processing capabilities at ingestion points to eliminate data waste, data noise, and improve redundancy. Cirrus 2.0 implements on-demand load balancing across the platform to manage the variability of data ingestion from different IoT systems. Each IoT system has its own data flow characteristics. For example, some data volumes follow traffic demand with morning and evening peak times while others are incident or weather dependent and can spike suddenly. The Cirrus 2.0 platform offers our patent-pending technique for reducing duplication in raw data without sacrificing any data detail. This allows up to a 50% reduction in post-ingestion pipeline volumes for certain data sources. Such reductions can lower costs and enhance platform performance.
Improved User Experience
V2X deployments require highly flexible and customizable user interfaces to effectively meet workflow needs, and the Cirrus 2.0 UX focuses on data ecosystem access. Distributed dashboard and reporting tools with mobile device support provide customers with unrestricted access to data. These tools, combined with SQL-based research functionality, offer clear visual workflows. In addition, Cirrus 2.0 insights are designed to be integrated directly into existing applications already in place. Cirrus 2.0 now delivers insights, warnings, and configuration options directly into the existing workflows of your staff. By providing easy-to-attach application programming interfaces. This minimizes re-training of users, embeds V2X capabilities into existing incident response formulas, and brings collected V2X data to roadway operators seamlessly.
The new Cirrus 2.0 platform integrates enhanced incident detection, offering tools to utilize connected vehicle data across diverse environments. An advanced data architecture utilizes insights that it can share across a variety of information systems. Its health monitoring capabilities have been refined and enhanced to improve system uptime. Improvements have also enhanced the efficacy of deployment from a cost management perspective. Cirrus 2.0 can remotely and automatically complete user device recovery operations, thereby reducing the potential for costly field repairs.
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