An integrated and customised video analytics solution for traffic monitoring

Accidents, gridlocks, speed-drops, road-works and dangerous behaviour often impact heavily on road, motorway and tunnel efficiency and safety. AiVu-Smart AID is Aitek’s video-analytics solution to real-time detection of threats to traffic and infrastructure safety.

AiVu-Smart AID processes live or recorded footage from IP cameras positioned in key traffic areas, both in town and along road routs. By integrating existing video-surveillance systems, through a set of smart traffic monitoring functionalities, critical situations and on-going traffic changes can be managed promptly and effectively.

Video Content Analysis and Automatic Incident Detection algorithms supply users with real-time alerts to traffic anomalies as well as significant statistical data – such as vehicle counting or size classifying – that aid traffic-flow analysis. AiVu-Smart AID is able to integrate asset monitoring and management systems.

Thanks to know-how matured from the development of applications able to accommodate the needs and requirements of our domestic and international customers, AiVu-Smart AID is a video-analytics solution best-suited to toll-road operators and large system integrators managing large volumes of data and video.

The benefits of AiVu-Smart AID

  • Customised video-analytics algorithms
  • Easily expandable with new functionalities
  • User-friendly web-based configuration interface that does not require specific know-how
  • In case of variations in video camera positioning, full functionality may be restored simply by re-defining the virtual sensors
  • 24/7 monitoring of complex and extended road networks
  • Real-time detection of critical situations and support with decision-making aimed at pro-active problem-solving
  • Increased operational efficiency, minimal operational stops
  • Reduced turn-around response times
  • Supports the control centre and emergency intervention teams
  • Automatic forwarding of alarms and relevant recordings to the control centre and to hand-held devices
  • Acquiring and processing statistical data for reporting and business intelligence purposes

User interface

A web-based configuration interface allows users to draw virtual sensors (rules) that activate on all or part of the camera frameshot. Sensor number and type on cameras are easy to modify. A number of sensors can be configured on a single camera to simultaneously detect different events without altering processing performance.

Video analytics solutions for road and motorway security

AiVu-Smart AID-Stop

Detecting stationary vehicles and/or spilled loads

An alarm signal is generated each time stationary objects or vehicles are detected within a configured sensor area for longer than a defined time. AiVu SmartAID-Stop detects vehicles or objects stationing on carriageway and/or inside tunnels.

AiVu-SmartAID-Position

Detecting vehicles in lay-bys or other non-entry areas

An alarm signal is generated each time a person or vehicle transits through a monitored area. This module is best suited to the surveillance of no- or restricted-access areas, such as parking-lots, operations and road-works.

AiVu-SmartAID-Direction

Detecting wrong way vehicles

Detects vehicles transiting in a chosen direction. An alarm signal is generated each time a vehicle transits the wrong way through a sensor-defined area. AiVu-SmartAID-Direction detects vehicles and/or people accessing a monitored area from the wrong way.

AiVu-SmartAID-Queue

Detecting vehicle queues

Generates an alarm signal each time traffic within a sensor-defined area exceedes a configured threshold. This module is best suited to monitor vehicle queues and detect gridlocks or accidents.

AiVu-SmartAID-Speed

Detecting speed drops

Detects speed drops within a sensor-defined area. An alarm is generated each time the average speed of vehicles transiting through a sensor falls below a configured threshold for longer than a defined time. This module is best suited to manage vehicle flow and detect gridlocks or accidents.

AiVu-SmartAID-Smoke & Fire

Smoke and fire detection

Verifying the presence of smoke in the monitored area. This module is best suited for the monitoring of roadway tunnels.

AiVu-SmartAID-Count

Counting vehicles

Counts vehicles transiting through a sensor-defined area. This newly devised technology replaces existing, easily-damaged, induction-coils embedded in the tarmac. This module is best suited for counting transit flows along a selected lane or through a selected access-gate.

AiVu-SmartAID-Ranger

Interdistance measurement

Automatic estimation of the interdistance between vehicles (in metres). This modules allows to acquire data about traffic conditions along a road infrastructure (real-time measurement of the interdistance between two vehicles, minimum and maximum interdistance values detected by the virtual sensor and average calculation).

AiVu-SmartAID-Metric

Classifying vehicles by size

Automatic classification of vehicles by size. This module is best suited to classify vehicles transiting through a defined virtual sensor (up to 7 vehicle categories, from motorcycles to trucks).

AiVu-SmartAID-Cover

Camera covering

Detects camera obscuration incidents (vandalism, dirty lenses and obstructions) that prevent video-analytics.

AiVu-Smart AID-Tamper

Camera moving or tampering

Detects camera movements that prevent video-analytics. This module is best suited to detect vandalism.

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