Chameleon Detect helps to ensure that those in a duty of care will not fall victim to others bringing prohibited items into a building.
With rising energy prices across the country, social housing tenants are struggling to pay energy bills. They are turning to alternative heating systems to provide heat for their homes, including gas heaters. These will save them money, however, it can sometimes have a deadly impact on the other tenants in the building.
Gas canisters, used to power gas heaters or camping stoves, causes fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning. Although this type of equipment is suitable for use outside, it is incredibly dangerous indoors, particularly within multi-tenant housing. Our tenants at ng homes were concerned about this issue. They found that tenants were bringing gas canisters into their homes, and security were not noticing that this was happening.
We worked to provide an artificial intelligence-based solution. The system had to be specifically calibrated to detect tenants bringing canisters of gas, fuel, or oxygen. This resulted in the creation and installation of our Chameleon Detect system. Our fully autonomous detection system utilises two advanced, wide angled lenses linked to a computer using our Chameleon software. The lenses comprise of a traditional CCTV-style optical lens and one of the world’s most accurate thermal lenses. Together they can autonomously monitor every person who enters a building when motion is sensed. They will scan for explosive canisters and instantly alerting the client if one is detected.
This monitoring process would be extremely complex if it were to be undertaken through human operation of security staff. The level of 24 hour a day, 365 day a year monitoring would be both expensive and less effective due to human error. Chameleon Detect ensures that those in duty of care won’t fall victim to others bringing prohibited items into the building. They can identify the dangers arriving at the door and alerting the responsible persons before it’s too late.
Having identified the prohibited item, the Chameleon Detect system follows its assigned and customisable response protocol. In this application, Chameleon Detect seamlessly integrates with the door entry system to identify the flat that provided access. Or, it can detect the key fob used for access, and then notifies the ‘response’ team member of the threat. The ng homes staff member can then follow up on the notification, and ask the tenant to remove the canister. This can easily be actioned before others are put at risk.
Example
A tenant walks through the door of a tower block carrying a prohibited canister. The Chameleon Detect’s advanced artificial intelligence technology identifies the item. It can determine if the item they are carrying is a gas cylinder, with 99.8% certainty. Given the wide-angle lens of Chameleon Detect, the system can observe the entire lobby, including both entrances, whilst remaining stationary. Having identified the prohibited item, the Detect system follows its assigned and customisable response protocol. The concierge can proceed to follow up on this notification. They can ask the tenant to remove the canister from the building before other tenants are put at risk.
Outcome
Our Chameleon Detect system at Springburn for ng homes has worked to enhance safety for all residents in the building. It has proved highly effective in monitoring the building 24/7. Following the first building’s success, we have installed 28 cameras across 13 different sites, all working to keep tenants safe.
