Wide-area surveillance system
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Wide-area surveillance system
- CSIR
- From South Africa
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Summary of the technology
The CSIR has developed a surveillance system that detects and localises moving targets, over large areas and identifies them as humans or animals.
The Kruger National Park houses one quarter of the world’s rhino population and has often become the target of poaching syndicates. The CSIR’s surveillance solution was optimised to operate in the undulating, bush savannah environment, in all weather conditions, day and night, without disturbance. The system is mobile and can be moved between different locations and can operate in a self-sustaining mode for months on end. Findings from its deployment in the Kruger National Park indicated that the high-resolution images acquired are of a quality that is suitable for use in the prosecution of captured would-be poachers.
The system has undergone several upgrades to ensure the design is optimal for the changing environment. Researchers have also developed a new-generation staring array radar. This is capable of providing sufficient information to perform radar-based target classification that would not require an optical system for classification. It also enables autonomous operation, reducing operational cost and the need for operators.
The surveillance system has been used successfully in counter poaching operations. It is the ideal security solution for surveillance of farms, large commercial sites, land and marine border zones.
Technology enhancement to reduce the system’s weight and improve its imagery is ongoing.
Technology Field
Surveillance system
Business Opportunity
The surveillance system has been used successfully in counter poaching operations. It is the ideal security solution for surveillance of farms, large commercial sites, land and marine border zones.
Technology Description
The system is mobile and can be moved between different locations and can operate in a self-sustaining mode for months on end.
Benefits & Advantages
This is capable of providing sufficient information to perform radar-based target classification that would not require an optical system for classification. It also enables autonomous operation, reducing operational cost and the need for operators.
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About CSIR
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, commonly known as the CSIR, is a world-class African research and development organisation established through an Act of Parliament in 1945. The CSIR undertakes directed, multidisciplinary research and technological innovation that contributes to the improved quality of life of South Africans.
The CSIR’s shareholder is the South African Parliament, held in proxy by the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation.
CSIR vision
We are accelerators of socio-economic prosperity in South Africa through leading innovation.
CSIR mission
Collaboratively innovating and localising technologies while providing knowledge solutions for the inclusive and sustainable advancement of industry and society.
CSIR values
CSIR values statement:
Our beliefs, principles and the impact we wish to make to improve the quality of life of South Africans are EPIC. Team CSIR pursues Excellence, celebrates People, personifies Integrity, and welcomes Collaboration.
Our mandate
“The objects of the CSIR are, through directed and particularly multi-disciplinary research and technological innovation, to foster, in the national interest and in fields which in its opinion should receive preference, industrial and scientific development, either by itself or in co-operation with principals from the private or public sectors, and thereby to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the people of the Republic, and to perform any other functions that may be assigned to the CSIR by or under this Act.”
(Scientific Research Council Act 46 of 1988, amended by Act 71 of 1990)
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