Smart Cities are being widely talked about. At L&T Electrical & Automation's Control
& Automation (C&A) business, we develop solutions that make smart a little bit smarter.
We do it through Video Analytics which essentially means making better sense of
everything you see - essentially adding a smarter edge to the function of security
and surveillance.
Video Analytics plays an important part in the benefits that Smart Cities offer.
It leads to intelligent security and surveillance, smart traffic management and
smart retail. In a Smart City powered by Video Analytics, the number and severity
of accidents and incidents can be reduced through a better understanding of how
people behave. When an incident occurs, enhanced information should enable the emergency
service providers to respond more quickly and effectively.
Video Analytics plays a vital role by identifying events, attributes or patterns
of behaviour through video analysis of recorded situations. It monitors video streams
in real-time, automatically generates alerts and facilitates forensic analysis of
historical data to identify specific incidents, trends and patterns, to keep people
safe and prevent accidents or criminal activities.
In meeting the security and surveillance needs of Smart Cities, Video Analytics
can be used for object detection in crowded environments, face recognition, license
plate recognition, asset security, loitering detection, overcrowding identification
and emergency response scenarios.
It has the most comprehensive applications ranging from Behaviour Analysis to Face
Recognition, which enables coping with crowded scenes. Its unique Artificial Intelligence
capability called NAMS (Nuisance Alarm Minimization System) helps to minimize false
alarms.
C&A's core strength lies in offering a whole spectrum of sustainable and scalable
systems in security solutions for City Surveillance Systems. This helps organizations
to detect more, understand more, and have actionable information to either respond
proactively to prevent an incident or respond rapidly if and when, one does occur.
With over 30 years of domain knowledge, application expertise and world class integration
experience,C&A is well positioned to be a partner for making your city safe and
secure.
Our solution features
Face Recognition in a Crowd
C&A's
's iQ-FACE is the world's
first many-to-many Facial Recognition system that can operate in a crowded scenario.
The iQ-Face can detect and record faces in busy environs for manual review. It detects
first and then automatically recognises multiple faces, which can be matched against
a specified database or multiple databases. iQ-Face excels in uncontrolled environments
with variable lighting, continuous movement, low resolution and variable facial
angles and increases the probability of identification of 'wanted' individuals in
a crowd.
Object Detection in Crowded Areas
Unlike traditional Video Motion Detection (VMD), which relies on motion to perform
its detection, our solution is capable of detecting even tiny objects invisible
to the human eye that are placed in the most common and dangerous environments such
as busy or crowded places despite obscuration and constant movement. It is able
to distinguish between objects that are left for a few seconds and objects that
are abandoned for much longer periods of time. The detection time can be adjusted
to suit the needs of the user and the constraints of the environment.
License Plate Recognition
C&A's
'provides highly accurate
License Plate Detection and Recognition. The system can detect and record plates
for manual review. The more comprehensive License Plate Recognition system incorporates
License Plate Detection and then automatically reads the required characters in
any image. With the ability to use colour, it can recognize plates from almost any
country. It can compare this information against a database or multiple databases
and take action, such as trigger a control relay to open a gate, detect license
plate details of speeding vehicles and recognize the license plates of stolen vehicles
to compare it with a police database.
People/Vehicle Counting
It is equipped with facility to count and give a cumulative total of the number
of objects that have passed through one or more areas of interest that are drawn
on the screen. The software will count traffic that passes through a region in specified
directions whilst ignoring traffic from other directions. Sophisticated filters,
including human templates and the ability to see perspective can be used to ignore
unwanted objects and focus only on humans or cars for instance. It can consolidate
values from multiple cameras or servers, and has the ability to automatically add
and subtract count totals. This is extremely useful in determining occupancy levels
where there are multiple entry and exit points
Vehicle Speeding Detection
The technology has a high intelligence and is able to detect the speed of vehicles
and raise an alarm if a vehicle is exceeding authorized speed limits. Using different
methods, traffic speed of every vehicle can be calculated. It measures the time
taken by a vehicle from Point A to Point B and provides the average speed, which
is important to track vehicles slowing down at Speed Cameras. By using License plate
recognition feature, the system can assist law enforcement and automate the finding
process for violated vehicles and individuals.
Perimeter Detection & intrusion Detection
The perimeter protection function is used to secure off-limits areas of property
at night (or day) and protect from intrusion. The software can alert security personnel
in the event of an intruder attempting to trespass or when a person comes within
a specified distance of a valuable asset. Whenever a defined perimeter is breeched,
the event is recorded and an alarm can be raised. Any number of areas of interest
can be set up on the screen with separate filters. The flexibility of the software
is such that it can differentiate between different types of objects allowing the
user to ignore certain objects and target others such as people but not small animals
and it can even distinguish between cars and trucks, and focus on the specific target.
Theft Detection
Its unique Non-Motion Detection feature prevents thefts from occurring. It is capable
of detecting the removal of multiple objects from crowded and busy scenes despite
obscuration and constant movement in the camera's field of vision. The system can
detect when someone has removed the object from its location and identify the suspect
using many-to-many face recognition system. The detection time is fully configurable
to suit the constraints of the environment and the needs of the user.
Red Light Violation Detection / Parking Violation
C&A's
'suite offers a comprehensive
solution for the many applications required in the road & traffic industry like
intelligent traffic monitoring, law enforcement, parking. It prevents illegal parking
for all kinds of vehicles or for specific vehicles, prevents vehicles from crossing
the line when the traffic light is red. It handles complex and changing environments,
such as different time periods for parking regulations, parking specifications for
particular vehicles, and has the flexibility to meet any unexpected incidents. It
has a comprehensive monitoring system to monitor the entire city's traffic, from
high speed freeways to low-speed areas such as schools, shopping malls and hospitals.
Smoke & Fire Detection
Our solution is particularly useful for forest fire detection, industrial and tunnel
safety applications. It operates both during the day and night, and enables visual
identification of smoke/gas leak in situations where traditional smoke detection
products would be ineffective. For example, standard smoke and fire detection systems
cannot always be used in busy city environments, especially if they involve open
air situations.