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Over the past year and a half, the ICT Lab Utrecht has conducted research for the municipality of Utrecht into the feasibility of a smart surveillance zone. In a smart surveillance zone, RFID technology is used to prevent bicycle theft (read more about the concept here). The ICT Lab Utrecht has begun constructing a test setup to map out the functioning of RFID technology. Subsequently, an application has been developed to store the RFID measurements, making it easier to conduct and analyse experiments. Through these experiments, it was determined whether bike theft could be detected using the smart surveillance zone, which indeed proved to be the case. Special RFID-on-metal tags were also tested to determine feasibility.
Partly as a result of the research, the municipality of Utrecht has decided to start a pilot for a smart surveillance gate. With a smart surveillance gate, only the entrances and exits are monitored instead of an entire area. This solution is particularly suitable for bicycle parking facilities with fixed entrance and exit points. In addition to the pilot with a smart surveillance gate, the municipality of Utrecht is also exploring the possibilities of a smart surveillance zone for pop-up bicycle parking facilities.
Want to know more? Contact Jasper Veldman.