Congestion Control

Video systems monitor the movement of people,
traffic to eliminate congestion, reduce risk

Municipal governments and businesses are using intelligent video systems with video content analysis (VCA) in new and innovative ways to better serve their citizens and customers. One of the most effective applications of these systems is monitoring the movement of people and vehicles, often called congestion detection, with the goal of eliminating bottlenecks and the free-flow of traffic and pedestrians.

Leverage Information Systems’ video systems with VCA technology is providing municipal governments and others with new capabilities for real-time tracking of objects, people, and events.

For example, real-time video systems with VCA can be used to track the buildup of pedestrian traffic at metro and train platforms, public spaces with queues, and even public events where congestion can pose safety concerns. Video monitoring is also being used at roadway entrance and exit ramps for traffic control. When a command center is automatically notified of a build-up of congestion, authorities can take immediate action to relieve the congestion.

Businesses are also taking advantage of video monitoring systems with VCA. Some firms are using the monitoring systems to provide statistics on pedestrian traffic, such as at stores, for marketing research purposes.

Leverage’s intelligent video systems run on a no single point of failure IP network consisting of core and edge network devices, cameras, network video recorders, and Control Center equipment. Our systems feature virtually unlimited scalability, ubiquitous access, high quality images at lowest available bandwidth, and a no single point-of-failure architecture. By enhancing the performance of these systems using VCA Leverage’s systems provide real-time, actionable intelligence, allowing monitoring personnel to proactively address congestion issues.

Video analytics is software technology that is used to analyze video for specific data. This software then evaluates the contents of the video stream using algorithms to determine specified information about the content of that video.

In applying video analytics to congestion detection organizations use VCA-capable video systems to monitor at a pre-determined location. Using congestion detection software the system can automatically alert appropriate officials at a command center. Here’s how it works: Monitoring professionals define a specific area they want to monitor, say a platform at a railway station. As commuter congestion builds on the platform the VCA will sound an alarm in the railway command center that congestion has approach capacity, and thereby increasing safety risks for commuters. Based on this actionable intelligence, transportation officials can take proactive steps by sending crowd control officers to the scene or reroute commuters to other locations.

For more information on video monitoring with VCA for tracking objects, people and events, call Leverage at 1.800.825.6680.