1. Safe City
Solutions from
Tekes Safety and Security Programme

2. All Surveillance Systems in One
User need
 Integration of visual security systems with the rest of the
security architecture
Solution
 ASAN Universal Video Platform (UVP) surveillance
software
 IP and standards-based, highly scalable networked
visual surveillance platform
Benefits
 Central management of individual cameras as well as
legacy surveillance systems
 Cost savings, increased efficiency and lower TCO from
existing IP systems
Users
 E.g. maritime industry, intelligent parking facility
surveillance
www.asansecurity.com
ASAN UVP integrates easily with other
security systems, consolidating both
digital and analog cameras.
Enabling visual surveillance and other
security systems to communicate and
interact with each other brings
substantial added value to the end-user.

3. All-in-One Building Management
User needs
 Building automation and security
 Building management, energy efficiency, cost savings
 Easy to use technology
Solution
 Fidelix FX-Net Building Management System integrates.
building automation and security into one system
Benefits
 Easy-to-use, web-based graphical user interface
 Open and seamlessly scalable from a single house to
large multi-building and multi-site solutions
 Energy cost savings; indoor air quality improvement;
enhanced safety; lower maintenance costs
Users
 New building construction; renovation
 Sustainable, green building construction
www.fidelix.fi
The open, web-based Fidelix FX-Net BMS
integrates e.g.:
-Heating and ventilation
-VRF systems
-Energy and water consumption metering
-Intruder detection
-Access control

4. Certified Airport Security by Training
User need
 Need for Airport security improvement is urgent in
Africa
Solution
 Targeted, tailored and systematic training for airport
security officers and operators in the African aviation
marketplace
Benefits
 IATA and EU regulations compliant and certified
training
 Hands on screening training
 Operation audits at system and detail level
Users
 Airlines and aviation security authorities
 Airport operators
www.finsecpro.com
Accredited by:
Finnish Civil Aviation Authority
Estonian Civil Aviation Authority

5. Smart Evacuation
User need
 In case of fire the person to be evacuated needs
clear and unambiguous instructions for the best
escape route
Solution
 Evacuation signs which are able to indicate the
optimal evacuation route
Benefits
 Fast, optimized evacuation, less casualties
 Comprehensive fire situation information for
fire fighters and rescue teams
 The solution is compliant with relevant EN
standards
The PRODEX FIREscape combined fire alarm and
emergency light system is fully compliant with the
requirements of EN54-2/4, EN54-18, EN60598-2-22
and EN1838, and fulfills the requirements of EN50172
Users
 Building owners
www.hedengrensecurity.fi

6. Speeding Wireless Situation Awareness and
Rescue Actions
Need
 Reliable information through richer media
resources to help in day-to-day-missions
 Improved way of sharing significant information
between control rooms and operators in the field
Solution
 Automated, intelligent surveillance and rescue
framework adapted to the mobile environment
 Advanced video analysis and abnormal-situation
detection in mobile and unpredictable contexts
Benefits
 Customised algorithms provide the most
comprehensive picture and automated decision
support for more faster and effective control and
acting in unpredictable situations
Users
 Law enforcement, Fire & Rescue, Customs,
Boarder Guard, Civil Defence
www.itea2-spy.org/

7. Monitoring of Critical Infrastructure and
Environment
User need
 Preparedness for the new threats that are fallen on
critical infrastructure and environment
Solution
 Measurement Management Information System
with integrated Geospatial User Interface, refined
modeling extensions and sophisticated automated
alarm functionality
Benefits
 Early detection of threats trends
 Instant alarms in case of realized threat to public
safety
 24/7 ubiquitous access to the service
Users
 Environment Authorities, Critical infrastructure
operators, environmentally critical industry
http://www.lut.fi/web/en/lut-savo-sustainabletechnologies/laboratory-of-green-chemistry

8. Identify and Secure: Video Content Analysis
User need
 Digital video and CCTV cameras create increasing
amounts of data; human operators are unable to monitor
all incoming images
Solution
 Video content analysis (VCA) for detecting objects and
analyzing behavior
 Automatic alarm triggers based on preset conditions
Benefits
 Improved incident spotting and crime solving rates
 Open VCA platform enables easy integration
Users
 Law enforcement, banking, corporate security
 Also eg. health and social care, traffic flow monitoring
The VCA system detects objects, determines their
properties and analyzes their behavior according
to multiple algorithms.
Mirasys software controls nearly one million video
surveillance cameras around the world.
Customers include large conglomerates and
departments of states such as City of Bangkok,
Statoil and Indian Railways.
www.mirasys.com

