International. The advanced system, which has video analysis, creates protection zones on campus that allows you to read vehicle license plates, generate alerts in case of intrusion, detect removed objects and recover stolen belongings.
The University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma, United States, has invested in a video surveillance system designed to support forensic investigations and generate evidence of all crimes committed at its facilities.
Axis Communications' more than 300 high-resolution, smart cameras are everywhere: at entrances and hallways, computer labs, hands-on training rooms, stadium and other sports environments, parking lots, student dormitories and study centers.
At the Center for the Performing Arts, for example, the university has adopted cameras that handle Agent Vi's video analysis software themselves to detect removed or forgotten objects. "Analytics helps us locate valuable artistic objects that have been removed from the wall; although we often use technology to help students who lose their backpacks," says William Redding, Assistant Director of Security Technology and Card Services at the University of Tulsa. "Equally important, the system warns if someone walking on the street has left an object and left," he explains.
On one occasion, a student claimed that an object of hers had been stolen. Campus security began the search for forensic evidence with the camera installed at the entrance of the building. After comparing the recordings associated chronologically with the record of the use of the access control cards that each student has, the security team identified and arrested the suspect within 37 minutes. The stolen item was returned to the owner and the thief was disciplined.
On another occasion, the security team was testing AXIS Q1765-LE camera with Full HD resolution in the campus parking lot on a rainy night to try to read vehicle license plates. The operator observed a car moving erratically throughout the area, and immediately made contact with local police with the description of the vehicle, and an ambulance was dispatched. "The driver was going into cardiac arrest," Redding recalls.
In the parking lot next to the female bedroom, in turn, an intrusion detection technology (called cross-line detection) programmed to generate an alarm every time a vehicle enters after 23 hours was installed. When the alert sounds, the operator at the monitoring center controls the camera to make sure the student is going to arrive safely at her room. If a vehicle is moved randomly, security officers move immediately to determine the driver's intentions.
All video analytics used in the project are from software manufacturer Agent Vi, a partner of Axis Communications, which operate within the camera itself thanks to the processing power of Axis smart cameras.
