Renfe trusts Davantis video analysis technology to protect its facilities

Con el fin de prevenir actos vandálicos, este especialista en seguridad ha instalado un canal Daview LR, conectado a su solución de gestión de vídeo Daview AMS, para tener un control total de los puntos críticos y mejorar el proceso de verificación de alarmas en algunas instalaciones.

La principal operadora ferroviaria de España –Renfe Operadora, entidad pública empresarial adscrita al Ministerio de Fomento, cuya actividad es prestar servicios de transporte de viajeros y mercancías bajo el principio de seguridad, ha realizado un proyecto de protección en algunas de sus estaciones, como la de Arenys de Mar (Barcelona), tras actos vandálicos relacionados con los grafitis.

Con el fin de erradicar esta actividad delictiva y prevenir nuevos casos, Renfe ha confiado en el especialista de seguridad Giving, para desplegar una solución (technological and security-related) and support in perimeter security, since the station is located at a strategic point and prone to the occurrence of this type of vandalism.

En el ámbito tecnológico, Davantis has deployed a four-channel Daview LR team, to which the surveillance cameras that close off the perimeter of the entire Arenys de Mar railway station are connected.

Specifically, four thermal cameras have been installed to cover the longest sections, while for the perpendicular accesses on both sides of the station (on the side of the N-II as well as the one that borders the beach), directly from the tracks, the use of visible cameras was chosen since the detection range was much more limited.

In this case, The advanced Daview LR Smart PTZ function makes it easier to locate dome cameras in the area where the incident has occurred, so that if any incident occurs, there is supporting video that facilitates the verification process of the fixed camera, whether it is thermal or day/night.

The image stabilizer incorporated in Daview LR is crucial to minimize false positives caused by camera vibration. The railway environment is very prone to these characteristics due to the trains passing relatively close to this type of surveillance devices.

In this type of critical and complex installations, in which the final placement of the elements is highly conditioned by safety, the passage of railways and the presence of the catenary, the Virtual IR function of this Davantis system is very useful for improving the contrast of thermal cameras at certain times of the day and night.

In order to speed up the verification of alarms, the Daview AMS alarm control software has been integrated into the Control Center, with which the response time to any incident has been improved, with a coordinated and more effective action with the physical surveillance present in the facility itself.

Daview AMS es un servidor que actúa como una receptora de alarmas convencional y permite un control total de las instalaciones, así como la integración con los principales software de gestión de alarmas.

David López, project manager de Renfe, explica que “el sistema de vídeo análisis de Davantis permite obtener un valor añadido al CCTV tradicional, implantando un sistema de detección temprana de garantías que incrementa los niveles de seguridad sobre nuestros activos en situaciones complejas”.