Nationwide upgrade and extension of Asfinag’s video surveillance system, Austria
Austrian Highways Project
Today’s highways are complex networks that need to be monitored closely, not just for safety, but also to ensure optimal traffic flow.
Our cooperation with Asfinag (Austrian highway management company), meant that we were able to align their vision and anticipation of future growth with our solutions: a smart, user-friendly system that would embrace open standards while offering support for legacy protocols.
In collaboration with systems integrator Siemens, we designed an end-to-end surveillance system based on ONVIF-compliant hardware. Part of Asfinag’s 5,500 surveillance cameras were replaced, and new and existing analogue cameras were connected to a mix of SIQURA’S S-series video encoders which offer standardized H.264 video streaming and flexibility of wiring.
To make the most of AKUT, Asfinag’s acoustic tunnel monitoring system, TKH Security adapted its XCU cameras. The tunnel sound picked up by AKUT can now be digitized and transferred to the control room for further analysis.
The XCU camera continuously analyses the images it captures for unusual occurrences, such as stopped vehicles, pedestrians, lost cargo or smoke and as soon as an incident is detected, it automatically sends out an alert to a control room.