27/06/2006
Specialized intelligent security upgrade for railway platforms
Sidney, Australia
The Railway Application differs from standard perimeter protection in that it is smart enough to know when a train is at the platform at which time it will ignore people who cross the safety line while setting off alarms when there is no train present. The system can set off an alarm if a person crosses the safety line and a more significant alarm if he actually gets on the track. Alarms can potentially activate a PA announcement, along the lines of "passengers are reminded to stand behind the yellow line".
The IQ-Infinity is a very comprehensive intelligent safety and security system available for use on railway platforms. Complementing the Railway Application are others capabilities including:
• Crowd management which alerts on overcrowding
• Slip & fall detection
• Detection of suspicious behavior such as running and loitering
• Intrusion detection to detect people within the tunnels, despite low lighting conditions
• Nuisance Alarm Minimization Systems which assist in ignoring disturbances caused by the passing of trains, light changes due to train headlights and other phenomenon that could potentially cause nuisance alarms
The most popular applications continue to be graffiti and vandalism detection as well as the detection of suspicious abandoned objects such as bags or packages, the reason being that only iOmniscient can effectively detect these in the busy and crowded environment of a train station.