Milestone Systems, a pioneering provider of video technology, announced that the award-winning research project furthers the AI capabilities of thermal cameras and Milestone’s video technology software to monitor and assess unusual behaviour and enhance safety in harbours around the world.
Every year 236,000 people drown around the world. In Denmark, the harbours have witnessed numerous drowning incidents over the years, with 1,647 lives lost between 2001 and 2015. A quarter of these tragedies occurred in the harbours themselves. Identifying a clear need to prevent such accidents, a research team at The University of Aalborg leveraged AI combined with video technology to enhance safety in one of Denmark’s busiest ports, Aalborg Harbour. In doing so, they created the largest outdoor thermal dataset for video analytics, covering a nine-month period.
