Mexico. Axis Communications launched a combination of surveillance cameras equipped with memory card slots that allows you to capture and store everything that happens inside the bus for a day.
Eliminating the need to use five products (four different cameras and one storage), Axis created a four-in-one processing unit capable of recording on HDTV and that can be connected to a maximum of four discreetly installed lenses up to 12 meters away, inside and outside the vehicle.
The system, called the F-Series, aims to solve some of the mass transit sector's biggest challenges, such as ticket evasion by malicious employees, fraud in the ticketing system by users who circumvent the windlass or use third-party cards, and property damage caused by vandals.
The solution allows to install cameras in different parts of the vehicle - one on the roof for an overview, one at the bottom of the vehicle to reach the internal space along its entire length, one next to the windlass for facial recognition of passengers and one on the outside side to verify, before an accident, the movement of pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles ahead.
Images can be stored in Full HD quality on 64GB memory cards, ensuring space for 24 hours of recording at a rate of 6 frames per second. This local recording serves as a redundancy if the company wants to transmit videos in real time to its control center via 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi. An alert button can also be installed within reach of the driver and the collector which, when activated, displays the scenes of the bus live at the hub. In addition, the same images can be shared with the public power to aid in investigations and inhibit crime.
With an open platform, the F Series integrates with the Intelligent TransportAtion System (ITS) to cross images with billing data and generate reports capable of optimizing fleet usage.
Unlike common surveillance cameras, which generate low-quality images and cannot allow the identification of suspects, the F Series features Forensic Capture technology, which makes continuous compensation for ambient light variation and illuminates people's faces against the light. Rather than pixelated, the resulting image is rich in detail on people's faces, even in tunnels or at night, and can serve as legal evidence against suspects, raising the level of utility of a network video surveillance system, compared to analog cameras, which have low resolution and fail to elucidate events.
"Typically, installing four analog cameras on a bus with a recorder costs between $3,000 and $4,000. The new solution developed by the Axis engineering team is innovative because it uses a single main unit connected with up to four lenses with sensors. The result is the use of four cameras with a single base and local storage, which reduces the cost of the system and opens up opportunities for fleet modernization," explains Andrei Junqueira, New Business Manager at Axis.
Axis F44 head unit, which does image processing and storage, associated with four AXIS F1035-E units, with a horizontal viewing angle of 194° and ready for external use, can be purchased through a network of more than 3,600 system integrators in South America.
