IoT and video cameras for monitoring

Within two years, the Metropolitan Milan Safety Project will see the installation of 310 IoT (Internet of Things) devices throughout its region. Some of these devices will be used to detect speeding, while the others will be divided between pedestrian crossing control, lay-by monitoring and radar traffic analysis systems. On the project website you can consult the up-to-date map showing the detection points as they are installed.

Safety21 is the contractor entrusted with implementing this initiative, which will make the Metropolitan City of Milan one of the leading cities in the world in terms of safety and supervision. More of the 350 Italian municipalities which Safety21 works with may follow suit in the future, as additional services can easily be upgraded for authorities that already use Titan, Safety21’s modular cloud software platform. To develop one of the modules that are currently already operational in the Milan project, the company called on the expertise of the Beta 80 Group, an Italian system integrator that works alongside businesses through its three business units: ICT Services & Solutions, Supply Chain & Warehouse Management and Emergency & Crisis Management. “The module,” explained Gianluca Longo, Founder and CEO of Safety21, “takes the form of a number of solutions that use artificial intelligence on board IP cameras to connect with our platform and Microsoft’s Azure cloud.”

In practice, this can take the form of video surveillance of pedestrian crossings, for example, as well as of lay-bys to prevent the dumping of waste and other objects. “It serves not only as a deterrent, but also as a sanctioning tool,” the CEO continued. “The camera’s artificial intelligence module allows it to detect when a vehicle has been parked for a period of time deemed to be non-standard, and records movements that might mean an object has been dumped.” From this, an alert is generated that is linked to the cloud platform and allows photographic evidence of the offence to be ‘clipped’.

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The dedicated IoT platform and the Microsoft Azure Cloud are the ingredients that Safety21 brings to the table to offer control, monitoring and road safety services in cities. A new ecosystem approach that starts with Milan

Protecting the area, caring for the environment, tackling offences such as waste dumping, particularly in lay-bys, and increasing road safety: these are the key goals of the “Metropolitan Milan Safety Project” which was announced in Milan at the beginning of December.

These ambitious goals can be achieved through the use of innovative video surveillance systems, smart applications, the Internet of Things and the Cloud, enabling intelligent analysis of controlled areas, new alert systems for pedestrian crossings and targeted traffic monitoring, accompanied by measures to reduce pressure in the most congested areas.

This complex project is now the pride and joy of Safety21, which has been awarded the contract for the next 11 years, together with Municipia, a company belonging to the Engineering Group.

“This is probably the most impressive project we have developed for our clients to date and marks a further step in the direction of smart cities, without relinquishing our core business – the outsourced management of traffic offences”, commented Gianluca Longo, Founder and CEO of Safety21.

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