Sailing World Cup adopts Fujitsu ICT service
A smartphone-based service will be provided by Fujitsu for the Sailing World Cup Series Regatta in Japan this month.
The service will provide information to racers regarding their location, as well as warnings if they stray outside of the race boundaries.
The competition area of the Sailing World Cup, a race in which many visitors from abroad participate, is a special coastal zone that has been established where boats without Japanese registration and sailors without boat operator permits can sail, for both practice and competition.
Fujitsu is now offering a service for both competitors and accompanying coaches who are giving directions, which will display the competition area on a map and, with GPS functionality, automatically warn them when they get close to the boundaries of the area via a smartphone app. In addition, Fujitsu is providing a solution whereby competitors are contacted individually or as a group with voice as well as text messages, should an accident occur. This will enable the safe and smooth operation of the competition, while following the competition area rules.
Competitors and accompanying coaches can download Fujitsu’s marine cloud app to their smartphones, which can display the boundaries of the competition area on a map and show users their GPS position. When approaching the boundaries of the competition area, the app will automatically notify the user, helping to prevent straying outside the area.
Fujitsu will offer its IoT solution smart communication, which enables a variety of communication methods in any situation using just a smartphone. Through a downloaded app for communication by IP transceivers or text messages, event organisers can convey warnings and general information using either voice messages or text to racers, individually or as a group.
The Sailing World Cup Series Regatta will be held by World Sailing in Gamagori, Aichi prefecture, from 15–22 October. It will involve over 300 competitors from 45 countries and regions.
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