Intelligent CCTV

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Intelligent CCTV at a glance How can you increase your passenger’s sense of security? Sharpen your view of everything that happens inside your vehicles. Our Intelligent Closed Circuit Television (Intelligent CCTV) provides you with all information about occupancy levels, passenger flow, and safety-related incidents in the blink of an eye. It supplements traditional monitoring with an active evaluation of video on board your entire fleet. The results are analyzed by powerful algorithms in real time and available for your crew, for passengers, and way-side systems. Usable in all rail-based vehicles, from trams to high-speed trains.

Extended Perspectives within Your Standard Video Surveillance

Intelligent CCTV is part of an integrated Train IT system. It offers a smart and safe way to turn real-time video data from your trams or trains into relevant information for personnel and passengers. These applications help you to improve punctuality, passenger safety, and satisfaction – and support unattended driving.

Operating principles

Simple system integration

All components can be integrated into your existing system. Standardized communication protocols allow you to upgrade a large number of basic CCTV installations. And the Siemens Train IT product platform guarantees the reliable implementation in your vehicles and the future-proof upgrading of external CCTV systems.

Fast information flow

Transmit intelligent CCTV data securely and in real time to your control center and the passenger app.

Wayside integration

Intelligent CCTV data can be used for platform information, as well as within your control center or terminal planning systems. And in case of emergency, the police and security services are alerted right away.

References and proof points Tomorrow’s surveillance - Launch of functionality in 2023

Use case Aggression detection

• Automatic on-board video analysis in real time

• Generation of anonymized, localized alarms (per wagon, per camera)

• Transmission of alarm to the wayside, provision of the video live stream on request

Smart security system

• In the event of a conflict the control center is contacted automatically

• In case of emergency, control center may access live video from train and alert train personnel or federal police.

• Additionally, a help request can be placed in the WLAN portal via an emergency call button.

Discover where Intelligent CCTV has already proved its capabilities.

Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt (VGF)

Wheelchair space detection with visualization in a tram

System components: 9 panorama cameras in train as well as 1 railway-approved PC, connection to Siemens network and visualization on screen, driver tablet, and on a smartphone app
Benefit: Better passenger flow and higher throughput

Regional train

Proof of concept for three iCCTV features in one object

Occupancy detection of seats and dedicated areas as well as perception of aggressions
System components: 7 panorama cameras, 1 microphone for aggression detection as well as 1 PC for signal processing and visualization on screen, driver tablet, and on a smartphone app
Benefits: Better passenger flow, easy seat search, and increased sense of security for passengers

Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) Cityjet

Evaluation of a solution from KiwiSecurity and Siemens

System components: “Hidden” cameras in passenger information system displays
UT/ÖBB provided a vehicle, supported its private operation, and organized a team of actors for recording the scenes
Benefits: Siemens Intelligent CCTV works as an open system – in combination with products and solutions from third-party vendors

Learn about Digital Train Solutions

Digital Train Solutions from Siemens Mobility use secure and seamless IT solutions to create more value for passengers, operators and maintainers.

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Train IT

Take the lead over the competition – with powerful, future-oriented IT systems for your trains. With this fully integrated solution, you control your vehicles from one central point – and get full access to all train data in one place.

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