Ujazdowski Castle protects its visitors and works with Wisenet cameras

The video surveillance technology of Hanwha Techwin Monitors, controls and protects visitors who come to the Ujazdowski Castle Contemporary Art Centre, in Poland, to their works and in the events they carry out.

The Ujazdowski Castle Contemporary Art Centre, located in the center of Warsaw, It is a space that uses art to help visitors reflect on the world. Its objective is to encourage debate on some of the pieces, with different artistic disciplines are mixed in creative experiments.

To achieve this, 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 venue required a flexible security technology system, that it would adapt to the different needs of the museum's many spaces and that it would work with the thirteenth-century aesthetics of the castle.

Its managers decided to invest in advanced IP cameras to use audio and video analytics to protect people, Assets and works of art, with the choice of AI-powered devices from the ranges Wisenet P & X of Hanwha Techwin.

These cameras have deep learning analytics (deep learning) Integrated, together with the video management system (Vms) Wisenet Wave, Intuitive and easy to use, and Wave Video Wall (to show critical areas simultaneously).

Depth and breadth

Cameras in the Wisenet P range are used to focus on specific areas, as high-value works of art, and entrances and exits of the venue. The devices in the Wisenet X range, Fisheye Model, They monitor entire rooms to give operators a complete overview of everything that happens in the museum.

The cameras in the P range offer Analytics with Artificial Intelligence and sound classification to detect people standing or moving too close to works on display in the museum. Deep Learning Ensures False Alarms Are Minimized, especially in dimly lit rooms where shadows can produce false positives.

In addition, and as a result of the pandemic, the cameras in the P range also have cPeople Counting, Mask detection and occupancy monitoring, to ensure public health measures are adhered to.

Audio integration

The video surveillance equipment, which is complemented by Wisenet Wave, integrates with a communication system of two-way audio so that operators can ask visitors to move away from the works on display if excessive proximity is detected.

The Proximity alerts are important to the museum's security team, since some works are exhibited in the middle of a room, hung over an area or inside a room where people are encouraged to walk and experiment.

Video analytics also includes the Line crossing and intrusion detection, that automatically triggers alerts in the control room and also follows automatic rules, How to block a zone.

"Operators can easily manage everything with Wisenet Wave, including alarms, which avoids distractions produced by those that are false," he explains Rafał Filipowicz, Head of the IT and Multimedia Department of Ujazdowski Castle-. There is also the option to search for video footage 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 recomposition function, that reduces the deformation produced by the fisheye lens. Operators can see more clearly and accurately what's happening in a room.

Full Monitoring

Wave's video wall functionality allows the Ujazdowski Castle team to create multiple visual designs of the most critical areas of the museum, as your most valuable exhibited artworks. Operators can proactively monitor what's happening in these high-value spaces.

Video analytics running in the background produces automatic alerts for any events that need further investigation, ensuring that traders don't miss out on anything that happens.

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