ICONIC VMS
Icomera’s Video Management System for Real-Time Video Surveillance
Powerful Real-Time Digital Video Surveillance & Monitoring Solution Enhanced by Icomera's industry-leading X-Series Connectivity Platform
Multi-view HD video streaming & playback
Ruggedised hardware designed for public transport
Secure, web-based audio-visual monitoring software
High reliability, low-latency connectivity
Remote data offload and device health monitoring
Rapid “over-the-air” configuration & upgrades
Scalable, modular hardware
Integrate video analytics as technology evolves
A Vital Concern for Passengers & Operators
Public transport remains the most efficient means of moving people across distances, but it requires passengers to share confined spaces with total strangers for predetermined lengths of time, with limited opportunities to remove themselves from uncomfortable situations.
Passengers may not perceive this loss of control when taking other modes of transport, for example when driving alone in their car, so it is important for transport operators to ease potential anxiety by giving passengers the peace of mind that they and their property are fully secured while travelling.
Powerful Preventative Measures
As part of the Icomera Network Insights and Control (ICONIC) software suite, Icomera offers a high-performance, integrative Video Management System (VMS) comprised of secure distributed and web-based systems, which helps to make journeys as safe as they are comfortable.
Icomera’s ICONIC VMS allows security personnel to perform “virtual patrols” by viewing, recording, and tracking through real-time video feeds from any connected vehicle’s interiorand exterior-facing cameras, at the click of a button.
Secure, Web-Based Viewer
This enables proactive monitoring of incidents as they begin to unfold and opens the door to fast and effective deescalation measures before situations have a chance to cause anxiety, damage, or harm.
In the event that forensic information is needed, HD video recordings can be requested by time, date, and vehicle, uploaded to the server from the router, then downloaded by end users with sufficient access rights.
High Resolution Video Footage
Icomera’s surveillance solution combines IP cameras with its high-capacity onboard connectivity platform to ensure that all video footage is captured, stored, and transmitted at the highest possible resolution and with no reductions in clarity, even in low-light or high contrast environments.
Reliable, Continuous Connectivity & Streaming
Icomera’s SureWANTM algorithm intelligently aggregates all available cellular connections along the vehicle’s route, allowing for better data throughput and stability. This improved connectivity allows operators to reliably live-stream HD video feeds and download footage regardless of the vehicle’s speed or location.
At the heart of the ICONIC VMS solution lies the Video Wall view, which offers effortless playback and recording of as many camera feeds as are needed. Video Walls are fully editable for maximum flexibility and coverage based on the specific requirements of the situation.
Optimised for Reduced Data Consumption
Public transport operators may face strict restrictions on bandwidth and data consumption, which could arise from budgetary constraints due to the cost of data plans, limited cellular capacity along routes preventing the transfer of larger data volumes, or technical limitations of the existing onboard hardware setups and storage systems.
Icomera’s advanced compression algorithms ease these limitations by reducing data consumption considerably, with additional options for users to configure video frames per second (fps), bitrate minimum/maximum, variable bitrates, and predicted frame (p-frame) technology to ensure that fitfor-purpose footage is always available when neededWhether viewing, recording, uploading, offloading, or analysing footage.
Real-time GPS Vehicle & Device Monitoring
The ICONIC VMS displays fleets and devices in both list and map views, giving operators a clear overview of their system architecture and a complete understanding of which onboard devices are travelling within the consist.
Security personnel can monitor the position of vehicles and onboard devices using real-time GPS data, providing a highly accurate and reliable means of seeing which cameras are operational at any given time. Live video feeds from each individual camera can be streamed at the click of a button, offering operational data including frames per second, bitrate, date, and time.
Onboard Footage Retrieval & Maintenance
As part of Icomera’s solution, vehicles are all equipped with secure, high-capacity onboard data storage systems. Storage media can either be removed by hand or uploaded to the operator’s central video data storage server by remote request, saving on unnecessary costs of manual retrieval.
Additional savings can be achieved by automatically offloading data over Wi-Fi, either all at once when vehicles are not in service, or incrementally as they pass through station Wi-Fi networks, considerably reducing data expenditure.
Device health can be viewed directly from the VMS dashboard, minimising the need to perform manual checks on vehicles. Operators will also lower the amount of downtime sustained as a result of manually checking asset health and delays in repairing units which have stopped working.
A Platform for Future Innovation
When imbued with the right level of intelligence, onboard cameras can support a wide range of emerging applications to make every journey safer and more time-efficient for passengers, as well as more cost-effective for rail operators, such as Automated Passenger Counting (APC), object detection, Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) & pantograph monitoring, track obstruction & vegetation detection, aggression detection (audio/video), and more.