Enabling smart cities: the role of network video. The city of the future will be a smart city, where digital technologies improve the quality of living for its inhabitants, reduce environmental impact, and make everyday services run more smoothly. Network video systems will have an important role to play in this: Beyond today’s safety and security installations, they will take on the role of smart sensors; facilitating components that provide important data to inform and enable the smart city. This article explains how, in the future, network video systems may become the backbone for a city’s Internet of Things, and a platform for the development of smart city applications.

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Smart Cameras for a
Smart City.
Technology to structure a safe and smart city
Andrea Sorri

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The 4 layered approach
Network
Sensors
Applications
Platform

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Network
Communication
infrastructure to
connect the
different
sensors Sensors
The source of
information for
the different
applications
Platform
Information and
application
convergence
for processing
and analysis
• Open Data, Big
Data over Cloud,
Virtual and Web
based services for
collaborative tool
Applications
Public security
City
management
Service to the
citizens
Environment
4 layers: base structure
Network Sensors Platform Application

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Network
1. Network

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Network: from the camera to the user
An IT
component
with IPv6 and
Security
protocols
4G/Wireless
Wired
Power
Switch/Router
Cloud
Distribution
Archive
User
Network
IP Connectivity Streaming - Bandwidth Storage - Mngmt

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Sensors
2. Sensors

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SmartCity
Network of cameras
for immediate visual
understanding of
different issues
SmartSensors
Camera as a
platform for many
kinds of sensors
(m2m connected to
input ports)
Smart
Cameras
Usable image
Analytics Apps
Audio
I/O interface
Integration
Secure data
A city is only Smart if you can see all over it Sensors
ACAP
an open application platform
for Smart City Apps

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ACAP: the cameras as a sensor Sensors

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incident
infractions
illegal
dumping
accidents
graffiti
vandalism
street
damage
roadworks
ACAP: from video to data Sensors

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1995 Axis
vision
Make networks smarter enabling more and more
hardware to be connected simply and economically to IP
networks
1996
Mikael
Karlsson
Axis co-founder
“Axis Communications is a pioneer in the development
of ThinServer™ Technology. ThinServer provides plug
'n play connectivity for peripherals in order to increase
the value of the network for its users.”
2014
Martin
Gren
Axis co-founder
“Axis network cameras were certainly among the
world’s first internet-of-things devices that were shipped
in volume with embedded Linux, the AXIS 2100.”
1995, Axis and IoT: “Access to Everything”
Embeddedsoftware
Web-basedmgmt
Optimizedhardware
ThinServer
Technology
Sensors

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Platform
3. Platform

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Different distributed
applications for
evaluation and
actions
Translate video
into insights
Analyze
Evaluate
Interact
Field Threat
Platform: interconnect and gather information Platform
Police in the field Local Authority – Police Region – State - Gov.
Proximity
Real-time
and
historical data

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From the field to the user Platform

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incident
infractions
illegal
dumping
accidents
graffiti
vandalism
street
damage
roadworks
From the field to the user Platform

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What is the value of a
single sensor if not
connected?
Our platform model
enables the smart city
platform development
Platform
VAPIX
Onvif
ACAP
Platform

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Visual factual
statistics and proof as
well as perceptional
aspect
Share information from
cameras to different
management centers
Local authorities,
Business,
Academia, Healthcare,
Institutions, other
third parties
Critical
infrastructure Safe
smart grid, water.
traffic optimization,
pollution and noise
reduction
Platform – enabling Public/Private cooperation Platform
Citizens as
part of the safe
and smart
system
reporting
issues
Citizens as a
user
Grant law
enforcement
the access to
their system
SmartPhones
apps
Social media apps

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Platform – City Surveillance as a Service
Internet
Cloud
Centralized
access management
network security management
storage
Distributed
secure
advanced applications
mobility
regulated law enforcement direct access
Video installation
any size
any location
any connectivity
Platform

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Applications
4. Applications

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From safety-security to mangement-efficency
Safe City
Improve city infrastructure
Energy, Water, Transportation
Service to the citizens
Increase citizens engagement and participation
Create a more attractive city
Business and economic development
Green City
improving transit and parking, city walkable
Improve quality of life
Detection
Search
Statistics
Applications

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incident
infractions
illegal
dumping
accident
graffiti
vandalism
street
damages
roadworks
City security and management Applications

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Poles
Street furniture
Bus stops
Digital signage
Bike stations
Displays
Charging
stations
Possibilities of new uses

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Avaiable
street parking
Slips and falls
Monitoring river
and lake levels
Bike lanes
Pathways for
the disabled
Follow me
Pedestrian crossing
monitoring
Disabled
parking space
management
Scalability for the future

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The integrator plays a key role.
Smart City is not a standard.
Create your Smart City with standard technology.
Take it upon yourself and define your model
and the path to get there…

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