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Advanced security systems for educational institutions get to the heart of security challenges for students, staff, and visitors on campus. At TKH Security, our tailored approach to educational facilities can directly support your industry-specific needs.

Industry Challenges

  • Managing access and authorization levels within administrative, library, and archival areas, as well as sensitive areas, such as server rooms and IT points.
  • Supporting the client with the integration of the university databases with the database of security systems that link with building parking, access control and intercom.
  • Parking Management for staff and students and non-registered drivers such as couriers and service personnel.
  • Increasing Security with a comprehensive system that can manage the balance between the challenges of intrusion, accessibility and communication across campuses. 

Educational Facility Driven Solutions

  • Access Control covers the movement of people with access to different areas, such as administrative rooms, labs, and lecture halls. This is achieved through systems like face recognition and card readers.
  • Security Management System which provides integrated event-related and alarm information originating from connected security systems such as intercom, video management or access control.
  • Parking Management – enables secure access to university car parks for various groups, including disabled individuals, using long-range readers, license plate analysis, and intercom communication.
  • Integration with third systems – elevator systems, fire alarm systems, key-management systems, and environmental condition monitoring systems.

Tailored Solutions for You

Our AC System simplifies access management for educational buildings, catering to employees, students, and visitors with diverse access requirements through: 

  • A two-step verification system using access cards and face analysis to grant building access based on assigned permissions.
  • Automating authorizations in the system within IPROTECT AC by connecting different databases. At the same time providing an easy feature to retrieve sensitive information like names, card numbers, authorizations, and more. 
  • Parking Management which, connected to a university database for bookings and reservations, brings together multiple access possibilities for students, employees, and visitors through license plate recognition, access cards and intercom. 
  • Leveraging IPROTECT AC data, universities can enhance campus life by providing real-time information on parking availability, library usage, and more. 

Security officers play a crucial role in campus security, monitoring systems, protecting against intrusion, overseeing access, and responding to emergencies.  With our system, you can: 

  • Guard against intrusions/burglaries with an integrated alarm system which immediately sends a notification to the control room or security department prompting immediate action.
  • Arm and disarm security zones based on a planned schedule. Information about the alarm is sent to the security services of the university or an external company. The entire system is managed from the level of visualization, keypads, or access control readers. 
  • Install an intercom and radio communication system for reliable information transmission in sensitive university locations (entrances selected rooms, car parks etc) supporting group messaging and audio broadcasting. 
Case Study

About Wroclaw University of Technology

Wrocław University of Science and Technology is a leading research and teaching center in Poland. Its position among technical universities in Europe and the world is growing every year. The development of the university ensures research potential, teaching at the highest level, innovation, and cooperation with the economy.

The Challenge

  • A logical way of managing parking for lecturers, admin, and students using License Plate Recognition.
  • Providing a stable and strategic process for city center communication, to assist with avoidance of traffic congestion.
  • Providing efficient access to the university building and car park through License Plate Recognition (LPR), IPROTECT AC Cards, and COMMEND Intercom.
  • Integrating the university database with Active Directory to provide structured data storage and a streamlined access process for students, employees, and visitors.
  • Security Management System to integrate AC, VDG SENSE VMS, Intercom, and intrusion detection under one central management location along with Interactive Floor Plans.
  • A dedicated portal for students that oversees parking within the facility grounds and access to the building library.

The Outcome

  • Logical parking management through LPR that can define user access groups (Lecturers, Students, Admin) and the number of spaces allocated to each.
  • Interactive Floor Plans integrating several security disciplines into a single platform which includes Access Control, Video Management, Intrusion Detection, and Intercom for a full overview of campus security.
  • Implementation of Intercom and AC through cards for 25,000 people linked to campus parking and facilities.
  • Student visitor management through a dedicated portal that allows them to log in and confirm acceptance of parking regulations along with adding license plate information for updated parking access.
  • Integration of two databases from the university and Active Directory in relation to parking management for students, employees, and visitors entering the campus through a combination of LPR and student/employee ID cards.

The Solution

Working alongside the requirements of the Wroclaw University of Technology, we were able to offer tailored solutions for the challenges experienced in educational facilities with our dedicated solutions.

Student Portal

To provide a streamlined and user-friendly experience for students, the updated portal features a simplified interface that allows students to enter their LP number and accept parking regulations seamlessly. This new system ensures a faster and more efficient process for students, enabling them to manage their parking needs with ease. With this update, the client can enhance the overall satisfaction of their students while maintaining a high level of security and efficiency.

