One of Taiwan's leading LCD manufacturers that has manufactured plastic and rubber materials for around 50 years, has factories that are mostly filled with chemical materials, inflammable air and heat, each of which could easily result in a massive fire disaster. For the safety of working environment and for sustainable development, the corporation was looking for a system that could both perform effective monitoring and early warning protection at multiple sites in the industrial zones.

In the beginning, the corporation utilised fire and smoke detectors at multiple sites to prevent fire incidents in a conventional way. However, they found there was a high chance that the height limits and sensor angle of ceilings may cause an alarm delay in high risk situations. And the undetectable smoke/spark could easily result in a huge fire in seconds. This corporation wanted to make sure it could solve this type of crisis immediately.

During the process of selecting the right anti-disaster system, the corporation came to realise the importance of pre-alarm and of having a fully controlled system, and consequently they choose Huperlab's vision-based Flame & Smoke Detection System as the solution. The system uses analogue and network cameras to detect and identify smoke and flame in wide-open areas. Once the event has been identified in the live video, the system will send an event notification in seconds not only to the central management system but also to the security personnel’s mobile devices. As an early warning system, the solution totally meets their practical requirements.

The Huperlab Flame & Smoke Detection System can simultaneously detect and identify flame and smoke in one system. In this case, the systems that have been installed in the factories are the 32CH Hybrid DVR/NVR systems with Flame & Smoke detection with real-time live monitoring and non-stop recording to monitor multiple working areas. Within the field of view of the camera, in a wide open space, the system enables real-time smoke and flame detection and identification within 15 seconds, once it detects irregular motion as suspicious flame/smoke in the surveillance video. This approach can greatly decrease the chances of disaster occurring.

Thanks to the real-time video recording, which is an improvement on the alarm function of traditional flame/smoke detectors, the Huperlab Flame and Smoke Detection system literally records detailed video while the event occurs. The real-time recording can be presented as forensic evidences for post-incident investigation.

The early warning system also includes a quick response mechanism. Due to its comprehensive integration, the operators in the control room will promptly be made aware where and when the events happen and the I/O devices can also be automatically triggered to activate fire safety equipment. In order to avoid an urgent situation, the system is further integrated with water mist sprinklers in response to the events that may have happened. Even if the operators are away from the control room, they can still receive a Push Video Event Notification via their iOS/Android mobile devices to view real-time video playback or on-screen PTZ control to verify the situation immediately.

In the past, the environmental complexity, such as non-stop production machines and raw materials patches in the factories, would have caused difficulties with flame and smoke detection. As Huperlab has mastered this in house developed and patent granted technology, this Flame & Smoke Detection system enables the user to make flexible sensitivity adjustments and set parameters based on practical use scenarios for higher accuracy and less false alarms. The system is also able to automatically adjust lighting control with selected specialised cameras to better meet different environmental conditions.