Sony Professional Solutions Europe: right on track for Barcelona

Sony Professional Solutions Europe: right on track for Barcelona. Sony has revealed how it has met one of Europe’s most complicated security challenges by installing 2,937 SNC-CS50P IP network cameras across 50 stations and 48 km of track. This equipment now forms part of an intelligent and efficient security system for Barcelona’s Line 9. The system will provide reassurance and protection for the 90 million passengers that use Line 9 every year by connecting more cameras than the rest of the underground lines put together to guarantee constant, blanket surveillance.

“Line 9 will be the most advanced underground railway line in Europe,” said Simon Nash, Senior European Marketing Manager, NVM/CCTV. “Its exceptional length and vast number of stations, some of which are 60 m below street level, meant our technology had to combine total reliability with the flexibility to adapt to changes on the line’s complicated infrastructure. Sony’s integrated solution uses an intelligent networked surveillance system that is working seamlessly with UTE Energia Lenea 9’s existing telecommunications system, providing excellent live and recorded image quality.”

Lightening the Operator Load

The artificial intelligence of the SNC-CS50P camera means that hazardous situations occurring along Line 9 can be detected in real time. Dangers such as overcrowding on platforms, disruptions to the flow of pedestrian traffic, or abandoned bags and any associated threats these situations create can be communicated as a warning to the control centre. This system automatically monitors risk situations; the network allows the control centre to receive pictures from each camera simultaneously with visibility to each location at virtually the same time regardless of the number of cameras that operators have on screen.

Sony’s DEPA (Distributed Enhanced Processing Architecture) system heightens the accuracy of the identification of potential threats by explaining the scenes captured by each camera. The technology forms the backbone of the Line 9 surveillance network, enabling the cameras to capture images, process data and transmit it as metadata to the control room for intelligent analysis. This overcomes the problems associated with traditional analogue systems such as false alarms, limited scalability, the necessity for real-time processing and high network bandwidth requirements.

Needs Met

The SNC-CS50P cameras feature a highly sensitive 1/3” SuperExwave CCD, a high-capacity varifocal lens and support a range of compression formats. The cameras are run through a recording software platform, which minimises the threat of sabotage to the network and makes the expansion process of adding cameras and file servers simple.

As the Head of Communications of UTE Energia Linea 9, Eduard Xucia Ververa explained, the solution provided “… fulfils Line 9’s requirements perfectly: resolution, image quality, intelligent capture and IP connectivity.”

The integrated, expert and professional solution represents the future in IP camera-based monitoring systems.

Contact:

Simon Nash
Sony Professional Solutions Europe,
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 1256 355011
Fax: +44 1256 811110
simon.nash@eu.sony.com
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