OBJECTIVES

The strong political drive within Europe to encourage use of public transport will lead to increased passenger flows through metro stations and other critical elements of the public transport infrastructure. To meet this demand, public transport operators must improve the efficiency and security of their operations. The use of computer vision techniques will enhance the role of CCTV in meeting these objectives. The problem is the huge data output from hundreds of CCTV cameras in a typical installation and the limited human resources available to manage it. The ADVISOR system builds on recent advances in computer technology applied to CCTV, academic research into computer vision and, in particular, progress made in recent European funded programs which address the needs of public transport operators. The system will provide a set of decision support tools, which will enhance the value of CCTV as an asset for managing public transport operations by:

  • increasing the utility of information from the cameras by annotating the images according to their content

  • reducing the workload on network controllers by automatically alerting them to situations requiring attention

  • adopting a set of open standards to facilitate specification, procurement and testing of advanced CCTV systems

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Project Co-ordinator: Michael Naylor

Issue 5,  24 June 2003