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ALDS Heralds Advance in Perimeter IndigoVision Keeps Watch on US-Canadian
Intrusion Detection Border Crossings
When it comes to perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS) Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has deployed what is believed to
technologies for security sensitive sites such as airports, harbours, power be the largest ever High-Definition (HD) IP Video surveillance system to
plants, etc, there has been limited advancement in the state of the art. monitor its customs operation on the US-Canadian border and at Vancouver
The challenge of any PIDS is to achieve the highest detection rate Airport.
possible while maintaining a very low false alarm rate to minimise and/or CBSA chose IndigoVision’s complete IP Video system to upgrade 30 of its
eliminate the constant need for human operator intervention. Existing land border crossings, transitioning its surveillance from analogue/DVR
detection technologies on the market today which include high technology to a fully distributed, scalable IP-network based platform. The
performance surveillance cameras (visual day/night and forward looking enhanced video surveillance images and tools assist the CBSA with the
infrared) used in conjunction with video analytics, RF radar, passive enforcement of illegal and threatening acts through the collection of useable
infrared, microwave, acoustic/seismic sensors, etc, all have had evidentiary video images.
shortcomings in this area which have limited their widespread use outside Five-hundred IndigoVision HD cameras were installed alongside 500 of
military applications. the original analogue cameras, which are connected to the network using
Dr. Frucht Systems Ltd. has, as a result, introduced an exciting new IndigoVision’s 9000 series transmitter modules.
multi-sensory detection technology that has been recently under Currently, each border crossing has its own self-contained surveillance
prototype development and testing, and is now near commercial system with video being monitored on workstations running IndigoVision’s
deployment. ‘Control Center’ Security Management Software and recorded on
The Advanced Laser Detection System (ALDS) is an autonomous IndigoVision standalone Network Video Recorders (NVRs). The distributed
tactical short range intrusion detection platform, utilising time-of-flight architecture however, will allow live and recorded video from each border
laser radar to scan large areas providing real-time early warning crossing to be viewed regionally or nationally if required in the future.
identification, geo-spatial location, and simultaneous movement tracking
of up to 16 intruders on land or water. Extensive field testing and
deployments have shown that ALDS units are capable of achieving
Air Atlanta Icelandic Hosts Profiling
outstanding performance characteristics with near 100% detection rates
Seminar in Reykjavik
at less than 0.1 false alarms/day. The next generation prototype
development includes new sophisticated algorithms to enable a multi-
sensory approach integrating precision laser radar, Doppler radar, and
surveillance video into a single platform to provide a formidable cost
effective solution that really works like no other.
Although ALDS technology is currently not being used as a mainstream
aviation security solution, it is being used to protect critical national
infrastructure, national borders, military assets, and other security
sensitive areas around the world. Dr. Frucht Systems Ltd. is now in the
process of introducing this technology to the aviation industry as a viable
PIDS solution; it is being prepared for testing by US aviation authorities
and has been recently deployed at airports in Europe, such as in Nice,
France (see pictures below).
Delegates from a range of different Icelandic aviation entities were joined
by industry colleagues from Russia, the UK, Germany, Greenland,
Switzerland and The Netherlands to discuss the potential ways in which
passenger profiling could be adopted as a means of effecting security
controls at airports.
This was the first time that Air Atlanta Icelandic had hosted such an event.
The sessions were delivered by Philip Baum of Green Light, UK, and
Matthew Finn of Augmentiq, Switzerland. Despite fears that the mid-Atlantic
venue would prove an impediment to ensuring a good turnout, the Art of
Profiling seminar was actually a sell out and all parties hope to host another
event in Reykjavik in 2010.
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