Tamil Nadu public buses get AI-powered panic button
M K Stalin, Tamil Nadu‘s Chief Minister, has launched an artificial intelligence-enabled panic button-cum-CCTV surveillance project in 500 Chennai buses. The state transport department will provide this service in about 2,500 buses under the Nirbhaya safe city project. In the first phase, 500 buses in the metro city have been provided with four panic buttons, AI-enabled Mobile Network Video Recorder (MNVR) and three cameras each, respectively. போக்குவரத்துத் துறை சார்பில் பொது மக்களின் பாதுகாப்பான பயணத்திற்காக நிர்பயா பாதுகாப்பான நகரத் திட்டத்தின் கீழ், 2500 மாநகர போக்குவரத்துக் கழக பேருந்துகளில் சிசிடிவி கேமராக்கள் மற்றும் அவசர பொத்தான்கள் பொருத்தும் பணியின் முதற்கட்டமாக 500 பேருந்துகளில் 1/2 pic.twitter.com/VxvGnlrBx7— CMOTamilNadu (@CMOTamilnadu) May 14, 2022 How it works The MNVR will be connected to a cloud-based control centre through a 4G GSM SIM card. If someone feels discomfort or threat caused by fellow passengers during travel, they can press the panic button. This will raise an alarm at the control centre and produce a video recording of the incident on the bus. The operator can monitor the situation in real-time and decide on the next course of action as per a report. The control centre is linked to the distress response centre of the city police and the Greater Chennai Corporation. This initiative will also help the workers of the Greater Chennai Corporation, the transport department and the police in detecting missing persons and identifying other criminals.
In the first phase, 500 buses in the metro city have been provided with four panic buttons, AI-enabled Mobile Network Video Recorder (MNVR) and three cameras each, respectively.
M K Stalin, Tamil Nadu's CM, has launched an artificial intelligence-enabled panic button-cum-CCTV surveillance project in 500 Chennai buses.
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