Mindmancer system consists of cameras (right in picture), coupled with a server (the box in the center).
To avoid fire attacks have Perstorp chose to install smart cameras at a refugee accommodation for unaccompanied children.
The tracking system has been supplied by the Swedish company Mindmancer, which has spun off from research at Chalmers. Cameras have been set up around the building, and if a man moves off, an alarm to the emergency.
The software of the system can determine if it is human or deer moving in the surroundings and turns alarm only if it These are people. This prevents unnecessary false alarms.
The system can also detect flames and blow the whistle on a sudden a fire breaks out.
– This is the typical scenario, the throwing of a Molotov cocktail. Although asylum accommodation is occupied, you may not hear from within, says Johnny Berlic, CEO of Mindmancer.
When the alarm goes off making the emergency assessment of the incident and take action, for example by sending the guardian.
The system can also be programmed so that some zones are monitored in various ways. The area outside the front door can for example be set so that the alarm does not go about a person just passing by.
In Finland, the Red Cross installed Mindmancer surveillance on their asylum accommodation. But in Sweden, so far only Perstorp that have chosen the system for refugee accommodations.
– It is very, very little considering how many arson attacks it has been. Many people choose to take in the guardian instead, it is rather incredible fact, think Johnny Berlic.
Even Mindmancer systems require security guards, but the idea is that every guardian should be able to cover more items and used more efficiently if they are routed to right place when needed.
Kjell Hedenström, Environment Manager in Perstorp, coming from the nuclear industry and are used to working with intelligent systems. He therefore thought that it was natural to use a smart surveillance system to protect refugee children.
– Since we made the assessment that there was money to be saved. Instead of enhanced patrolling by guards because of pyromaniac engines, we believe that technology can do the job. This system seems more effective, he said.
The idea is that the new surveillance system in Perstorp will be evaluated. If the results are successful, the municipality has concerns about replacing traditional security cameras in schools and commuter station towards a smarter system.
– On a school might be able to summon the attention of school personnel or field assistants so that they can intervene before something hands, and maybe do something positive, ensure that there will be activities for example, instead of guards will chase schoolchildren, says Kjell Hedenström.
In Perstorp, a refugee living in Oderljunga previously subjected to an arson attack . However the accommodation was empty at the time, so no one was hurt.
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