Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 09 | Page 40

COUNTRY FOCUS: EGYPT The products used in the Cairo city project include Control Center software, Violation Management Client, SensorTec NVR-VCA Rack Mount, SensorTec ONE 20 MP WDR camera, SensorTec Full HD PTZ camera motorists to the nearest free parking spaces, among others. We are proud of our contribution to this significant project, which has ultimately allowed the local authorities to focus more of their time and resources on easing the flow of traffic, reducing casualties, improving drivers’ productivity and significantly reducing pollution levels,” adds Mokrani. SensorTec ONE cameras are synchronised through integrated infrared flashes and monitor the car lanes at intersections. The controllers of intersection traffic lights are connected to the network video recorders through an I/O panel, which allows the states of the traffic lights to be visualised on the images as well. Solution architecture The traffic violation detection is being performed automatically by video content analysis applications. Human resources are only needed to confirm violations in an extremely simple dedicated software. They are being run by the Network Video Recorder which works on-site with real time images. With this structure, the system can be immensely bandwidth-effective. After local image processing, only a small amount of data should be transmitted to the servers and to the clients. For the Cairo Traffic Management administration, a SensorTec Network Video Recorder with video content analysis module is being installed at major intersections. Four 20 megapixel SensorTec ONE cameras are connected to each network video recorder, monitoring one selected direction of vehicles. Besides the traffic cameras, a SensorTec Full HD pan-tilt-zoom camera is installed as well. 40 INTELLIGENTCIO The SensorTec Traffic Surveillance System does not simply detect and record the violations but manages them. It automatically recognises the license plates and collects vehicle data and owner details. These are provided by the integrated license plate recognition software and the connected vehicle database. The system creates a detailed violation package and as an end result an issuable violation report. Owing to the high precision video content analysis function, the SensorTec System is able to accurately detect several types of traffic violations automatically in the intersections and counts the number of passing vehicles. Associated third party elements automatically provide exact vehicle data of the offenders. Authorised officers confirm the created violation packages in a user-friendly www.intelligentcio.com