Standard solution safe city

The modern city is a complex multi-level structure. It consists of many subsystems - transport, telecommunications, electricity and water supply systems, as well as many others that function and interact with each other. To control the operation of all city systems, ensure the safety of every resident and all vulnerable points of the city infrastructure, obtain and archive information about all important events and promptly provide this information to all interested services, a comprehensive information system is needed that is capable of accumulating, combining, analyzing and grouping heterogeneous data, coming from many sources. This is precisely the system that “Safe City” represents, successfully implemented in many cities in Russia and neighboring countries.

What is a “Safe City”?

“Safe City” is a hybrid automated system for solving the main technical problems of urban management. This is a set of software and hardware tools and organizational measures for providing video security and technical security, as well as for managing housing and communal services and other distributed objects on the scale of a modern city.

Security platform "Intellect"

The Safe City system is based on the Intellect integration platform.
"Intellect" is a multifunctional software package for working on computer platforms, allowing you to create distributed integrated security systems of any scale. "Intellect" combines various systems - fire and security alarm (FS), access control system (ACS), video surveillance (including IP cameras and IP servers from various manufacturers) and others - into a coordinated infrastructure. Thanks to Intellect, the security complex turns into a unified information environment in which the functions of intelligent information analysis, decentralized or centralized automatic and automated control are implemented.
As part of the Safe City project, the Intellect platform makes it possible to create a distributed information system with centralized control points, which unites all existing subsystems and makes it possible to integrate new ones. Intelligent information processing functions, in particular, intelligent video detectors, can optimize the monitoring process and significantly increase the efficiency of operators.

Structure of implementation of the integrated automated system (CAS) “Safe City”

The structure of implementation of the “Safe City” system depends on the wishes of the customer (usually the city administration), the scale of the system and the tasks set for it. Below are schematic diagrams of the organization of the system using the example of a UAS implemented in Moscow. The illustrations show the citywide and district segments of the CAS.

Regional segment of the CAS “Safe City”

The district engineering and technical center is the location of the technical services responsible for the technical condition of the system and the district monitoring center. Video data from all cameras installed in the area and other information are received here; video surveillance operators and operators answering calls from emergency voice communication points are located here.

The management company is an organization that controls the technical condition of the system, determines how many cameras are in working condition and, accordingly, how much money needs to be transferred to the technical service for the billing period. The condition of the cameras is monitored using specialized service video detectors - darkening, flare, lens defocusing, substitute image detectors and others. (In Moscow, data is received by the management company through the city segment of the UAS.)

Response services - the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, ambulance and other rapid response services, to which, if necessary, the monitoring center operators transfer calls.

Settlement center - UIRC (unified information and settlement center) of the district. Data from the resource consumption accounting system is received here to generate receipts for payment of utility services by residents. (In Moscow, this data is received through the city segment of the CAS.)

The diagram also shows city segments that are monitored within the “Safe City” system - housing stock, transport routes (road network), crowded places with emergency communication points.

Urban segment of the CAS "Safe City"

At the center of the scheme is a single center, into which data from all district segments of the system is received and archived, and through which communication with the GIS and the EIRC is carried out. From here, video and audio data are sent to automated workstations in the situation centers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the traffic control center and, if necessary, the city administration. From here, upon request, authorized services receive data to conduct operational work.

For small cities, the district CAS segment depicted here may be quite sufficient - in this case, it will turn into a city segment and will communicate with all of the specified city-level services. It is possible to combine the systems of such small cities with the creation of a single republican or regional center, which will perform the functions of the urban segment shown in the diagram, respectively, at the republican, regional or any other required level.

Intellectualization

Intelligent information processing algorithms make it possible to create an intelligent interface that helps to significantly reduce labor costs and increase the efficiency of video surveillance.
What is an intelligent interface? All data from video cameras arriving at the central monitoring point can be divided according to the degree of importance - some data require an immediate response, others may or may not require a reaction, and others are not of interest at the moment and may only be needed in the future when working with the archive . An intelligent interface allows you to sort data by importance and present it in an easy-to-use format. For example, the three given groups of data can be displayed on various video monitors, and the most important information can be immediately sent to the video surveillance point located at the district police station. Of course, other settings can be implemented - it all depends on the goals set and the specific implementation of the system.

Intelligent algorithms for processing video data, that is, intelligent video detectors, are responsible for determining the importance of incoming video information. By combining basic detectors as desired, you can create complex custom detectors to detect specific situations that are assigned a certain level of severity.

To combine detectors, as well as to create automatic and automated scenarios for the system’s response to events and combinations of events, use the “Rules” dialog interface. The interface is a branched structure of sequential dialogs in which the user, using a simple and understandable interface, selects events and actions of the system. In this way, you can create scenarios of any complexity, including an unlimited number of conditions and reactions connected by the logical functions “AND”/“OR”. At the same time, creating scripts does not require learning special languages ​​and is carried out in visual mode using a regular mouse, and all connections are clearly displayed. Using the “Rules” dialog allows you to automate the video surveillance process and make the work of operators more efficient.

Video surveillance subsystem

Housing stock and preschool institutions
The residential sector is an area in which it is necessary to conduct surveillance in order to ensure the safety of residents and detect crimes such as burglaries, robberies, assaults, vandalism and crimes related to cars in parking lots. Residential surveillance cameras can be located in various places. Since a very large part of the crimes occur in or near entrances, and burglars also enter the house through entrances, in Moscow they chose to install cameras near entrances on the street and inside entrances. The front door inside the entrance, the entrance area, and the parking lot in the yard come into their field of vision.

The information received from these cameras is analyzed in real time by smart video detectors, sorted and sent to operators in regional video surveillance centers. If necessary, operators call first responders - for example, the police or ambulance. This information is also stored in a video archive and, upon request, can be provided to employees of authorized services to conduct operational work.

Cameras are also placed in attics and basements of residential buildings, since all communications of the housing stock pass through these areas - hot and cold water, electricity, heating water, etc. The cameras are used to monitor the status of communications.

Crowded places
Monitoring crowded places is necessary not only to prevent and solve crimes, but also to prevent unrest, for example, during public events. Here, PTZ cameras are used, which are located at vantage points for viewing. They can both play the role of surveillance cameras and perform the functions of tracking and tracking objects. These same cameras help to record various incidents and quickly respond to them. For this purpose, appropriate video detectors are used. Detectors draw the attention of operators to important events, and operators make decisions about further actions - for example, if a person becomes ill and falls, the operator will call an ambulance, if he notices a fight, he will call the police, etc.

Video information received from all cameras in the city makes it possible to create a complete picture of ongoing events, which is necessary for preventing and promptly responding to emergency situations, for solving crimes and analyzing various incidents. The accumulated experience allows us to constantly improve the system and algorithms for the interaction of services, thus increasing the safety of the urban environment.