Madrid and other parts of Spain are being filled with cameras with artificial intelligence (AI). The City Council of the aforementioned city has been expanding its ambitious video surveillance system, focusing on points of great influx of public roads. But the expansion of these technologies does not stop there. In parallel, Renfe is developing an intelligent security system, where algorithms play a key role.
Cameras in more than 400 vicinity stations. The rail transport company The installation has ended of an intelligent video surveillance system in 415 seasons of vicinity throughout Spain. The same has several pieces, among which IP cameras, CCTV recorders, video analytics servers and, as we said, algorithms of AI that give life to what they have called “spaces of high predictive security.”
How does the new Renfe smart video surveillance system work? Traditional video surveillance systems depend on human supervision: it is the operators who must identify situations that require intervention. However, technology is reliefing this load when analyzing images in real time and sending automatic alerts to security centers when necessary.
In the case of Renfe, the cameras are connected to the analytical servers of each station, in charge of detecting maximum afor and agglomerations. In addition, they allow identifying those who try to sneak into the accesses, falls in platforms or roads, fires and acts vandalism such as graffiti or damage to the furniture. The alerts arrive directly to the 24 -hour Safety Center of Renfe, promising to speed up the response to incidents.
The rail operator recognizes that her security system had been obsolete. Although it had thousands of cameras spread over hundreds of stations, they lacked the technology necessary to integrate into the new monitoring system. To solve this limitation, the RS3 project (Renfe Smart Security Station) was launched, whose first phase has just concluded and whose second phase will begin in March.
A millionaire investment. The project has a budget of more than 32 million euros and aims to modernize 597 stations distributed among the 12 Cercanías and Rodalies nuclei. The first phase, already completed, has been an investment of 25.8 million euros, while the second, which will cover the renewal of the systems in 182 additional stations, will have a budget of 6.5 million euros. Financing comes from the NextGeration funds of the European Union.
What about the data collected? Every time there is talk of data collection, the doubt about the impact on user privacy arises. This makes sense if we take into account that European legislation is very strict in this regard. Renfe’s new video analytics system manages a large amount of data, but the company says it has taken measures to comply with the existing regulations.
- The system collects video images anonymously.
- Does not capture or record audio.
- Nor is biometric data.
- Processing is performed automatically with AI.
- The data collected are eliminated after “milliseconds.”
- In the case of the standard video surveillance system, the images are preserved last a maximum period of one month.
The company’s privacy policy for your video analytics system states that users can exercise their rights, including the right to oblivion, opposition, suppression or limitation of data processing, sending an email to rights.viajeros@renfe.es. In addition, it offers A detailed map with the stations that already have the new security system.
