Objective
In the last years irregular migration has dramatically increased, and is no longer manageable with existing systems. Improved methods for border surveillance are necessary to ensure an effective and efficient EU border management.
FOLDOUT focus is on through foliage detection in the inner and outermost regions of the EU. Foliage penetration is an unsolved important part of border surveillance. By solving the problem of unreliable detections in such harsh environments border guards’ workloads are reduced, costs are reduced and, last but not least, lives can be saved.
Detecting people through dense foliage in extreme climates with only a penetration technology is prone to high fault rates. FOLDOUT will build a system that combines various sensors and technologies and intelligently fuses these into an effective and robust intelligent detection platform.
Fusing several sensor signals increases the effectiveness of detection. Further, sensors will be influenced (i.e. detection parameters adapted) by events detected by other sensors in the vicinity.
By integrating data, such as vehicle traffic, from outside the immediate border area pre-events can be detected and learned. The events will be analysed with machine learning tools to continuously increase the systems detection and tracking capability.
FOLDOUT will make the tasks of Border Guards simpler and faster by combining events from various sensors to give a complete situation threat assessment combined with suggested reaction scenarios.
A two year pilot in Bulgaria and demonstrators in Greece, Finland and French Guiana FOLDOUT will provide fundamental enhancements in the domain of border surveillance and improved search & rescue scenarios.
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1070 Wien
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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11000 Beograd
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1202 Sofia
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1574 Sofia
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10177 Athina
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08001 Barcelona
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00131 Helsinki
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02150 Espoo
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91120 Palaiseau
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94736 Nogent Sur Marne
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94704 MAISONS ALFORT CEDEX
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31100 Toulouse
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1044 Budapest
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80143 Napoli
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00131 Roma
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61-612 Poznan
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02514 Warszawa
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RG6 6AH Reading
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03116 Vilnius
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1140 Wien
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