Solutions
Road conditions have traditionally been assessed through manual inspections, a process that is inefficient, subjective, and prone to errors. Transportation authorities worldwide face the challenge of prioritizing road repairs within limited budgets using these outdated methods. To address this, Winley developed the Pavement Analysis System (iPAS), a comprehensive solution to these challenges. iPAS streamlines processes, ensuring maintenance decisions maximize impact and deliver optimal value for every dollar spent. Winley’s iPAS consists of 3 components:
1
Pavement 3D Scanning Vehicle
(P3SV)
Winley’s Pavement 3D Scanning Vehicle (P3SV) is a special-purpose licensed vehicle equipped with Winley’s self-developed high-precision pavement scanners and other advanced sensing devices. P3SV can collect more than 110 million data points per second, with a resolution of up to 1mm x 1mm x 0.3mm at speeds of 0 to 100 km/h. It operates effectively on various pavement materials (cement, asphalt, anti-skid layers, metal) and road types (highways, main roads, streets, and tunnels), ensuring high-quality data collection regardless of external conditions (sunlight, shadow, day, night).
2
Autonomous Intelligent Road Doctor
Winley’s parent company, Freetech Technology Group, has over 30 years of experience in road infrastructure management and maintenance. Renowned as the "Road Doctor" (公路醫生), the company has established itself as an industry pioneer. Building on this legacy, the Autonomous Intelligent Road Doctor integrates artificial intelligence with decades of hands-on experience and extensive domain knowledge. The Autonomous Intelligent Road Doctor processes data collected by the Pavement 3D Scanning Vehicle to evaluate road conditions—including evenness, safety, condition, serviceability, and facilities.
3
Smart Management & Visualisation Platform
All collected data—including road defect properties, index scores, and georeferenced information—can be visualised and displayed on our Smart Management & Visualisation Platform, designed to provide comprehensive insights and facilitate efficient decision-making. The platform integrates advanced data analytics and visualisation tools, empowering users to monitor road conditions, identify potential issues, and plan maintenance activities effectively. Thanks to its user-friendly interface and robust features, all relevant information is easily accessible and actionable, supporting transportation authorities in maintaining safe and reliable road infrastructure.
Comparison Table
/ | Winley's iPAS:
3D Laser Scanning | Laser Imaging, Detection, and Ranging (LiDAR) | Multi-point Laser Technology | 2D Image Processing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Add-on Technologies/Devices | • RTK GNSS/INS
• Vision SLAM
• Visual odometry
• Multi-IMU fusion
• Artificial intelligence
• Differential geometric analysis | • RTK GNSS/INS | • RTK GNSS/INS
• IMU | • RTK GNSS/INS
• Artificial intelligence |
Applicable Environments | • Highways
• Urban roads
• Tunnels
• Underpasses | • Highways
| • Highways
| • Highways
|
Data Collection Speed (Vehicle Operation Speed) | • 0 - 100 km/h | • 30 - 80 km/h | • 30 - 80 km/h | • 30 - 80 km/h |
Data Processing Time | • 1 - 2 days | • Slow | • Limited data points, limited post-processing performance | • Very slow |
Scanning Frequency &
Geometric Resolution | • 1mm (X) x 1mm (Y) x 0.3mm (Z) resolution
• 4,000 transverse pixel
• ~110,000,000 data points per second | • 1 - 3 cm resolution
• Low geometric resolution
• ~1,000,000 data points per second | • 3 - 20 lines of lasers
• Very low geometric resolution
• ~400,000 data points per second | • 30 - 120 frame rate
• No raw geometric data
• High image resolution but low geometric precision |
Applicable Geographic Locations | • 100% compatible with roads in Hong Kong and Mainland China
• System can be easily adapted to fit any region | • Modifying the system for different environments and regions requires complex procedures | • Limited post-analysis capabilities for specific regions | • Modifying the system for different environments and regions requires complex procedures |
Web-Based Platform | • Comprehensive and easily accessible web-based •Smart Management & Visualisation Platform | • N/A | • N/A | • N/A |
AI Road Defect Detection | • Various road defect detection including potholes, spalling, cracks, deformations, raveling, etc. with geometry estimation
•Detection of ironwork defects (Hong Kong & China) and overgrown vegetation | • Basic defect detection | • Basic defect detection | • Basic defect detection |
Road Condition Indicators | • Standard compliance and self-developed innovative road indicators
• Assess road conditions from different aspects including safety, evenness, condition, serviceability, and facilities | • Standard compliance indicators | • Standard compliance indicators | • N/A |
Key Strengths | • In-house R&D team: one-stop solution developed entirely independently
• Direct Sale: flexible and customisable system (hardware and software)
• Fully autonomous AI system | • Spherical data collection | • High precision along each longitudinal laser channel | • Includes color information |
Why Choose
iPAS?
iPAS is a cutting-edge technology fully developed in-house by Winley, encompassing every aspect from hardware configuration to software platforms and algorithms. Designed for both highways and urban environments, our system effectively addresses challenges such as weak GPS signals, traffic congestion, and complex route layouts.
Our R&D team consists of experts in pavement engineering, electronics, industrial automation, computer engineering, artificial intelligence, and data science. This diverse expertise enables us to seamlessly integrate specialized knowledge into the development of our hardware, software, and algorithms. As a result, our platform is highly adaptable to diverse road designs, conditions, and environments across different countries and regions.
Supported by over 32 years of road maintenance expertise from our parent company, Freetech, we leverage our advanced technological capabilities as our core strength. This unique advantage enables us to provide efficient and practical solutions like iPAS, setting new standards for intelligent road infrastructure.
Our Future Development
We are in the process of expanding our expertise into other types of transportation infrastructure, including tunnels (iTAS), bridges (iBAS), and railways (iRAS) and we are confident that our exceptional team can drive remarkable achievements.
Through our advanced technologies, we aim to help governments optimize budget and resource allocation, improve operational efficiency, enhance public safety, and ultimately contribute to a higher quality of life for citizens.
