Osan City Upgrades CCTV Systems, Introduces AI Smart Selective Monitoring System

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] On the 19th, Osan City announced that it has upgraded security CCTVs to high definition and introduced an AI-based smart selective monitoring system to build a smart safety city.

The city recently completed a "low-resolution CCTV replacement project" and is operating all CCTVs in the city (547 locations, 2,175 units) after replacing them with 2-megapixel cameras from the existing 400,000-pixel resolution.

From 2017, over a four-year period, the city invested a total of 3.12 billion won, conducting the low-resolution CCTV replacement project in the following order: ▲25 locations in children's protection zones in 2017 ▲110 locations in middle school commute routes and parks in 2018-19 ▲21 locations in general residential areas for public safety in 2020.

The existing CCTVs had poor image quality, making it difficult to identify people's faces or vehicle license plates at night. Through this project, ultra-low light high-resolution CCTVs were introduced to enable clear monitoring even at night.

Additionally, to allow citizens to travel safely at night, the city installed "CCTV LED information signs" and "illuminated emergency bells," and expanded the adoption of AI-based smart selective monitoring systems starting from all CCTV projects this year.

The smart selective monitoring system is an intelligent system that uses AI (artificial intelligence) technology to accurately recognize objects such as people and vehicles, analyze their movements, and display specific events such as loitering, assault, or falls.

The city explained that compared to existing intelligent systems, this system has the advantage of accurately recognizing people and automobiles and selectively displaying information according to situational priority, which prevents blind spots in monitoring.

The city introduced 300 units through a national competitive project (2018-19) and 240 units through this year's project using the AI-based smart selective monitoring system, with a goal to implement the system at all CCTV locations by 2022.

Osan Mayor Gwak Sang-wook stated, "We will continuously advance the Osan Smart City Integrated Operation Center to make it the nation's best smart safety city where citizens can travel with peace of mind."