CTS and DSR Asia Launch Joint PoC Using Noema AI Technology for River Water-Level Detection and Alerts

CTS Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture; President and Executive Officer: Ren Yokoshima; hereinafter “CTS”), a construction ICT specialist supporting problem-solving at construction sites across Japan, announced that it has reached a basic agreement with DSR Asia (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Asia-Pacific General Manager: Hiroyuki Kamata), the Asian base of DSR Corporation (“DSR”), regarding collaboration using technology developed by Noema, a wholly owned subsidiary of DSR. The two companies will begin a joint proof of concept (PoC). The PoC will combine “CAMSTREAMER Cloud” and “IoT SmartHub,” field-related information content within CTS’s on-site business support service “Site Assist Package (SAP),” with Noema’s AI flood detection application to verify the effectiveness of an AI-based river water-level detection and notification system. In recent years, Japan has experienced increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters, including typhoons and record-breaking heavy rainfall in addition to earthquakes, creating urgent challenges for the maintenance and management of social infrastructure. Due to the effects of climate change, these disaster risks are expected to rise further. Against this backdrop, as demand for disaster prevention measures based on Japan’s national resilience plan remains firm, the importance of understanding on-site conditions in real time and objectively is increasing. In this demonstration, AI will automatically detect water levels from camera footage installed along rivers in Ueda City. By integrating AI-based visual monitoring and alert notifications with conventional instrument-based numerical management, the project aims to enable faster and more reliable evacuation decisions and road flooding countermeasures, contributing to the development of sustainable social infrastructure. Technically, the solution provides high real-time performance by implementing Noema’s AI as an application that runs directly on cameras, while enabling secure operation through CTS’s cloud video platform. Noema’s advanced edge computing technology performs AI analysis inside the camera, reducing communication load while immediately converting water-level changes into data. CTS’s “CAMSTREAMER Cloud” enables remote system support and maintenance while reducing security risks, and “IoT SmartHub” immediately issues various alerts and notifications when water-level data received from AI cameras exceeds configured thresholds. Going forward, CTS and DSR will strengthen their partnership through this joint river monitoring demonstration and accelerate expansion into disaster prevention and infrastructure monitoring fields with strong social demand, such as road flooding detection and snowfall detection. CTS is currently focused on providing tools and environments that improve productivity at construction sites, centered on its on-site business support service “Site Assist Package (SAP).” By integrating and rapidly sharing multiple types of data and information used at construction sites, CTS supports efficient remote work assistance and task allocation. Through this initiative, CTS will accelerate the integration of cloud video services and the latest AI technologies, strongly supporting construction DX and the strengthening of social infrastructure. DSR Corporation is a software development company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with a Japanese subsidiary, DSR Asia. With deep expertise in wireless technologies, DSR has provided solutions for IoT, embedded systems, and connected platforms since 2001. As an end-to-end IoT partner, DSR offers a broad range of solutions including wireless communications, embedded software, application layers, cloud backends, edge applications, user apps, security, and consulting, supporting protocols such as Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Matter, Aliro, ECHONETLite, and DECT NR+. Noema is a wholly owned subsidiary of DSR that develops computer vision applications to solve real-world problems through secure, privacy-conscious automation. Using edge computing and advanced AI, Noema provides high-performance optimization and automation solutions, with expertise in human behavior analysis, video enhancement, and object and process tracking. CAMSTREAMER Cloud is a high-performance cloud recording service dedicated to AXIS cameras, developed and provided by CAMSTREAMER, a company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in ACAP and cloud services for AXIS cameras. CTS is CAMSTREAMER’s only distributor in Japan and has installed the first dedicated CAMSTREAMER Cloud server in Japan. IoT SmartHub is a cloud service that connects and controls input devices such as cameras and sensors with output devices such as strobe sirens. It visualizes on-site video and data in real time and supports situation assessment and alert notifications. Founded in 1972, CTS has provided sales and maintenance of surveying and measurement equipment, as well as rental services for system equipment and surveying and measurement devices, to customers in the civil engineering, construction, and surveying industries. Guided by its philosophy of solving challenges at construction sites nationwide through accessible support centered on digital data services and surveying and measurement systems, CTS works as a construction ICT specialist to improve and advance the entire construction production system, from surveying and design to construction, maintenance, management, and repair. As a medium-term management policy, CTS aims to transform from a hardware-centered IT infrastructure rental company into a company that comprehensively provides data and information-related services, promoting nationwide network development, field visualization, and the use of information and data through cloud video solutions for the public-sector market.