Icheon City CCTV Integrated Control Center Wins Excellence Award at Gyeonggi Province Best Practices Presentation Conference

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Icheon City announced on the 13th that it won the 'Excellence Award' at the CCTV Best Practices Presentation Conference held at the 'Gyeonggi Province Information and Communications Technology and CCTV Personnel Workshop' held on July 7-8 at Hotel Pulmire in Hwaseong City, presenting achievements in 'smart monitoring and control of self-cleaning CCTV on high-rise building rooftops.'

This workshop was organized by Gyeonggi Province to share the latest information and communications technology (ICT) and excellent solutions among cities and counties in the province and to strengthen the monitoring capabilities of responsible public officials.

Icheon City, which advanced to the final round, vividly conveyed on-site smart monitoring achievements.

Previously, in order to make rapid and comprehensive situational judgments in case of disasters or accidents, high-position CCTV monitoring that overlooks a wide area from a high location was essential, but lens contamination due to severe weather such as rain and dust, and dangerous high-rise maintenance work were chronic problems.

To solve this, 'electronic self-cleaning technology' that automatically removes contaminants through electric field vibrations without mechanical devices was introduced, enabling continuous monitoring without degradation of visibility in severe weather, and allowing stable maintenance of intelligent CCTV performance.

The city is operating high-magnification CCTVs with this technology applied on high-rise building rooftops that can overlook major areas in the city at a glance, including areas around SK Hynix factories in Bulfabal-eup, apartment-dense areas in Changjeon-dong and Jeungpo-dong, areas around Jungli-dong, and Isop-daecheon Park.

Mayor Sung Soo-seok said, "By overcoming vulnerabilities in high-rise building rooftop monitoring with advanced self-cleaning technology, we have achieved a three-for-one result of strengthening the safety net for citizens as well as reducing maintenance budgets and securing worker safety," and added, "Going forward, we will focus administrative efforts on creating a city where all citizens are happy and safe through field-oriented smart administration."