Multiple databases

To automate the process of creating user profiles in the AC system. With this, the client can automatically create the given name, surname, card number, and authorizations in the system. Two main databases that were linked were the SELS (Electronic School ID System) and Active Directory allowing for seamless data transfer between the systems. By integrating the databases, the client can automatically retrieve critical information such as student and staff records, schedules, and other essential data.

Leveraging AC data for a better way of working

To ensure that universities remain attractive to students, it’s important to utilize AC solutions to enhance campus life. For instance, the iParking website receives the data from IPROTECT to provide students with real-time information about parking availability. Thanks to this data, the university can also provide students with interesting and useful information in their “Strefa Otwartej Nauki” (SON)/Open Science Zone (SON) to show the attractiveness of the library for students, for example, how many people use this facility.

Facility Communication (Intercom)

In situations where a card is forgotten or a different car with a different LPR number is used (VIPs, couriers, borrowed vehicles, etc), Intercom provides a reliable means of communicating with the operator. Through this communication, the operator can authorize access to the facility, preventing any unnecessary delays or disruptions. For the convenience of security employees changing workstations, the Intercom system is also connected to the central phone line.

Manage events and react accordingly

Based on customer requirements, event-driven management procedures were implemented using our SMS where operators are automatically informed by an alarm when an exceptional activity of interest takes place, especially important when monitoring areas where activity should not be taking place at specific times.

Access Control for security-sensitive environments

At the university, 235 readers were installed to offer a fully equipped solution to ensure the highest levels of security for employees, students, and visitors. The advantages of the Access Control system include functionalities such as integration of a student ID card as a proximity access card and flexible expansion of the AC system with additional rooms or buildings. Our solution provides a comprehensive guest service that includes several features. These include the pre-preparation of access cards for conference or training participants (with an office-mode feature), automatic event logging with camera pictures, booking an appropriate number of parking spaces, and monitoring guest movement within the facility.

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Leszek Schmidt

Product Manager – C&C Partners

“The main assumption of the project was to extend the functionality of the student ID and the employee card. Thanks to the use of our systems and their integration with the university database, cards, and ID cards can now be used as access cards to various places. Thanks to such a global combination of our solutions, the user can manage not only the university car park but also the entire university from one place. Undoubtedly, the solution used in this project puts Wrocław University of Science and Technology among the most secure universities in Poland.”

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An informed approach to campus management to ensure compliance and enhance security.

Industry Challenges

The sprawl of a college or university campus presents a set of unique challenges for parking managers, further complicated by the composition of a campus: size and distribution, urban or suburban, and proportion of residents to commuters 24/7Additionally, traditional security systems have a hard time getting an unobstructed view of key areas where undesirable events can take place, like in and between parking spaces themselves. 

Education Solutions

The sprawl of a college or university campus presents a set of unique challenges for parking managers, further complicated by the composition of a campus: size and distribution, urban or suburban, and proportion of residents to commuters. The installation of a Parking Guidance system is a cost-effective method to keep campus traffic flowing during peak periods, manage compliance among multiple user groups, addressing the unique needs of event management, and to bolster security and safety beyond the parameters of a traditional surveillance system. 

 

Tailored Solutions for You 

Advanced wayfinding signage and bright signaling LEDs on our smart-sensor cameras team up to direct students, faculty, staff, and visitors to open spaces within their designated areas across multiple garages and parking areas. For campuses with large commuter populations, an INX Premium Subscription or our Ops Command+ API package can be used to push real-time parking availability to your website and a wide range of smartphones and tablets. 

With the Park Finder software module — available with an INX Standard Subscription — our integrated License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology helps returning parkers to locate vehicles as they prepare to exit the parking facility. By entering at least three numbers or letters from their license plate into a touchscreen kiosk or smartphone app, parkers and staff members can pinpoint the exact location of their vehicle. This Find My Car functionality can be extended to incorporate campus maps for directions to specific buildings. 

The business intelligence built into the core INX system enables campus operations staff to keep an eye on parking patterns and policy compliance across multiple parking assets. An INX Standard Subscription utilizing our Park Alerts software module leverages our LPR technology to fully automate both monitoring and enforcement. Vehicle-specific citations can be issued online, eliminating the labor and equipment cost of present drive-by methods. 

In today’s world, the more eyes you can have on your facility, the better. The fact is, traditional security systems have a hard time getting an unobstructed view of key areas where undesirable events can take place, like in and between parking spaces themselves. 

