Brazil. Intelligent Security Systems (ISS) confirmed that the Government of the State of São Paulo implemented its facial recognition solution, SecurOS FaceX, in the Operational Control Center of the Metro, its city's mass transit system, to protect passengers traveling on Line 3-Red.
This line has to date approximately 1400 cameras deployed in 18 transit stations, as well as in the train stations of Itaquera and Belém. In addition, to ensure improved safety, according to a statement from ISS, new cameras will also be installed during 2023 and part of 2024, on several other train routes managed by the São Paulo Metro.
"Including Line 2-Green and Line 1-Blue, which will also leverage the SecurOS platform for advanced video intelligence."
Another important fact of this integral solution is that ISS began working on the expansion of the security system of the São Paulo Metro since 2021, whose goal at the end of 2022 was "to cover 55 additional transit stations during the next 30 months and create a surveillance footprint that includes more than 5,000 cameras".
Technical details of the solution
In general, the Metro's electronic monitoring system connects to a centralized control center, allowing real-time detection of illicit or suspicious activities, as well as triggering alerts for security operators. "Leveraging AI-powered technology, the system automatically analyzes images, expanding each operator's ability to manage and respond to events anywhere in the system."
This system also generates identification and tracking of objects, "as well as intrusion detection in restricted areas, detection of unaccompanied children, missing persons, abnormal movements on the platforms and accurate counts of the flow of passengers," while strictly complying with Brazil's General Data Protection Law.
Daniel Feitosa, regional director for Brazil at ISS, commented on the project: "The incorporation of more powerful video analytics into traditional video monitoring systems has provided metropolitan system operators with new tools to protect their operations, staff and public users. Object tracking, facial recognition, unattended object or child detection – these are all powerful AI-powered security tools that are available for deployment in systems large and small."
He concluded that the brand he works for is committed to improving safety and global protection, by offering the best options for transportation systems.
For his part, Marcelo Lemos, Head of the Operation Engineering Department of the São Paulo Metro, said that this transport system serves more than 21 million residents, making it a critical economic and social infrastructure, in which "this new expanded system will help improve the safety of our operational teams, our riders and the general public across the Metro network."
Finally, of this project it is relevant to highlight that the City Council of the Capital and the Ministry of Public Security also acted as partners.
