Mexico. On August 29, Hikvision presented the latest developments of its Safe City vertical solution, which has a series of advanced technologies and several security subsystems to safeguard industries, centralize operations and integrate security platforms. The event was held at the brand's offices.
With urban populations increasing around the world year after year, developers of smart city projects are looking for ways to create increasingly smart, efficient and sustainable solutions.
According to the article Watch without punishing. An overview of video surveillance in Mexico**, Mexico City was a pioneer in the country in the use of video surveillance through the "Safe City" program, through which more than 8,000 surveillance cameras were installed in the metropolitan area between 2009 and 2012, as well as an emergency control center and the training of officials to operate the system. The first phase of the program cost approximately $760.8 million.
The commitment of large cities is to have a comprehensive security system that provides them with total surveillance, covering more dangerous areas, with instant alert reports and, above all, integrated and interconnected to public security services. That is why it is necessary a security system in the urban center that allows to monitor the entire perimeter, with a continuous video service in high definition provided by a reliable IP system, dedicated to security and productivity.
Miguel Arrañaga, Pre-Sales Director of Hikvision Mexico, comments that the Hikvision Safe City solution offers solid, stable and reliable municipal security. It has a number of advanced technologies and several security subsystems to safeguard industries, centralize operations and integrate security platforms.
"These integrated technologies enable fast and effective responses to security needs and events. All the components, software and services of safe city solution strengthen public administration, improve people's lives and drive substantial long-term development."
Features of Hikvision's Safe City solution:
- Personnel protection, forensic investigation, vehicle surveillance, parallel analysis, video patrol and information retrieval.
- Status analysis, comprehensive assessment, preventive measures, data relationship mining, centralized security streams, and valuable statistics.
One of the key features of Hikvision's Safe City solution is its ability to help authorities manage traffic and control vehicles. In this way, road safety and a smooth trip are guaranteed, as the system can detect violations and behavior for a more detailed analysis, for example:
Violation of the red light.
- Driving in the opposite direction.
- Lane change not allowed.
- Parking not allowed.
- Speed violation.
- Seat belt unfastened.
For his part, Luis Ordoñez, Director of Business Development Center-South zone of Hikvision Mexico, comments that the analysis of big traffic data predicts it in advance to avoid traffic jams, in addition to carrying out effective signal control and orientation:
- Traffic orientation.
- traffic sign control
- Traffic event detection.
