mru first in canada to adopt black screen, ai security monitoring - street light price

To strengthen the security of the Calgary campus, Mount Royal University is turning to artificial intelligence.
As part of a few years
Long upgrade, 20-year-
The old CCTV camera was replaced by 360degree high-
A resolution camera and a software system that can learn from observation.
Mount Royal will be the first Canadian organization to use the iCetana technology developed in Australia, which has been widely used in the United States. Over a 14-
During the day, the monitoring system learns to identify what is "normal" activity based on the time of day and the time of day.
The camera display displays a black screen when everything is OK.
Once an exception occurs, such as an unusual movement in an area or time of the day, or an item on a screen that the system is not familiar, the affected area will appear on one of the screens in real time.
"It works on a fluid dynamics-based system that takes images and converts them to pixels.
Then it will do pattern recognition and learn from what it sees, "said Grant Sommerfeld, associate researcher.
President, facility management, MRU.
"For example, if a person stops moving in the corridor, it flashes the view of the camera in the dispatch and is triggered to watch. . .
It could also be a group of people standing together, or if someone leaves a backpack and can then investigate.
"Although the camera is not equipped with face recognition, the system is designed to allow the security department, if necessary, emergency services to track abnormal situations and be proactive in the security plan.
In addition to providing a better coverage, the new system ensures that things are not missed, when one is responsible for watching 300 of the live broadcasts of more than 118-
Acre campus once.
The new system has found a car making donuts in a parking lot and another car hitting a street light on campus.
Part of the security upgrade includes 9 Blue Security phones with 360 of their own.
The degree camera nicknamed "Code Blue" will be fully operational at various locations on campus by the end of the summer.
"We are currently trying to use these (Code Blue)
So that people can ask for help anytime, anywhere, which will bring us more help.
The depth of those pedestrian corridors that are heavily used is covered, "somafei said.
The card reader on the door will also help with the process, and by 2021 at the latest, by pressing the button, the entire campus will be able to be locked in case of emergency, added somafei.
"As our new library grows longer and longer, we want to make sure people can get in and out easily. . .
"This will also prevent security guards from having to manually lock and unlock 58 outer doors every day," said Sommerfeld . ".
The three components of the project are funded by three different sources of income, including the university's operating budget, the library project fund and the provincial government's infrastructure maintenance act.
Sommerfeld will not comment on the total cost that has occurred so far.
An app called MRU can now be downloaded on iTunes and Google Play store, which alerts users to security issues on campus and allows them to report emergencies from their phones.
It has a "work alone" and a "friend walk" option where users can share their location so they can track their walks on campus in real time.
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