With a standard Park Assist installation, smart-sensor cameras are already identifying vehicles and monitoring occupancy in every parking space. This enables the core INX system to maintain a complete inventory of parked vehicles for security purposes. Through our Park View Surveillance add-on software module, our M5 APGS can also capture streaming surveillance video whenever motion is detected in or around a space or continuously, if desired. This provides an expanded level of security, campus crime deterrence, and additional protection against liability that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive. 

Products & Services

M5, S2, C5 Smart Sensing

Wayfinding Signage

INX Software

M5 Smart Sensor S2 Smart Sensing Solution C5 Smart Counting Solution

M5 Smart Sensor

Intelligence at the parking-space level to maximize revenue and usage per square foot.

The latest innovation in parking guidance, the M5 is a camera-based smart-sensor with an IP-based CMOS digital camera on two sides. Installed above the driving lane evenly at every third parking spot, each M5 detects space availability for parkers and gives operators an unobstructed view of parked vehicles. Monitoring up to six spaces per sensor, including between vehicles, sensor placement significantly enhances security throughout the facility and increases the number of areas visible via streaming HD video for real time monitoring.

  • Simple installation, unprecedented functionality, and elegant design.
    • To provide parkers with quick guidance and stress-free navigation, each sensor has an RGB (LED) indicator, displaying thousands of colors to indicate occupancy status and space type (i.e., regular, premium, accessible, etc.).
    • M5 sensors are poised for future advances via firmware upgrades along with expansion opportunities via a USB expansion port.
    • The attractive housing has a seal rating of IP66, preventing the ingress of water and dirt from the advanced electronics.
  • 99%+ accuracy verified through precise global monitoring.
    • M5 sensors exhibit a 99%+ accuracy rate. Using our sophisticated software algorithms, accuracy is regularly verified by an internal monitoring process for continued optimal performance.
  • Built-in fault tolerances to ensure system integrity and reliability.
    • The continual dialogue between the intelligent M5 smart-sensors and the core system ensures overall reliability. The core server, INX, constantly monitors the daisy-chained installation, sending notifications for any compromised sensor.
  • Intuitive software to discover real time business insights.
    • Using your parking facility’s live data, our cloud-based INX software platform is used for day-to-day analytics to gain insights for decision making, forecasting activity, and much more.
    • Our PGS integrates seamlessly with your existing software. Additionally, it provides a secure connection to a limitless set of third-party parking-related solutions.

S2 Smart Sensing Solution

Providing sitewide guidance and advanced security.

The S2 camera based smart solution allows. you to incorporate rooftops and surface lots into your parking guidance system. Instead of digging up asphalt, the S2 solution uses CCTV cameras to monitor multiple bays. Similar to mounting cameras for a typical surveillance system, the high-perched cameras take an omniscient view to monitor multiple bays, collecting video and rich data that drives the core intelligence of the system.

The S2 solution effortlessly integrates with M5, C5, and INX providing your team with a more holistic approach to streamlining operations, maximizing efficiency and improving the experience for your customers and visitors.

C5 Smart Counting Solution

Accurately detect bidirectional traffic.

The C5 camera-based counting solution detects vehicles entering and leaving specific areas of a parking garage. It employs a proprietary advanced AI algorithm to count the vehicles accurately and transmits the data to display counts on signs and in the INX platform. The C5 solution uses a single fisheye camera mounted discreetly overhead to monitor two adjacent lanes, making it a cost-effective and efficient solution for parking garages, surface lots, and other high-traffic areas.

The C5 smart counting solution can accurately detect vehicles traveling in either one or two lanes including vehicles driving down the center and bumper-to-bumper traffic without the need for delineators. Using our sophisticated software algorithms, the 96%+ accuracy rate is regularly verified by an internal monitoring process for continued optimal performance.

Combined with the M5 and S2 solutions, a complete APGS provides a wealth of data to advance your operations, inform decision making, and elevate your customer’s experience.

LCD-NAV VMS-NAV Digi-NAV

Next-generation guidance at every key decision point

Through the unique synergy of our camera-based smart-sensor system and customizable wayfinding signage, parkers are treated to a higher level of guidance and convenience from the moment they arrive, plus follow-up guidance at every key decision point.

  • Signs upon arrival. For properties with multiple parking areas, a multi-facility sign announces the number of available spaces at each garage or lot. Continually updated, parkers can determine the best facility to park in at any given moment.

 

  • Secondary signage within a chosen garage. Once a parker has decided to park in a specific garage, a dedicated monument sign displays the number of available spaces on each level.

