Scene analytics for rail crossing safety

Modern video and computing technologies save lives at rail crossings

While technology has surged ahead over the past decade, it has not been exploited to improve safety at rail crossings, which continue to cause hundreds of deaths and injuries each year. Developments in cameras, data models, machine learning and edge-cloud computing platforms make it possible to analyze live video and provide actionable real-time data from rail crossings. This application note explains how railway operators can use Nokia scene analytics to improve operations and safety. It leverages the latest in computer-vision technologies and machine-learning techniques, creates a model from camera data to effectively “learn” what normal is and then proactively alert operators to anomalies in real-time.