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Digital Video Surveillance
Utilising Icomera’s technology, operators can leverage a vehicle’s onboard Internet connectivity as a backbone for high-resolution digital video surveillance systems and video management software, providing a powerful and fully realised security solution.
Protecting Passengers While They Travel
While remaining the most efficient means of moving people across distances, the fact remains that passenger transport requires users to share confined spaces with total strangers, for predetermined lengths of time, with limited opportunities to remove themselves from uncomfortable situations. It is therefore important for transport operators to ease potential anxiety by giving passengers the peace of mind that their persons and property are fully secured as they travel.
Icomera’s digitally enhanced video surveillance solution enables transport operators to meet these demands first-hand, even as they continue to grow. Deploying digital video surveillance on vehicles serves as a proactive deterrent, a means of enacting faster, more appropriate situational responses, and an effective post-hoc investigative tool, leading to a safer, more secure journey for passengers.
Real-time Video Offload
With Icomera’s solution, high-definition footage can be streamed or retrieved remotely in real-time, no matter where a vehicle is located. In the event of an incident, live footage allows the operator to make a fast and appropriate response, and for normal service to be resumed as quickly as possible.
Passengers in danger of personal harm or theft will find little comfort in knowing that video footage is recorded for use in court, if nobody can actively intervene to prevent the risk in the first place. In cases of terrorism or violent crime, remedial actions may be considered by the public to be ‘too little, too late’, whereas the presence of preventative measures, and systems which allow operators and their security personnel to better manage emergencies in real-time, decreases the danger perceived by the public, building confidence in the transport network and its ability to protect its passengers.
Forensic Data Storage
Regardless of the advantages of real-time video offload, the collection of forensic evidence remains a vital component in any surveillance system; however, if the images retained do not meet the evidential standard required for prosecution, the solution is rendered ineffective. This is where high resolution digital footage makes all the difference, especially when combined with powerful compression technology and extensive storage capabilities.
Forensic data can be analysed to ascertain how and why exactly an incident occurred (even when that incident is still be in progress). Video analytics can be used retrospectively to identify distracted drivers and / or the passengers travelling in a vehicle, and relay that information back to an operations centre, without the need for the video stream to be monitored manually or to be streaming data constantly off the vehicle.
Benefits of Digital Video Surveillance for Rail Transport
Legal & Regulatory Compliance
As legislation continually evolves, it is beneficial for transport operators to invest in adaptive, future-proof technology which develops concurrently; delivering peace of mind that their transport systems will consistently remain compliant.
Reduced Expenditure & Insurance Premiums
The ability to access accurate, high-definition digital footage through reliable and easy-to-use video management systems allows operators to prevent and disprove fraudulent claims, avoid unnecessary claim pay-outs, and reduce their insurance premiums by having accurate and reliable evidence to hand.
Less Service Disruption & Maintenance Downtime
By helping prevent vandalism, theft, and violence, and being able to react quickly in cases of medical emergency, operators can save money and reduce service disruption. Additionally, digital systems reduce the downtime sustained through needing to manually monitor asset health, and delayed repairs to any units which have stopped working as a result.
Real-Time Digital Video Surveillance & Monitoring
Discover how operators can leverage a vehicle’s onboard Internet connectivity as a backbone for high-resolution digital video surveillance systems and video management software, providing a powerful and fully realised security solution.
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