MetroRio, Rio de Janeiro's metro system, has deployed a complete IP video surveillance system from IndigoVision to protect the 700,000 people who travel daily on its network and to allow for future extensions of the metro service.
Background
MetroRio, Rio de Janeiro's metro system, has deployed a complete IP video surveillance system from IndigoVision to protect the 700,000 people who travel daily on its network and to allow for future extensions of the metro service.
Solution
IndigoVision won the contract to replace MetroRio's ageing analogue surveillance system because of the image quality of the IndigoVision cameras, which makes for precise identification of individuals in recorded images, coupled with the flexibility of the IP system, which can be scaled up as the metro network grows.
Mr. Newton Werneck, CIO of MetroRio stated: "IndigoVision's image quality is excellent, and the distributed architecture of the system will allow the surveillance network to grow along with the metro system."
Another crucial factor in winning the business with MetroRio is the system's highly efficient and economical file storage capability. Compared with other IP video systeos, storage requirements are significantly reduced thanks to IndigoVision's advanced compression technology and the use of the unique Activity Controlled Framerate (ACF) feature, which is built into the IP cameras. ACF regulates the framerate of the video stream according to the motion in a particular scene.
The IndigoVision system also provides MetroRio with improved event archives and content distribution across its network; IndigoVision's unique distributed architecture eliminates the need for a central server.
IndigoVision's Brazilian partner Setha Prossegur worked with MetroRio to create the surveillance system, which includes 141 fixed IP cameras, 21 PTZ cameras and approximately 700 existing analogue cameras that have been integrated into the system using IndigoVision encoders. An IndigoVision NVR-AS 3000 (network video recorder) is in place at each station, with back-up provided between stations.
Founded in 1979 with five stations operating on one line, MetroRio is now divided into two lines and serviced by 35 stations.