9. Business Crime Victim Survey
User need
 Only a fraction of crimes against businesses is
reported to the police and therefore included in the
official statistics
 Comprehensive picture of business crime victimization
requires measures of unrecorded crime
Solution
 National representative victim survey of retail and
manufacture businesses was conducted in spring 2010
Benefits
 BCVS describes the current crime situation at the
national level, analyses risk and protective factors of
crime victimization, and estimates the cost of crime to
businesses
Users
The research project has developed an
indicator system of business crime
victimization in Finland: the Business Crime
Victim Survey (BCVS).
 Governmental agencies, companies, security industry,
researchers, etc
http://www.optula.om.fi/en/Etusivu/Julkaisut/1302672838628

10. Modern Way of Police Work
Need
 Currently check stops are ineffective and only one thing
can be checked at a time
 Instead of cutting costs the Police should actually be
making more money
Solution
 With our Multi Handset all the necessary checks can be
made at one time
 more offenders caught
 more income & better traffic security
 Easy to use: one push of a button per scan
 Automatic printing of fines and statistics
Benefits
 Network, databases & barcodes already exist
 Increased efficiency
 Compact device, familiar to users
www.stopnoise.fi
Scanning the barcode from a
driver’s license

11. Spatial Perception Software for 3D Cameras
Need
 Improved safety and autonomous operation of
mobile working machines
Approach
 New generation cost-efficient 3D cameras
enhanced with dedicated software
Benefits
 More utility, Plug-n-play set-up anywhere
 Detection of events in a higher level of
abstraction → quality instead of quantity
 Increased level of automation
 E.g. object counting, tracking, categorization
Users
 Manufactures of autonomous machines and
Security industries
www.tut.fi

12. Electric Supply Resilience
User need
 Security problems due to outages in electricity
distribution system
 In the case of power outages there is need for
situation picture
Solution
 The database of vital functions of society and
their criticality in case of power outages
Benefits
 Relevant and accurate data available to help
decision making in power-loss situations
 Knowledge on real criticality in abnormal cases
 Possibility to allocate limited resources in optimal
way
Users
 Governmental organizations, safety and rescue
entities, facility management, etc.
www.tut.fi/en/
The research group has long experience on
development of supporting information
system applications for electrical utilities

13. Blast Resistant Wall Sleeves for
Renovation Projects
User need
 Simple, tested and approved solution to penetrate
existing blast resistant and gastight walls
Solution
 TEMET renovation wall sleeve
 Different models for specific needs (electric cables,
water pipes etc.)
 Tested and approved by VTT Technical Research
Centre
Benefits
 Smaller drill holes needed for single cables/pipes
Available also for bigger air ducts (up to ø500mm)
 Easy installation
Users
 Building companies
 Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractors
www.temet.fi

14. Infrastructure Monitoring with Printed
Sensors
User need
 Determine long-term plans for repairing and re-building
large concrete structures
 Have accurate information about the condition of the
structures
Solution
 Wireless embedded large area printable moisture
sensor sheets
Benefits
 Detection of moisture inside large structures, such as
bridges, dams and buildings, help monitor accurately
condition of the structures
Users
 Owners of infrastructure, constructors, condition
assessment and engineering sector. Safety
administration
http://www.oulu.fi/english/

15. Multidimensional Information Fusion in
Situation Awareness Systems
User need
 Processing solution of large amounts of critical
information from multiple sources
Solution
 Proof of Concept for a software system collecting and
processing multisource information to establish reliable
situation awareness (SA) knowledge
Benefits
 Ability to process vital information to elevate the quality
of situation awareness knowledge
 Perception and Comprehension data of the SA model in
order to find non-obvious and potential threats
Users
 Public authorities and private operators who need
improved situation awareness
http://mifsas.astro.helsinki.fi/
Using a single, personalized and business
optimized interface.
Tracking news using probabilistic methods
and using anomaly detection time series
using algorithmic entropy.

