Yveline in France is focused on secure entry and is expected move on to our analytic deployment in the September 2018 quarter.
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Spikenet, a French startup that was acquired by US company
Brainchip in 2016, exemplifies the new generation of companies that are capitalising on the benefits of progress in the field of AI. The Toulouse-based company, which has been working for the last 15 years on neural networks and facial recognition machine learning, was one of the first firms to come up with a system able to identify faces in real time.
Real-time security management: invaluable aid for law enforcement agents
Security guards are starting to dream of a system where they are only called upon when something unusual happens
It should come as no surprise to learn that, with the advent of these robots, people are starting to worry about machines usurping the role of security guard or police officer. The proponents of robots argue that such fears are unfounded and that the most important thing is to free people up from dangerous or onerous jobs. Explains David Lemaitre:
“e-vigilante’s task is to go round a warehouse on a regular schedule. This means a security guard does not have to go to particular area in the warehouse him- or herself and so risk being attacked. This kind of problem most often arises when a guard leaves his or her post to patrol the site.” Basically, we need to take proper advantage of the undeniable benefits robots have to offer: a robot is tireless, will reply patiently to the same question a thousand times, and is not prone to a lack of concentration or distractions.
“Given that drowsiness is a very common problem among security guards, these are substantial benefits,” underlines Lemaitre. With robots that can detect an intrusion, pick up an abandoned parcel, or spot a person behaving in an unusual manner, surveillance guards may now be starting to dream of a system where they are only called upon when something unusual happens. And some current initiatives are getting very close to making that dream come true.
4,000 cameras have been deployed in the administrative department of Yvelines in the Greater Paris area. The system comprises a set of black screens which only light up when the software detects an anomaly. The job of the guard or police officer is just to check on what has happened. Basically, the screen will only light up when a particular ‘event’ occurs – a break-in, an abnormal sound, someone lying on the ground, a broken window, etc – in a school building, one of Yvelines administrative offices or the local fire stations. Once alerted, the surveillance centre operator will carry out a ‘doubt removal’ procedure but if s/he sees that there is really a problem, s/he will immediately contact the police or the fire and rescue service and summon them to the problem area. This venture highlights how video surveillance with state-of-the-art technology could be used in the future to enable operators to intervene in real time.
https://atelier.bnpparibas/en/smart...-cameras-robots-role-protectors-city-tomorrow
The Yvelines launch a video surveillance plan with automatic image analysis. At first, the sites managed by the department should be equipped, then will come the turn of the volunteer communes. A first in France.
Black screens ... that only light up if the software detects an anomaly. This operation, totally different from the main current CCTV devices, is the originality of the Yvelines department's project. Generally, CCTV cameras constantly broadcast images, viewed by operators or by police after the fact for investigation. This time, the screen will light up only in case of a particular event (intrusion, abnormal sound, person on the floor, broken glass, etc.). Alerted, the operator of the center will carry out a "removal of doubt." If he actually finds the existence of a problem, he will immediately contact the police force, the gendarmerie or the firefighters who will go on the spot.
In all, some 4,000 cameras should gradually be installed. They will be connected to a departmental image supervision center, which should be operational by the end of 2017. The colleges as well as the administrative sites of the department and the fire stations (Sdis) will be the first places equipped. The bill, carried by Yvelines Numérique, the public digital development of the territory, which brings together the county council and intercommunalities on innovative projects, is now estimated at 13 million euros, at the expense of the department.
A justified sum, according to Karl Olive, vice-president of Yvelines and mayor of Poissy, by the importance of the stakes. "When there is a situation alert (attack, violence, incivilities), it is the accuracy of the information and the speed of reaction that can act effectively. The new control platform and its networking will make us progress considerably on these points, "he explains.
The new device is supposed to answer the main criticisms today made against video surveillance. Several specialists, including sociologist Tanguy Le Goff, have repeatedly pointed out the main shortcomings of current videoprotection devices, including the considerable human resources required to view images with sufficient concentration. According to the advocates of "intelligent" video surveillance, this bias would be largely avoided with the new technology. "The system is also more respectful of privacy because the screen stays black most of the time. 'in case of problems', adds Laurent Rochette, director of Yvelines Numérique.
Remains a new challenge: how to correctly set automatic anomaly detection software (DAA) to alert them efficiently. "To avoid false alarms, we will test the filters to set up," says Laurent Rochette.A first pilot phase will be launched in the Yvelines, before the final installation.The operation will be conducted on 12 pilot sites: 6 colleges, 3 departmental administrative sites, 2 fire stations and on public roads Jouars-Pontchartrain.
https://www.lesechos.fr/11/10/2017/...videoprotection---intelligente---debarque.htm
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