Artificial Intelligence applications for safe cities

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an essential tool for the creation of safe cities. With the exponential increase in the amount of available data, the power of AI and Computer Vision has enabled authorities and security companies to analyze and better understand behavioral patterns and trends in cities, allowing them to make informed decisions and implement improvements in overall security.

In the following article, we will explain how Alice Security’s video analytics applications for security camera systems are viable for achieving the goal of developing safe and smart cities.

Alice Security smart video analytics

A single surveillance system does not guarantee full control over what happens in a given space. Cameras record so many images that it is difficult to analyze them, due to the lack of human resources and the time factor. Alice offer differents custom solution for incident detection, traffic control on roads, intersections and parking lots; through optimized hardware and software.

This contributes to the creation of much more efficient and effective ways of monitoring urban areas, reducing dependencies on human resources alone to ensure security.

Alice Security is a robust platform capable of adapting to the needs of both homes, buildings or companies, even entire cities through its ability to integrate with video surveillance camera systems through RTSP protocol, to perimetral security, access control and traffic management.

Alice plays a fundamental role since it works under machine learning and computer vision algorithms that can be adapted or customized to perform the analysis of video data in real time. These algorithms can detect patterns and trends in traffic, activity in the city, and people’s behavior.

The main advantage of this intelligent monitoring application with intelligent video analytics is that it provides authorities with improvements in the ability to make informed decisions on traffic management and planning, resource allocation and security.

Also they contribute to the continuous efficiency improvement of existing infrastructures, such as transportations systems and energy supply, and to provide improved services to citizens.

Main advantages of AI and Computer Vision to build safe cities

Incident detection: AI potencial can analyze in real time security camera images to detect incident as: fights, theft, objects o suspicious activities.

Biometric analysis: This type of tools use video analytics technologies that allow you to identify and record identity of people through face recognition.

Pattern analysis, prediction and prevention: The capacity of the robust learning algorithms continued, have allowed Artificial Intelligence to make predictions through patterns that help prevent acts or actions in the environment captured by security cameras.

Decision making: Due to the generated and structured data, It can be used for decision-making by the authorities or entities in charge.

Computer Vision applicactions for smart traffic management

We know the importance of having a plan for managing traffic in cities. In many cases these are usually arduous tasks that require a lot of supervision. Because of this, Alice’s computer vision and video analytics applications play a fundamental role in trying to optimize and improve day-to-day and efficiency in these sites.

For this reason, Alice Traffic smart solution enable the reduction of traffic congestion through integrated technologies capable of speed detection, intersection detection, vehicles, pedestrians and much more. In addition, it contributes to safety through vehicle License plates recognition (LPR)

The versatility of an Artificial Intelligence platform has the ability to be customized to the needs of almost any space through learning models that allow objects to be detected and classified in real time. A clear example of this is our application to recognize vehicles at tolls by detecting, classifying and counting vehicle axles. Discover how it works.

On the other hand, Alice has many other analytics that add value and security to the streets of the city. Most relevant applications are:

• Detection of stolen cars through verification in car white/black lists.
• Registration of suspicious vehicles through license plate recognition.
• Intersection detection and analysis.
• Red light crossing detection.
• Speed detection through 4D sensors.
• Vehicular traffic count.
• Control of roads and road access lanes.

If these applications for intelligent traffic management are properly implemented, at a macroeconomic level they contribute to improving access to businesses and services, which in turn can improve commerce and the economy of cities.

Video Analytics applications for perimeter and street security

Alice Guardian is the ideal video surveillance platform for monitoring different sites simultaneously. Along with their powerful video analytics, they provide support that optimizes the work of those in charge of surveillance and provides better reaction capacity in almost any type of situation that arises under the focus of security cameras.

The essential applications for detection, centralization and reaction to critical events are:

• Person and intrusion detection.
• People counting.
• Dwell time detection.
• Gun detection.
• Safe zone creation.
• Agglomerations detection.
• Face recognition for surveillance and access control.
• Action detection: hands up, fights, falls, etc.

With the development of these solutions, the aim is to centralize technologies that integrate with community alarms, panic buttons and other systems of each of the sectors or quadrants of the cities.

All this valuable information generated by all the different perimeters of the city, is centralized together with Alice with the aim of generating interconnectivity between the institutions in charge of urban security; increasing the registration, scalability and traceability of each of the events. Allowing to improve security services and positively impacting society.

AI applications for patrol and security officer

The first step for the creation of a safe and intelligent city is to provide technological tools to the main actors that ensure the safety and tranquility of citizens. Both police and security patrols must have devices that allow them to carry out their surveillance tasks more successfully.

Due to this, we have been improving our facial recognition application to adapt it to portable recording devices such as body cameras or Body cams. These will be in charge of showing a different visual perspective from the cameras fixed in perimeters, adding face recognition as an added value for the carriers of these devices.

The main advantage of this solution in this type of cameras is its communication with the Alice Security platform to keep a record of all detected faces in the center and generate alerts in case of detecting faces that are registered in the lists. Read more about this solution

On the other hand, the patrols can make use of Alice’s character recognition solutions to perform LPR vehicle license plate recognition, through a server with internet in the car and video surveillance cameras that will be in charge of detecting stolen vehicles or with some type of background that has been previously registered in the blacklists of Alice’s platform. These patrols synchronize the information with the other vehicles and the monitoring center for the efficient management of each incident.

In short, AI is transforming security in cities, enabling authorities and security companies to make informed decisions and improve overall security. For this reason, every day we work to continue improving and developing better solutions that meet the purpose of building safe cities.

If you are interested in any of these applications or you want a custom development solution, contact us, we are here to solve all your questions.