AI that sees road and wildfire risk before it becomes an emergency.
HĀLŌ builds AI-enabled video and LiDAR systems that detect wildfire, pavement distress, roadway assets, and traffic and pedestrian conflicts, so agencies can act sooner.
Hālō means to peer, to look closely. Our AI does the same, reading camera and LiDAR data for Hazard, Asset and Lane Observation across Hawaiʻi.
What we detect
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Hazard
AI early wildfire detection
Computer vision models watch camera feeds from ridgelines and roadside poles for the first signs of smoke and flame, day and night. Each detection is verified before an alert goes out, so dispatchers receive the image, a location estimate and a confidence score, not a false alarm.
AI smoke and flame detection
Location estimate for each alert
Alerts with the frame that triggered them
Coverage maps for high-risk corridors
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Asset
AI pavement and roadside asset inventory
Deep learning models trained on camera and LiDAR data find and classify pavement distress and roadside assets while the mapping vehicle drives the network at traffic speed. Every detection is georeferenced, so the inventory loads straight into your GIS or asset management system.
Pavement distress: cracking, potholes, rutting
Signs, signals and pavement markings, with retroreflectivity screening
Guardrail runs, posts and damage
Grade and cross slope profiles
L
Lane
AI traffic and pedestrian safety
AI models detect, classify and track every vehicle, pedestrian and cyclist in roadside LiDAR and video, then flag near misses before they become crashes. LiDAR records shapes, not faces, which suits school zones and neighborhoods.
Vehicle, pedestrian and cyclist detection and counts
Speeds, trajectories and turning movements
Near-miss and conflict analysis
Before and after studies for safety projects
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Observation
Multi-sensor AI perception behind all three
Every project fuses RGB video with LiDAR point clouds. Cameras give the AI color and texture to recognize what an object is; LiDAR gives its exact 3D position and size, in daylight or dark. Fusing the two cuts the misses and false alarms that either sensor makes alone.
Camera and LiDAR sensor fusion
Edge AI that runs on the device
Only detections leave the site, not raw video
Models tuned for Hawaiʻi roads, terrain and weather
How a project runs
Most engagements start with a short pilot on one corridor, intersection or ridgeline, so you can judge the AI results before scaling up.
Collect
Roadside units or the mapping vehicle capture synchronized video and LiDAR.
Detect
AI models find vehicles, people, roadway assets, pavement distress and smoke.
Verify
We check AI detections against surveyed ground truth and report accuracy, not just counts.
Deliver
Detections become maps, tables and alerts in formats your GIS, maintenance and safety teams already use.
Two ways to collect
Fixed units watch one place continuously. The mapping vehicle covers a whole network in a few days. Both feed the same AI models.
Roadside unit
32-beam LiDAR, RGB camera and an edge AI computer on a pole or trailer, for intersections, school zones and ridgelines.
Mapping vehicle
Roof-mounted LiDAR, cameras and GNSS/INS, processed with SLAM into a continuous 3D map that AI models scan for assets and distress.
Outputs
Georeferenced AI detections, point clouds, asset tables, counts, conflict reports and alert feeds.
The HĀLŌ mapping vehicle.
Who we work with
State and county DOTs
AI asset inventories, pavement condition ratings and safety studies across a network.
Cities
AI monitoring of intersections and school zones, with before and after evaluations.
Fire and land agencies
Early AI smoke detection where wildland meets neighborhoods.
Utilities
Automated watch on line corridors for ignition and vegetation risk.
Bring AI observation to the corridors and assets you manage
Tell us about the corridor, intersection or hillside you want to understand. We will reply with a pilot scope, schedule and cost.