June 23, 2022

Press Release

DATA COLLECTION PILOT FOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEGINS ON

OʻAHU

MCLEAN – i-Probe Inc. (Headquarters: McLean, VA, President and CEO: Mr. Masamichi Watanabe)

announces a new pilot with the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) to test connected

automobile hardware and software technologies.

On Monday, June 20, 2022, Hawaii’s Governor David Ige, Hawaii Department of Transportation

Director Jade Butay, and Masamichi Watanabe, President and CEO, i-Probe Inc., signed a

Memorandum of Understanding allowing HDOT access to i-Probe’s CUSTOMIZED INSPECTION

VEHICLE and data collected by the vehicle through June 23, 2023.

Gov. Ige shared: “This pilot is very interesting to me as it represents an opportunity for our daily

drives to feed straight back into a system for improvement. Through the operation of the customized

inspection vehicle, HDOT will be able to quickly gather information on the rideability of our roads in a

way that was not possible even a couple of years ago.”

i-Probe Inc. is developing new technology to solve issues in our society by utilizing big data from

connected cars under a collaboration with a major automaker. The first business is a service that

enables real-time inspection of roughness of pavement with connected cars.

The goal of this pilot is to provide HDOT with a new technology based on pre-installed sensors in

general vehicles for monitoring the roughness of the pavement and automatically recording it with

location data.

“The i-Probe customized inspection vehicle will make it easy and unobtrusive to collect the rideability

data that we report to the Federal Highways Administration,” said Hawaii Department of

Transportation Director Jade Butay. “We’re looking forward to testing and validating the data and the

possibilities for improving the way we maintain state highways this opens up.”

Mr. Koji Ouchi, Economic Counselor, Embassy of Japan showed their strong interests in “digital

solutions to infrastructure management” of the Federal Government and the Government of Japan, by

referring “Competitiveness and Resilience, or CORE, Partnership” agreed by the governments in April

2021, and added “Today’s particular event is nothing but what we commit to deliver most concretely

for our people, especially our friends in Hawaii. We are off to a great start.”

i-Probe Inc. has already started some pilots with several state governments, private companies, and

academia. i-Probe Inc. supports DOTs’ strategic maintenance planning and immediate pothole repair

and contributes to reviving road infrastructure for safe and smooth driving in the United States.

About i-Probe Inc.

Using car mounted sensors, i-Probe Inc. offers the unique capability and deep industry knowledge

necessary to help access road conditions.

Road deformities such as potholes are identified by i-Probe Road sensors & transmitted to the cloud

in real time allowing partners such as local & state road operators can quickly gain insight into their

roads saving significant time and resources.

i-Probe point of contact:

Mr. Shinya Shimada, Chief Strategy Officer

business@i-probe-inc.com

http://i-probe-inc.com/index.html