 

  • Directional interior in-aisle pointers. Once a parker has committed to searching for a space on a particular level, these guidance signs enable a parker to make on-the-spot decisions (left, right, or straight) based on the number of available spaces.

LCD-NAV

Dynamic and customizable for real-time content updates

Utilizing LCD-NAV signs, you can easily engage and attract greater attention from customers by providing up-to-the-minute content updates at all entry and exit points. Whether it’s providing guidance to potential parkers, alerting your customers of garage maintenance, or onscreen branding/promotional initiatives, the LCD-NAV enhances parking guidance, increases garage efficiency, and taps into additional revenue opportunities by communicating critical information more effectively.

An all-in-one plug-and-play solution, the LCD-NAV features a weatherized commercial-grade 49” or 55” outdoor LCD display. With a full HD1080p resolution, this solution is ideal for outdoor use, with a bright and crisp display, even in direct sunlight. Using our content management system, operators can change colors, add a company logo, and display dark or light themes, all effortlessly deployed at the touch of a button. The web-based content management system enables the unit to be configured and monitored remotely.

VMS-NAV

Versatile, full-matrix LED displays for unprecedented design freedom

Parking facility operators have free rein to create and broadcast an expansive set of digital messages in millions of colors, including detailed 24-bit RGB custom graphics. Continuously adjustable, enhanced brightness pixels can be tightly aligned with brand and architecture palettes.

VMS signs are engineered to use Ethernet protocols with ethernet connectivity, greatly simplifying installation and operations while reducing related costs. Signs are sized for ready insertion into a wide variety of new signage and into existing signage, depending on the individual system scenario.

Digi-NAV

Digi-NAV signs are LED signs specifically designed for driver wayfinding.

With adjustable brightness, this product family includes a range of signs which can display counts, arrows, and recognizable parking symbols. All numbers and arrows are purpose designed, ensuring the signs can be clearly seen and easily recognized by drivers. Additionally, Digi-NAV signs are UL and CE certified, and have an IP54 rating. 

Standard Software Optional Software

Unleashing the true power of camera-based APGS

Since the day we invented camera-based automated parking guidance system (APGS) technology, we’ve been on a continual quest to elevate its capabilities to new levels. Developed by our data scientists in response to what our clients wanted most, our standard and optional software is a game-changer in the APGS space.

Standard Software

Our revolutionary INX ecosystem

INX enables owners and operators to achieve even greater operational efficiencies, further elevating the customer experience, and driving new revenue opportunities, which positions them to access exciting new functionalities in real time such as reservations, premium parking, and customer loyalty programs.

Our highly intuitive INX dashboards are tailored to the specific needs of your operation to deliver robust, actionable data. Multiple data points are readily available, both real-time and historical, including:

Occupancy, dwell, turnover, and identification of unique visitor behavior

  • Live data from activity heatmaps, wayfinding signage, and specific facility regions.
  • Isolated activity of individual vehicles, including duration and frequency of visits.
  • Real-time site and environmental conditions that can affect parking volume: i.e., current/forecasted weather, traffic status in surrounding areas.
  • Trend analysis, including the ability to compare live trends with historical performance.
  • Additional comparative analyses.

 

API packages – Designed for your unique needs

Our API packages enable you to tap into a virtually limitless set of third-party solutions and secure access to the vast industry-leading dataset of our proprietary camera-based APGS, extending the data mining capabilities of our software platform. With our API packages, users can collaborate their APGS with an ever-evolving array of complementary functionalities. Plus, when your facility is ready for the next step, our APGS is primed for integration with the frictionless parking solution you choose, without interruptions.

Optional Software

Strategic API integrations engineered to drive the future

  • Ops Command+ package
    Empowers functionalities that heighten operational efficiencies and control to enable:

    • Building systems management
    • Digital signage control
    • Alerts and notifications: i.e., compliance/rules enforcement and VIP notifications
    • Website integration
    • Additional ops functionalities

 

  • CX+ package
    Designed for elevating the customer experience in a myriad of ways to enable:

    • Advanced mobile apps customizable to suit your brand and needs
    • Palm-of-the-hand and vehicle-connected wayfinding
    • The ability for drivers to check availability before leaving – receive personalized navigation to open bays – and locate their vehicles upon exit
    • Find Your Car integration with PARCS through our Park Finder add-on software module
    • Empowers additional customer experience functionalities such as valet parking

 

  • Business Development+ package
    Capabilities that further boost revenue and profitability to enable:

    • Tiered and frictionless parking
    • Reserved and permit parking
    • Fine-detail data and insights on parker behaviors and preferences

 

Park Surveillance – A unique vantage point

With the addition of our Park Surveillance software extension, the smart sensors capture HD streaming video whenever motion is detected, continuously, in between, or around a space. It’s an expanded level of security that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive, giving parkers peace of mind of know their vehicle is being monitored during their entire stay.

