Smart videoprotection

Wherever large numbers of people gather and safety is a priority, Thales delivers high-performance solutions to supervise and manage crowd movements. In an airport, for example, smart videoprotection systems using facial recognition software and smart video analysis can immediately spot a person behaving suspiciously or detect an abnormally long queue or sudden accumulation of people.

Airports as big as cities

Airports present unparalleled security challenges. Some are the size of a small town and are used by hundreds of thousands of people every day. Including the runways, taxiways, hangars and maintenance facilities, they can stretch over tens of square kilometres, and the terminals alone can cover up to 100 hectares.

Airport surveillance calls for hundreds or even thousands of CCTV cameras. Thales's scalable videoprotection solutions are tailored to precisely such situations. They are integrated systems incorporating every part of the video chain, including any number of cameras and systems to store and analyse huge volumes of video data.

Innovative technologies for maximum security

A whole range of smart functions analyse video footage in real time or offline, alert security operators immediately if a person of interest is identified on airport premises and updates the video database.

Thales has developed a tracking solution that uses face recognition to follow every step taken by a person of interest in a given area.

Thales, the market leader in videoprotection technologies, has also developed a video tracking system incorporating facial recognition software which records the face of anyone of special interest – whether a VIP or someone who has abandoned or swapped an item of baggage – then follows them through successive zones in the airport, using smart video stream analysis to hand off automatically to the next camera.

Thales solutions enable security personnel to monitor video streams in conventional control rooms or using mobile devices for on-the-move surveillance while patrolling the airport. By enabling security personnel to detect and track abnormal behaviour more efficiently, tools like this improve security for the thousands who use major international airports every day.

Smart imagery for speedier investigations

Thales has developed an advanced software solution to help investigators sift through large volumes of video footage recorded by CCTV cameras and other sensors such as smartphones and UAVs.

As well as a quick-select function to choose relevant sections of raw footage, the solution includes facial recognition and license plate recognition software to help investigators locate and identify suspects, anticipate further crimes or offences and quickly constitute evidence admissible by the justice system.

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