Border surveillance made smart and seamless
In the last years irregular migration has dramatically increased and is no longer manageable with existing systems. Improved methods for border surveillance are necessary to ensure an effective and efficient EU border management. FOLDOUT focus is on through foliage detection in the inner and outermost regions of the EU. Foliage penetration is an unsolved important part of border surveillance. By solving the problem of unreliable detections in such harsh environments border guards’ workloads are reduced, costs are reduced and, last but not least, lives can be saved.
Detecting people through dense foliage in extreme climates with only a penetration technology is prone to high fault rates. FOLDOUT built a system that combines various sensors and technologies and intelligently fuses these into an effective and robust intelligent detection platform. Fusing several sensor signals increases the effectiveness of detection. Further, sensors are influenced by events detected by other sensors in the vicinity. By integrating data, such as vehicle traffic, from outside the immediate border area, pre-events were detected and analysed with machine learning tools to continuously increase the systems detection and tracking capability. FOLDOUT contributed to simplify the tasks of Border Guards by combining events from various sensors to give a complete situation threat assessment and suggested reaction scenarios. A two-year pilot in Bulgaria and demonstrators in Greece, Finland and French Guiana FOLDOUT provided fundamental enhancements in the domain of border surveillance and improved search and rescue scenarios.
Facts
- Project start: 01.09.2018
- Project duration (in months): 48
- Budget: 8.1M €
- Funding: H2020
- Project partners: European Dynamics Belgium, Glavna Direktsia Granichna Politisia, Institut Po Otbrana, Kentro Meletion Asfaleias, Eticas Research and Consulting SL, Rajavartolaitos, Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT OY, Office National D'Études et de Recherches Aerospatiales, ONF International, Thales Alenia Space France SAS, BHE Bonn Hungary Elektronikai Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag, CO.RI.S.T.A. (Consorzio di Ricerca su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati), Thases Alenia Space Italia SPA, Itti SP ZOO, Komenda Glowna Strazy Graniczniej, The University of Reading, Valstybes Sienos Apsaugos Tarnyba Prie Vidaus Reikalu Ministerijos, EUTEMA Research Services GMBH
Link
- Project website: https://foldout.eu/
