Smart cities
A smart city is all about connecting devices, data and people to improve efficiency – working smarter. Combining industry-leading expertise and experience with scalable, innovative camera and IoT solutions, Axis makes cities more ‘livable’ by improving efficiency for public safety, urban mobility, and environmental monitoring.
Making cities more livable
According to a study from the UN , half of humanity – 3.5bn people – live in cities today and this number is estimated to rise to 5bn people by 2030, putting great pressure on city authorities to find new ways to develop and manage urban areas, while still maintaining citizens’ life quality and safety. Cities will have to use their monetary and human resources more effectively. In short—they’ll have to work smarter. Read, what is a smart city.
Axis’ experience and industry-leading expertise in combination with our innovative camera and IoT solutions, helps city authorities to work more efficiently and to make cities more livable. In close collaboration with our vast network of partners, we can offer comprehensive, scalable solutions built on open industry standards for cities to evolve with the changing needs within public safety, urban mobility, and environmental monitoring. Read, why Axis for smart cities.
Focus areas
Public safety
A smart city is a safe city. A key objective behind any smart city is the use of technology and data to protect residents and visitors. Axis can help cities with solutions that enable law enforcement and private security agencies to work more efficiently with citizen safety, emergency situations, and incident management, making people feel safe as a result.
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Urban mobility
As city populations rise, vital infrastructure, including transit, becomes stressed. This increased pressure affects urban mobility, significantly impacting businesses and commuters, as well as the environment and reputation of the city. In collaboration with our partners, Axis uses video and analytics to create scalable solutions for parking, incident management, traffic efficiency, and statistics, helping people to thrive and connect within the city.
Environment monitoring
Weather, pollution, water, and noise are growing dilemmas for cities and their residents. As an innovative challenger, Axis is developing camera and IoT solutions that make it easier to monitor the data that’s most important to your city. These solutions can generate instant alerts for immediate assessment and action, as well as combining real-time and historic environmental data with other smart city data, making it possible to investigate short- and long-term cause and effect.
Smart city solutions in real context
City of Hartford / Police Department
Hartford Capital City Command Center fast-tracks investigations and solves crimes using a comprehensive surveillance solution
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Toulon Provence Méditerranée
Analysis and image processing provides waterway data for efficient flooding prevention
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Products for smart cities
We always strive to add new dimensions and more intelligence to our solutions, using inventive ways to combine technology and human imagination to enhance both performance and usability.
Built on open industry standards, they are flexible, scalable and easy to integrate, giving customers, partners and experts within relevant areas an easy way to provide new solutions and insights, making cities even smarter over time.
AXIS Q6000-E PTZ Network Camera
Total situational awareness with one click.
AXIS Q37 Network Camera Series
Smooth panoramic view with multi-sensor domes.
AXIS C3003-E Network Horn Speaker
Deter unwanted activity.
AXIS Q61 PTZ Network Camera Series
High-speed domes for demanding surveillance.
AXIS Q16 Network Camera Series
Outstanding video in complex lighting.
AXIS Q19 Thermal Network Camera Series
Detection round the clock.
Key features that make our cameras stand out in a city environment
Products in a city environment must be built with outstanding durability, securing functionality and safety. But to us, quality is not just about withstanding extreme weather or harsh conditions.
It’s also about delivering reliable data in traditional surveillance challenges such as difficult lighting, poor weather conditions and with camera vibrations.
Zipstream
With the Zipstream compression technology the customer will save bandwidth, space and money – without sacrificing quality and valuable information.
Axis Zipstream technology preserves all the important forensic detail you need, while lowering bandwidth and storage requirements by an average of 50% or more.
Unlike most compression technology, Zipstream doesn’t just limit bitrate. Instead, three kinds of intelligent algorithms ensure that relevant forensic information is identified, recorded and sent in full resolution and at full frame rate to preserve faces, tattoos or license plate numbers and more.