Video surveillance and video analysis to reduce public transport fraud

Axis Communications IP cameras, together with the video analysis solution Detector are long used in Railways of the Government of Catalonia (Fgc) to detect ticketless travellers.

Reduce the number of passengers accessing public transport without paying, as well as the number of inspections has been the objective that has been set in recent years Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Fgc) to reduce fraud, for which he has resorted to the Barcelona company Awaait, Specialized in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Partner of Axis Communications.

For this project, the company has perfected Detector, A technology to reduce fraud in the public transport system, that combines video analysis through artificial intelligence with the use of a mobile application, Designed to assist in real time the interveners in the identification of users who access the transport network without paying.

The system allows to deploy very selective and efficient inspections, Reducing the number of checks and nuisances on paying passengers, achieving greater user satisfaction.

Like this, Detector generates alarms in real time, that are sent to the auditors so that they can intercept and verify that users have a valid travel document.

The initial objective of this technology is the detection of those people who do not validate their tickets at the entrance of the stations, as has been tested in recent years in some stations in Barcelona.

The Detector configuration consists of an Axis P3224-V MKII camera, connected to a local computer, that monitors the validation zone using artificial intelligence algorithms and generates an alert in the form of a sequence of images when it detects the passage of a potential infringer.

This graphic notice is automatically and immediately sent to the controller's mobile device., so that you can intercept the alleged offender before he reaches the platform and check if he is in possession of the valid ticket or transport voucher.

Detector management tool provides real-time pass-through and fraud statistics, provides follow-up of interventions and, Later, It will also make it possible to recommend inspection itineraries to optimise the effect of controls..

The system facilitates collaboration between several teams of auditors, that can be deployed and coordinated over large stations. Awaait is perfecting analysis modules to alert in real time about vandalism incidents in the field of view covered by its cameras.

The deployment of this system has achieved the reduction of fraud levels in FGC, already initially low. As it is a selective inspection, I mean, to inspect only passengers who have committed an offence, Improves the experience of travelers who do pay and now do not have to stop for a check and show their ticket.

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