FEATURE
The reserve is
monitored 24 hours
365 days a year from
the control room
Acoustic fibre and thermal cameras are along
the perimeter fencing and magnetic sensors are
buried underground along the perimeter fence
taken all the necessary precautions
to prevent poaching? It’s an atrocity
when you’re on the ground dealing
with this. We’ve now perfected this
and it’s working. We just need to raise
awareness that the technology is out
there, through AI and Deep Learning and
we’ve adapted the technology and made
it into a smart park.”
Rangers use tablets to collaborate . . .
The technology is available in the
Intellect PSIM and the Axxon Next VMS.
The classic object tracker detects
moving objects or abandoned items in
the FoV, before it passes the section of
the frame with the object to the neural
network for analysis. Any objects that
don’t match the defined type are ignored
by video analytics in that they don’t
trigger an alarm.
“This technology is applied to video
that captures high movement from
interference (i.e. beyond the object of
interest), such as trees blowing in the
wind, light reflected off water, traffic
and machinery,” said Glaeser. “Usage
examples are alarms that are activated
when people appear in hazardous
areas of a facility, or applications that
reduce the number of false alarms for
abandoned objects in public spaces.”
AxxonSoft has also implemented a
process for tailoring Deep Learning
video analytics to the requirements of a
50
. . . and communicate on mobile devices
deep in the bush
specific site. To guarantee high quality
results, the neural network learns to
perform customer-specific tasks from
on-site recorded videos.
Glaeser felt that she needed to use her
knowledge and expertise within the
industry to help curb rhino poaching.
“I see myself as a normal businesswoman
but have climbed the ladder pretty
high in terms of this industry and have
become a sort of thought leader where
people approach me in South Africa
all the time in how they can use what
we’ve done and how they can apply the
technology,” she said.
“I know there are a lot of foundations
that support the prevention of rhino
poaching but my main goal is to have
safe parks and nature reserves, so that
when people are travelling, they ask
if this is a safe park, do you have the
type of analytics that are protecting the
wildlife and animals and have the owners
Glaeser says her team has worked with
various countries within the Southern
Africa Development Community (SADC)
and the company is looking to expand
the technology into other parts of
the continent.
“It takes a team to make this work,” said
Glaeser. “From the development team
at AxxonSoft Global, to the rangers
and control room on the ground, we all
come together to make these projects
a success. Furthermore, we have over
300 staff members within AxxonSoft and
5,800 partners across the world.
“I do believe hunting has a place in the
ecosystem if it’s done for culling but
to just to come and shoot an animal
because their horns are very big and
they’re going to hang it up on their wall
is not for me.
“I’m not against culling if it’s necessary
but I am against shooting just for
pleasure. Some of the countries in Africa
are third world countries, so it’s about
reaching out to them.” u
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