Enhancing Rail Safety and Efficiency: Industry-Leading Under-Train Surveillance System

In today's fast-paced rail industry, ensuring the safety and smooth operation of rail systems is paramount. Overcoming challenges related to identification, accuracy, and inspection scheduling is crucial for maintaining a safe and efficient rail network. The ability to adopt innovative technologies that require minimal infrastructure changes can mean the difference between swift implementation and time-consuming engineering. Addressing these needs, ISS, a pioneering company in environmental analytics, introduces SecurOS® UTSS (Under Train Surveillance System) to the rail sector.

SecurOS® UTSS: Rapid Deployment with Permanent Performance

Designed for permanent installation, SecurOS® UTSS offers a highly efficient hardware-software based solution for remote under-train surveillance. The system excels in simultaneously recognizing train carriage characters (numbers) while generating high-quality images of the train's bogies. These images enable operators to easily identify any objects that do not belong to the undercarriage, enhancing security measures.

Built to Withstand Rigorous Rail Environments

SecurOS® UTSS utilizes an aluminum alloy chassis and BK7 optical glass, providing robust protection for its machine vision cameras, LED lighting system, and internal analytics processor in the impact-prone rail environment. Rated to IP68, the system is designed to withstand long-term exposure to weather conditions and heavy impacts.

Versatile Applications for Comprehensive Inspection

SecurOS® UTSS offers automated visual inspection capabilities for all types of train systems, including passenger carriages, freight wagons, low-sided cars, railroad hopper cars, reservoir trucks, and flat wagons. With its compact size, the system can be installed and operated at any section of the railway track where undercarriage visual inspections are required.

Key Advantages of SecurOS™ UTSS

High-Quality Undercarriage Scanning:

• SecurOS® UTSS provides complete colored images of the train undercarriage.
• The system employs a high-resolution, high-frame-rate machine vision camera, advanced 12-bit HDR processing, and an automatic gain system (12 LEDs lighting system) to deliver images with even illumination under varying lighting conditions.
• Image quality remains unaffected by changes in train speed or when the train comes to a complete stop.
• Supports train car speeds up to 15 mph (25 km/h).
• Patented technologies ensure distortion correction and composite image stitching.

Easy Installation and Maintenance:

The compact UTSS platform requires no extensive construction work for deployment, facilitating prompt commissioning and simple maintenance.

Built-in video analytic detectors eliminate the need for physical sensors to detect vehicle presence.

The UTSS platform's highly durable construction resists vibrations generated during train movement, and the scanning camera is protected with an anti-vandal dome.

Electronic components are safeguarded against dust, moisture, and other environmental influences.

Optional features include an air-liquid UTSS-platform cleaning system and additional heating system.

SecurOS® UTSS is designed for round-the-clock and year-round operation.

Advanced Data Handling:

Undercarriage images are saved together with the respective recognized train car numbers, enabling later searches and analysis.

The system seamlessly works with any types and sizes of train cars.

The built-in video analytic software system, SecurOS Transit, is utilized for train car number recognition.

Additional data includes train car type, passing time through the control zone, and the number of train cars in the train.

The solution verifies the identifying numbers of train cars passing through the control zone for compliance.

SecurOS™ UTSS can save undercarriage scans of a particular train car as a reference image for field-based Foreign Object Detection (FOD) when the same train car reappears.

If you're in the railroad infrastructure business, you're advised to take a closer look at this cutting-edge, high-tech solution. SecurOS® UTSS offers industry-leading under-train surveillance capabilities, providing efficient remote monitoring, accurate train carriage recognition, and comprehensive visual inspection. With its ease of installation, minimal maintenance requirements, and ability to seamlessly integrate with existing systems, SecurOS® UTSS is a game-changer for enhancing rail safety and efficiency. Stay ahead of the curve and explore the immense benefits that this state-of-the-art solution brings to the railroad industry.

About the author

Nikolas Bush is the VP for APAC at ISS (Intelligent Security Systems), a pioneering and leading organization in the development of video intelligence and data awareness solutions. With over 25 years of experience in the telecom, IT, and security industries worldwide, Nikolas has held executive positions for a number of multinational telecom operators and system integrators. He can be reached at bush@issivs.com.

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