The Polish city of Bialystok optimizes traffic management with a revamped urban surveillance infrastructure

The municipal unit responsible for the road system, ZDM, has installed 130 FE8174V teams at city intersections. The number of cameras integrating their previous infrastructure has been reduced and traffic controllers have been able to have a clear and clear view of blind spotless images.

Bialystok is one of Poland's main population centers. Devastated during World War II, the city has seen a renaissance in recent years, with the restoration of its architecture and the modernization of its infrastructure, as the country's economy has grown. At the same time, in this quiet city has increased, very quickly, their circulation and the number of vehicles has tripled. This has made it necessary to update your traffic management system.

Cameras were the most expensive equipment within the traffic surveillance system originally deployed in Bialystok. To capture as many angles as possible, large amounts of system were needed, often several at each intersection. This meant that the cost of linking and synchronizing the camera array with the central surveillance system was enormous.

To avoid the impact of traffic, which is heavy during the hours of the day, installation and construction work were usually carried out at night. Restricted hours for installation caused long delays in camera configurations. And, despite the large number of cameras, the field of view of each of it was too small and when accidents occurred it was difficult to try to gather images from various cameras in an attempt to reconstruct the incident.

Fisheye view

In view of this situation, it was decided to update the surveillance infrastructure. Zarz'd Dróg Miejskich (ZDM), the municipal unit responsible for the road system in Bialystok, needed to modernize and improve its inefficient surveillance camera system.

For the implementation of this renovation they had the Siemens system software manager and the local distributor of Vivotek, Suma Solutions. The first developed the system software around the technology provided by Vivotek and its FE8174V camera.

This is a fisheye net team, with day/night functionality, vandal-free, WDR technology, incorporating a sensor 5 megapixels and H.264 compression. Your fisheye lens captures a 180-degree panoramic view, when mounted on the wall, and a 360-degree surround view with no blind spots when installed aloft.

With your choice of screen layouts (enveloping view, panoramic and regional), is the ideal solution for those who need coverage of large and open areas, as well as a high degree of flexibility.

With advanced processing capabilities, captured semi-spherical images can be automatically updated according to conventional projection specifications, making it easier to see.

As the main application of the camera is on the outside and demands reliability in all conditions, a vandal-proof IK10 and IP66-proof housing keeps it protected from rain and dust, operational in the face of any climatology. Vivotek FE8174V features a removable IR-cut filter, which is a good choice for those who need a resilient system, 24×7 and with a wide range of coverage.

Equipment renovation

ZDM installed 130 Vivotek FE8174V cameras at Bialystok intersections. Now, with much fewer cameras, traffic controllers can get a clear and clear view of the entire field without any blind spots.

A single camera provides coverage of four bullet cameras outdoors, what has impacted cost savings, while providing more comprehensive coverage. Fewer cameras have also allowed a decrease in the costs associated with the back-end management platform, network and storage communications equipment.

In addition, the warping capabilities of this fisheye camera allow monitors to adopt different presentation modes. Management center operators can easily monitor and verify traffic incidents and use image recognition software to increase traffic control efficiency.

The city of Bialystok has achieved a traffic management and surveillance system that can keep pace with its rapid growth while still being in harmony with local culture and architecture.

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