Load compartment alarm system for person detection

Load compartment alarm system for person detection

Protection against unknowingly smuggling people into the cargo hold

Description Load compartment monitoring system

The “alarm system for load compartment monitoring for person detection” offers protection against “unwanted persons / fare dodgers” on the loading area, as well as protection against cargo theft.

Load compartment monitoring, also against unwanted persons

The warning system monitors the cargo area with two special cameras for detecting people and the main unit evaluates the camera images using a special algorithm based on AI (artificial intelligence). This means that people moving between the load can also be detected.

The person detection system reports “unwanted persons” and “fare dodgers” on the loading area. This provides additional protection, especially when crossing borders, so that the driver does not inadvertently become a smuggler if people use the loading area as a means of transport.

Freight transport drivers can involuntarily become smugglers

Time and again, even today, people without residence status (even without valid papers) try to find their way to another country. Whether they are trying to escape out of desperation or for other reasons is not something we want to or can assess here. For the most part, they are people who are simply seeking protection from the dangers or suffering in their country of origin.

They often use the loading areas of trucks to cross borders with as few checks as possible. Great Britain is often a destination for these people. If “stowaways” are discovered during checks, it is not clear whether the driver was aware of this. To prevent the possible consequences (penalties, delays, etc.), load space monitoring is extremely helpful. Criminals who want to make money from the load can also be detected more quickly.

Let us advise you on this topic using our load monitoring products.

Let us advise you on this topic using our products for load compartment monitoring:

• Phone number: +49 (0) 4822 3673 314
• e-mail: service@truckwarn.de

Truck cargo theft – damages in the millions

Goods worth several billion euros are transported on German roads every day. As one of the most important transit countries for road freight transport within the European Union, Germany is the focus of organized property crime and is increasingly becoming an international field of activity for criminal gangs.

The perpetrators open or damage the tarpaulin in order to steal freight when the vehicle is unattended, e.g. when the driver is not in the vehicle or is asleep in the driver’s cab.

TruckWarn load compartment monitoring can also be very helpful here. Let us advise you on the subject of truck load theft.

Alarm message

Silent alarm: The warning message is sent directly to the driver via a warning LED in the driver’s cab and can send an e-mail as an alarm message to an admin/safety officer via an inserted SIM card in the main unit. The external “e-mail-to-SMS” function also allows the warning message to be sent to a mobile device via SMS.
Loud alarm: The system also offers the function of outputting the alarm message externally via an additional relay in order to activate a warning tone or a flashing LED on the loading area.

Alarmvideos

If an SD card is inserted, the system can record the alarm videos so that they can be subsequently evaluated after an alarm message or analyzed in the event of a false alarm. If required, the alarm videos can also be uploaded to an external server via the SIM card in order to save the videos and analyze them if necessary. If an external server has been set up, it is also possible for the administrator / security officer to connect directly to the cameras in the event of an alarm message and view the cargo hold in order to initiate any further steps that may be necessary.

SD card: Video recording

The G2 main unit can record the camera image from both cameras by inserting an SD card into the “TF card” slot of the main unit.
With a 16GB card, approx. 15 hours of driving time can be recorded by both cameras. When the card is full, the oldest data is deleted and overwritten with the new recordings (every 20 minutes).

Requirements for the SD card:

16 or 32GB, microSDHC, A1 app performance, class 10, U1

Monitoring area of the load compartment / loading area

The area to be monitored (detection area) can be freely defined so that the entire loading area or only partial areas can be defined.

The monitoring area can be determined very precisely for each camera and is calibrated via a special app (TW app) using a mobile device on the main unit.

Light source / brightness for person detection

The system only needs a few lux as a light source to recognize people on the loading area, as even a slight shadow is sufficient for the system to recognize a person or their outline. In order to achieve optimum results even at night or in darkened loading areas, two small LED lamps are fitted to “illuminate” the loading area.

Technical specifications of the cargo hold monitoring system

Main unit (with two cameras):

• Operating voltage: DC 9V – 32V

Protective voltage:

• If the voltage of a 12 V battery drops below 11 V, the system is deactivated to protect the battery.
• If the voltage of a 24 V battery drops below 22 V, the system is deactivated to protect the battery.
• Quiescent current: <= 100uA

• Current when waking up from sleep mode: <= 13mA at 12VDC or
• <= 8mA at 24VDC
• Working current: <= 1000mA at 12 VDC or
• <= 600mA at 24 VDC
• Operating temperature: -20 – 75° C Storage temperature: -40 – 125° C
• Operation at humidity: 10 % – 95 %

Camera

• Operating voltage: DC 7V – 16V
• Quiescent current: <= 100uA
• Operating current: <= 100mA at 12V
• Operating temperature: -40 – 85° C
• Storage temperature: -40 – 125° C
• Minimum lux value: 0.1 lux
• Protection class: IP68

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