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Hikvision provides security for Nuremberg railway station |
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Hikvision’s 1.3 megapixel vandal-resistant dome cameras are being used at Nuremberg railway station in Germany, the largest railway station in northern Bavaria which currently receives 130,000 passengers every weekday. The cameras are allowing station management to protect travellers and provide them with context-sensitive information. As part of continuing improvements in customer care and heightened vigilance against terrorism, Deutsche Bahn AG has begun to transform its operational control centres and is upgrading camera surveillance from analogue to IP systems. These measures are part of information gathering at control hubs known as ‘3-S Centres’ where video streams, audio signals, telephone and radio messages are assessed so that appropriate action can be taken. Passengers communicate with the control centres using information/emergency columns on the station platforms at Nuremberg and the Hikvision cameras are positioned nearby so that officials can see high-quality images of the platforms and surrounding areas at resolution of up to 1280x960 pixels. Staff are able to make specific announcements to individual travellers including wheelchair-users, giving advice that is appropriate to their situation or difficulty. They can also discount frivolous activation of emergency buttons – perhaps by schoolchildren - with a simple evaluation of images. The Hikvision cameras have been installed as part of a turnkey emergency and logistical solution designed by the Munich-based systems house Indanet AG who work closely with Hikvision as a technology partner and specialise in the public transport and traffic management sectors. These1.3 megapixel cameras offer H.264 / MPEG-4 dual-stream real-time video compression with various frame rate options according to usage demands. Hikvision cameras support video management systems (VMS) from many major vendors. On this project the cameras are operating from the control centre management system developed by Indanet AG. It is based on their neXus control centre software which unifies disparate categories of data into a single, future-proof solution that makes cost-effective and ‘green’ use of legacy equipment where appropriate. Disciplines can include CCTV, help points, passenger information, access control, fire prevention and track-to-train communication. [www.hikvision.com]
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