Seville faces Holy Week with a pioneering Smart City project

In this pilot experience, which includes a dimmable lighting system and mechanisms for crowd control and video surveillance, Bosch participates, Telefónica, Cisco and Ferrovial.

He Ayuntamiento de Sevilla, through the delegations of Economy, Commerce and Institutional and Security Relations, Mobility and Major Festivals, as well as the Area of Technological Modernization, has promoted a Smart City project, which will be launched during Holy Week, which includes a special dimmable lighting system and mechanisms for crowd control, among other measures.

We have chosen one of the main events of the city and those with the highest concentration of the public, Holy Week, con el objetivo de que esta experiencia sirva para reforzar la seguridad tanto del público asistente como de las hermandades, y con la intención de probar este proyecto pionero en el tratamiento de datos y en la gestión coordinada de la ciudad que se puede utilizar en otros grandes eventos”, explica Juan Espadas, alcalde de Sevilla.

Esta experiencia piloto surge de la colaboración público-privada con cuatro empresas vinculadas a la innovación: Bosch, Telefónica, Cisco y Ferrovial. “Cuatro empresas de primer nivel vinculadas a la innovación que van a desarrollar en Sevilla este proyecto piloto de Smart City coordinado por el Ayuntamiento de la ciudad y en el que cada una de ellas ha puesto su tecnología al servicio de la ciudad”, comenta Espadas.

The project includes the development of a special adjustable lighting system, as well as mechanisms to control the flow of people coordinated through a digital platform in eleven priority action areas. These areas are: Plaza de San Francisco, Dos de Mayo Street, Avenida de la Constitución, Plaza de la Pescadería, Cuesta del Rosario, Plaza del Salvador, Cuna, Puente y Pellón, Campana, O'Donnell, San Pablo and Villegas-Francos.

The pilot project includes a Smart platform that integrates each of the elements of the system to process information and make the necessary decisions at any given time.

The infrastructure is composed of 18 cámaras para el aforamiento de la vía pública y la grabación de imágenes para el análisis y detección de objetivos (todas autorizadas y señalizadas), 173 luminarias tipo Led en cuya graduación se puede intervenir por motivos de orden público o tránsito de las hermandades por ciertas calles consideradas de tradición histórica, y, finally, también se incluyen las telecomunicaciones para la conexión de cada uno de los dispositivos con la plataforma Smart.

Esta tecnología va a permitir monitorizar en tiempo real cada una de las zonas coordinando con una plataforma digital las cámaras y el alumbrado público, aplicar un sistema de alumbrado que podrá ser modificado en intensidad y en temperatura del color, and replace the lights with LEDs in the intervention areas.

Smart City Platform

For the development of this project, each company has contributed a set of tools. So, Cisco has provided the Smart City platform, what, through Internet of Things technologies, it will allow, in real time and through a visual dashboard, to check the information of all monitored services, including counting and detection cameras, ultra-high-resolution surveillance cameras.

It has also participated in public lighting, which, through a communication network, can be adjusted, in intensity and color temperature, to adapt to different situations. This information will be consolidated on the control center screens where, on a city map, it can be consulted by the different municipal services.

Video surveillance, lighting and connection

For your part, the Bosch cameras will allow viewing of images and their recording, and incorporate artificial intelligence to provide live information related to the flow of people or vehicles through different access points, the degree of occupation of streets or squares, the detection of crowds or other possible incidents such as people running, vehicles traveling at a certain speed or in the wrong direction.

Regarding the lighting fixtures implemented by Ferrovial, it is worth highlighting that they aim, the use of public lighting as a security element in large gatherings of people that could lead to a disturbance of the order, enhancing its intensity and collaborating in identifying the causes of this disturbance and in conveying reassurance to the population.

Finally, Telefónica will provide the fiber connection to each of the devices, offering a secure network for the entire system, which highlights the high quality of its infrastructure in the city of Seville for the development of Smart City projects.