Police patrols in the Middle East may soon be equipped with AI-powered drones capable of traffic and crowd analysis, 360 situational awareness, and more. The AI EagleEye Intelligent Patrol technology is the world’s first lightbar-embedded AI drone, launched by Dubai Police’s intelligent light-bars developer, Zenith Technologies.
The fully functional AI Drone can take flight autonomously or manually at the press of a button, providing an eye in the sky with a 360-degree birds-eye view, the company stated in their announcement.
The drone utilises in-house developed technologies such as 360 degrees situational awareness, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), make model colour (MMC), face recognition (FR), LIDAR Speed enforcement, automated traffic infringements including real-time detection of fastened seatbelts and Mobile Phones usage whilst driving.
“We began our engagements with Dubai Police as far back as 2008 when we introduced a mobile ANPR solution- a world first. Due to the success and simplicity of that ANPR offering, Dubai Police has since then expanded its appointments with Zenith into numerous other technologies,”
said Russell Hammad, founder, and CEO of Zenith Technologies.
The EagleEye also features expansive capabilities that allow for visual pollution detection, traffic and crowd analysis, detection of objects in the dark, and 3D mapping of the surrounding environment. All information is relayed in real-time to a police control centre through Zenith’s AI-powered traffic enforcement management (TEM) command and control secured protocols.
“Zenith prides itself in being innovators, patent and expansive IP holders in a number of disrupter platforms, incorporating advancements in both the software and hardware componentry of these niche HMS technological suites. In fact, Wikipedia features Zenith’s Mobile ANPR as the first such global deployment in early 2008, in its definition of the technology,” Hammad said.
Founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2008, Zenith Technologies focus on Australasia and the Middle East region. Apart from Dubai Police, Zenith has partnered with a number of governmental security apparatus in the region, including the governments of Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, as well as Ajman Police, Emaar, Meraas, Dubai Holding, and Nakheel, Hammad added.
Source: Defence & Security