Ujazdowski Castle protects its visitors and works with Wisenet cameras

The video surveillance technology of Hanwha Techwin supervises, controls and protects visitors who come to the Ujazdowski Castle Contemporary Art Center, in Poland, to its works and at the events they hold.

He Ujazdowski Castle Contemporary Art Center, located in the center of Warsaw, is a space that uses art to help visitors reflect on the world. Its goal is to encourage debate about some of the pieces, with different artistic disciplines blending in creative experiments.

Para lograrlo, this space hosts events and exhibitions, in addition to having a cinema, a bookstore, a library and an artist residency program. Due to this varied activity, this multifaceted facility required a flexible technological security system, que se adaptara a las diferentes necesidades de los muchos espacios del museo y que funcionara con la estética del siglo XIII del castillo.

Sus gestores decidieron invertir en cámaras IP avanzadas para utilizar analíticas de audio y vídeo con el fin de proteger a las personas, los activos y las obras de arte, con la elección de los dispositivos con inteligencia artificial de las gamas Wisenet P y X of Hanwha Techwin.

Estas cámaras disponen de análisis con aprendizaje profundo (deep learning) integrated, junto con el sistema de gestión de vídeo (VMS) Wisenet Wave, intuitivo y fácil de utilizar, y Wave Video Wall (para mostrar zonas críticas simultáneamente).

Profundidad y amplitud

Las cámaras de la gama Wisenet P se utilizan para centrarse en zonas específicas, como obras de arte de alto valor, and entrances and exits of the premises. The devices of the Wisenet X range, fisheye model, monitor entire rooms to provide operators with a complete overview of everything happening in the museum.

The P range cameras offer artificial intelligence analysis and sound classification to detect people standing or moving too close to the exhibits in the museum. Deep learning ensures that false alarms are minimized, especially in low-light rooms where shadows can produce false positives.

Besides, and as a result of the pandemic, The P range cameras also havepeople counting, mask detection and occupancy monitoring, para garantizar que se cumplan las medidas de salud pública.

Integración con audio

El equipo de videovigilancia, que se complementa con Wisenet Wave, se integra con un sistema de comunicación de audio bidireccional para que los operadores puedan pedir a los visitantes que se alejen de las obras expuestas si se detecta una proximidad excesiva.

Las alertas de proximidad son importantes para el equipo de seguridad del museo, puesto que algunas obras se exponen en medio de una estancia, colgadas sobre una zona o dentro de una sala por la que se anima a las personas a caminar y experimentar.

El análisis de vídeo también incluye la detección de cruce de línea e intrusión, which automatically activates alerts in the control room and also follows automatic rules, like blocking an area.

Operators can manage everything easily with Wisenet Wave, including alarms, which prevents distractions caused by false ones - explains Rafał Filipowicz, head of the IT and multimedia department of the Ujazdowski Castle-. There is also the option to search video sequences using AI attributes and various parameters, and create rules that automate processes to make our security smarter and more efficient.

Wave also includes an intelligent distortion re-composition feature, which reduces the deformation produced by a fisheye lens. Los operadores pueden ver con mayor claridad y precisión lo que sucede en una sala.

Total supervision

The Wave videowall functionality allows the team at Ujazdowski Castle to create multiple visual layouts of the museum's most critical areas, such as its most valuable displayed artworks. Operators can proactively monitor what happens in these high-value spaces.

The video analysis running in the background generates automatic alerts for any event that requires further investigation, ensuring that operators don’t miss anything that happens.