Project description
A smart way to count people
Safety risks are increasing in a global environment characterised by the rapid growth of the population and the subsequent need for energy efficiency. New solutions for mitigating risks and monitoring people flow in public and private places including airports, train stations and malls are urgently needed. Existing market solutions consume large amounts of energy and are data-driven, and as such are costly and may violate privacy. The EU-funded PRIVATETRACK project proposes a new solution that offers people counting based on dynamic vision sensor (DVS) technology. DVS is a low-cost, energy saving solution that offers smart room occupancy monitoring and ensures privacy. The solution is ideal for cases of emergency as it assures both energy efficiency and building safety.
Objective
Growing population, ambitious EU energy efficiency goals and ever increasing safety risks need to be mitigated urgently via smarter analytics of what is happening in buildings, airports, train stations, malls (everywhere). Part of this is the management and monitoring of people flow. Conversely, many solutions on the market use a lot of energy and data and have very high costs. Many related surveillance systems also infringe on privacy rights.
Founded by the inventors of event-based vision, iniVation has developed a new privacy friendly solution for room occupancy detection and people counting based on Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) technology – PRIVATETRACK. The resulting events are processed using novel state-of-the-art algorithms to produce useful information. DVS represents a low cost, low energy usage and a longer battery life, people counting solution. It ensures privacy, as it does not record images.
Headquartered in Zurich and founded in 2015, iniVation leads the field, combining decades of world-leading experience in vision sensor hardware and software design with deep experience in multiple industries including automotive, logistics and medtech. PRIVATETRACK can allow for the energy efficiency and safety of buildings and ensure a better response in case of emergency, potentially saving lives.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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8050 Zurich
Switzerland
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