An edge-based camera on Minsk Square on Cubbon Road watches over the citizens. An edge-based camera that can analyze traffic on both sides of the street has appeared in Minsk Square on Cubbon Road in the city. According to the authorities , the CCTV camera was installed on a trial basis to understand the efficiency of the technology. The experiment should help the traffic police department, which are currently in the process of acquiring 330 cameras with artificial intelligence (AI).
“We installed a camera on the traffic island near the Cubbon Park subway station. It’s called the edge-based camera, which can analyze vehicle traffic on different roads connected to the intersection. Based on the results of the camera, we will be able to change the times at the traffic lights in order to reduce the waiting time for drivers, ”said Ravikante Gowda, joint Commissioner (Traffic).
This is the first pilot study taken up in the city at a time when the ministry is in the process of improving traffic signs at most of the intersections while the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) was in charge of sourcing similar technologies in 29 traffic intersections, Karnataka Road Development Corporation Ltd (KRDCL) has issued tenders to install 330 AI-compatible cameras.
Based on the results obtained through the camera, we will be able to change the timings in the traffic signal so that the waiting time for motorists is brought down
-Ravikante Gowda, Joint commissioner (Traffic)
Tech adoption
Traffic police have taken steps to use advanced video analytics technology to detect common traffic offenses, such as jumping red signals or the stop line, driving recklessly, not wearing seat belt or helmet and talking over phone while driving etc. Of the total, 250 cameras are supposed to read the license plate number of the vehicle and an additional 80 cameras are purchased to detect violations of the red line.
Currently there are only ten cameras at intersections such as TC Palya, ASC Center, BMTC Shantinagar, Deve Gowda Junction, etc- that are equipped with the Red Light Violation Detection (RLVD) technology. Together with 330 cameras, this will be connected to the automated system that has yet to be installed. License plate recognition system (ANPR) that intervenes whenever speed violations, no helmet, signal jump, etc. are detected. The technology is so high that the police would have at least five photos and a ten-second video clip for each crime.
In addition, DULT has given the Japanese company Nagoya Electric Works Co Ltd. a Japanese firm, the work to improve 29 traffic lights, which is expected to start the preparatory work on the construction site in the short term. The technology promises to reduce the waiting time at 29 intersections by optimizing the way traffic lights work . The system aims to reduce the length of queues at intersections through efficient use of the road infrastructure.