The streaming video and transactional time data captured by the M5 cameras can be used in a variety of ways. It’s a powerful combination of evidence for scenarios where theft or assault has occurred, the ability to help protect owners and management against fraudulent claims of theft and vandalism, and potentially deter the intrusion of unwelcome visitors. Since recordings can be saved up to 90 days, security can easily work with authorities if needed.

Park Finder™ – Our advanced-tech vehicle locator

In a big parking garage, at best, the parker is anxious. At worst, the parker becomes anguished at the thought their vehicle may have been stolen. Gone are the days of lost cars, with our Park Finder system, parkers can easily find their car.

With the Find Your Car locator feature in Park Finder, a parker simply enters at least three numbers or letters from their license plate into the app, a kiosk, or at a Park Finder enabled pay station for a PARCS or other revenue management system. In seconds, the core INX system searches the database of currently parked vehicles and identifies the parker’s car through the APGS’s integrated License Plate Recognition (LPR). The parker is provided with an exact location and step-by-step walking directions.

Park Alerts – Automatic recognition of important people or policy enforcement

Our Park Alerts software module taps into the APGS’s integrated License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology and enables you to set automated rules and alerts that bring important events to your attention including:

  • The arrival of a VIP.
  • When a known, unwanted visitor pulls into one of your parking spaces.
  • If employees and staff members are parking in restricted/premium spaces they should not be occupying.
  • If a vehicle has overstayed in a limited-time space – such as a reserved space, a takeout space at a restaurant, or a time-restricted space in an urban setting.
  • If a commuter is parking in your garage, instead of in the designated transit station.

Case Study

About UT Dallas

During the planning stages for a new set of 3 parking garages, which added over 2,700 new spaces, the university elected to explore technological options to create an easier, more enjoyable and more efficient parking experience – for students, faculty, staff and guests alike.

The Challenge

  • Augmenting the functionality of traditional signage for a better way to regulate and streamline parking across its campus.
  • Inefficient usage of overall parking capacity.
  • Making it easier for parkers to take advantage of the university’s strategic multilevel color-coded system, and to find appropriate parking spaces.
  • Further enhancing the perceived value of parking permits in a tangible/visual way, to increase adoption of permits.
  • The ability to gather actionable data for usage trends analysis, better management of parking assets, and forecasting of future needs.

The Outcome

  • An enhanced experience with reduced time-to-park thanks to color-coded M4 sensor LEDs that now signal parkers clearly and quickly to the bays they’re permitted to occupy. 
  • Increased permit usage – By improving the parking process and making it easier for people to find available spots in their designated areas, the perceived value of having a parking permit has increased. 
  • The ability to flex and forecast parking needs – Leveraging the data-driven analytics of the core M4 system – for example, usage trends according to time of day, day of the week, location, etc. UT Dallas operators are now able to fine-tune the number of bays assigned to various user groups and areas to maximize efficiency. 
  • Adding to the UT Dallas sustainability story – By reducing time-to-park, the M4 system has reduced overall carbon emissions on campus. This ties into the University’s wider sustainable transportation initiative. 

The Solution

Following extensive research, the client chose our data-driven Park Assist M4 system that was able to offer:

M4 smart-sensor LEDs

To display a broad spectrum of colors. M4s in regions for defined user groups have been programmed to match the university’s pre-existing color-coding system – quickly guiding permit holders to unoccupied bays in their designated parking areas. 

LPR technology at entry points

And in the camera-based smart sensors, enabling the system to ensure parkers are occupying appropriate spaces. Non-compliant parkers can also be easily identified, informed, and cited if non-compliance persists.

Core business intelligence

The M4 system has sensors that gather information, including data, images, and video. It analyzes this information and reports on important trends and metrics. This helps UT Dallas to better manage their parking areas, reduce parking time, and improve the overall parking experience for different groups of users. As a result, the M4 system has also helped to improve traffic flow in and around the campus.

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Cris Aquino

Director Of Parking & Transportation

“The ability to change parking spotlight colors to match our parking permit needs was very important to us.”

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