16. Intelligent Software for Video Surveillance
User need
 Recognition and alerting of potentially hazardous and
harmful chains of events by video surveillance
 One combined video image instead of many displays
or windows from each separate security camera
Solution
 A software that creates virtual video image of a
target area with no blind sectors, and forecasts
emerging risks
 Enables proactive reactions and early intervention
Benefits
 Breaks the chain of events leading to a threat of
security
Users
 Video surveillance systems, situation awareness
systems, supermarkets and shopping centers
www.helsinki.fi/university

17. Resident-driven security solutions
in urban areas
User Need
 Ordinary people's everyday experiences of
security and safety are needed in urban safety
and security planning
Solution
 Radically new concepts for safety and security
planning in residential areas and other urban
areas
Benefits
 New visions for city planning and new safety
and security solutions for urban areas
Users
 City planning professionals, cities
https://sites.google.com/a/oske.net/aatu/
www.vtt.fi, www.aalto.fi, www.culminatum.fi,
www.helsinki.fi/university/

18. Urban Flood Alarm
User need
 Minimize the damages caused by heavy rain floods
 Forecast floods and inform relevant authorities
Solution
 Local early warning system based on simulation
generated from collected data and real-time data
Benefits
 Predictability of flooding, gives time to react
Users
 Real estate sector, rescue authorities, service providers,
security sector, governmental authorities, etc.
Flood forecast simulations
(10 min, 20 min, 30 min, 1 h,
etc.)
http://www.vtt.fi/sites/smartalarm/

19. Safety of Bridges and Tunnels
User need
 The safe long- and short-term usage of bridges and
tunnels
Solution
 An international open platform for safety and security
monitoring over the entire life cycle of the infrastructure
Benefits
 Early indications for the future maintenance needs and
thus easier to make long-term budgeting and plans
Users
 Ie. public administrations and private companies who
can utilize the platform when building or maintaining
bridge or tunnel structures
The bridge monitoring has been carried out
by selecting five different kinds of bridges,
which have been monitored by project
partners using measuring equipment,
sensors and computers.
http://www.vtt.fi/proj/simo/index.jsp?lang=en

20. A Multi-Service Platform Paves Way for
eCall Implementation
User need
 Automated emergency call in case traffic accident
Solution
 A multi-service platform and business model for
commercial, regulated road traffic services
Benefits
 Pan-European system with global potential
 Unified open platform enables rapid market
expansion
 Successful commercial services pave the way for
the regulated services such as eCall
Users
 Road administrations, Intelligent Transportation
Service industry, all road users
www.vtt.fi

21. Fire Suppression
User need
 Using simulation software to assist in the R&D process
of water based fire suppression systems for very large
applications, such as traffic tunnels
 Providing additional performance evaluation after
experimental fire testing
Solution
 Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) for modeling fine and
fast water sprays as well as gas and solid phase fire
extinguishment
Benefits
 Provides a systematic way to develop water based fire
suppression systems with simulation software
 Supports sales
Users
 Companies developing water-based fire suppression
technologies, especially water mist technology
www.vtt.fi

22. Identification of Concealed Threats
User need
 Reliable and accurate stand-off identification of
concealed threats
Solution
 World’s first passive broadband THz camera for standoff identification of concealed threats
Benefits
 Substantial improvement in all relevant metrics: thermal
resolution, spatial resolution and temporal resolution
 True stand-off operation: beyond 5 meters
Users
 Airport and port security, facility security, security
industry and agencies
www.vtt.fi
Thermal resolution (NETD)<0.5 K per frame
Spatial resolution <2 x 2 cm at 8 meters
target distance (diffraction-limited 40 cm
aperture @ 650 GHz)
Temporal resolution: 10 ms 10 Hz frame
rate

23. Sense of Safety at Railway Station
User need
 The main railway station of city of Espoo was rated
by the citizens as a place where feeling of
insecurity dominated. Although the statics did not
support the public opinion, the situation was felt
intolerable by the city
Solution
 The city purchased the station from the railway
operator and invested in a major renovation project,
in which structural changes, lighting, accessibility
and also technical security were addressed
Benefits
 The opinion poll carried out after the renovation
showed that the citizens welcomed the outcome of
the renovation with ratings indicating a substantially
improved sense of safety
Users
 The results are applicable to any public transport
hub
www.espoo.fi
Source: City of Espoo