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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

An Integrated Fusion Engine for Early Threat Detection Demonstrated in Public-Space Trials.

Henri Bouma, Maria Luisa Villani, Arthur van Rooijen, Pauli Räsänen, Johannes Peltola, Sirra Toivonen, Antonio De Nicola, Massimiliano Guarneri, Cristiano Stifini, Luigi De Dominicis

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Henri BoumaTNO-Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, 2597 The Hague, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9363-6870
Maria Luisa VillaniENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00123 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7582-806X
Arthur van RooijenTNO-Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, 2597 The Hague, The Netherlands.
Pauli RäsänenVTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland, 33101 Tampere, Finland.
Johannes PeltolaVTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland, 33101 Tampere, Finland.
Sirra ToivonenVTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland, 33101 Tampere, Finland.
Antonio De NicolaENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00123 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1045-0510
Massimiliano GuarneriENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00123 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8041-4067
Cristiano StifiniATAC-Azienda per la Mobilità di Roma Capitale S.p.A, 00176 Rome, Italy.
Luigi De DominicisENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00123 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7358-9624

Funding

NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) G5605 and G5969
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Counter terrorism is a huge challenge for public spaces. Therefore, it is essential to support early detection of threats, such as weapons or explosives. An integrated fusion engine was developed for the management of a plurality of sensors to detect threats without disrupting the flow of commuters. The system improves security of soft targets (such as airports, undergrounds and railway stations) by providing security operators with real-time information of the threat combined with image and position data of each person passing the monitored area. This paper describes the results of the fusion engine in a public-space trial in a metro station in Rome. The system consists of 2D-video tracking, person re-identification, 3D-video tracking, and command and control (C&C) formulating two co-existing data pipelines: one for visualization on smart glasses and another for hand-over to another sensor. Over multiple days, 586 commuters participated in the trial. The results of the trial show overall accuracy scores of 97.4% and 97.6% for the visualization and hand-over pipelines, respectively, and each component reached high accuracy values (2D Video = 98.0%, Re-identification = 100.0%, 3D Video = 99.7% and C&C = 99.5%).

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Explosive AgentsTerrorismHumansExplosive Agentscounter terrorismforensicsre-identificationsurveillancethreat detection

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PMID36617038
PMCPMC9824183

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