CAM-25
Beach capacity at its limit
The beach is at the edge of its capacity and a large group has bunched together on the sand. On top of that, a fire is burning on the beach and a jet ski has entered the swimming area.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognises in this scene
- bonfire
- jet ski
- swimmers
- overflowing bin
- altercation
- gathering on the sand
- beach users
- lifeguard post
The rule
You decide once. IRIS applies it always.
If
occupancy on the sand exceeds the configured threshold
Duringmore than 15 minutes
And alsoa fire or a craft is detected inside the swimming area
Then
- alert the lifeguard post
- publish the occupancy on the sign and online
- log the occupancy by time slot
The instruction that set it up«Tell me when the beach reaches capacity, and alert me to fires or jet skis inside the swimming area.»
What changes
What changes for whoever runs the city
The beach coordinator decides on what he can see from the promenade: if the sand looks full, he calls in extra staff; if not, he doesn't. That eyeball estimate is what he then has to defend when somebody asks why an access was closed or why the cleaning crew arrived late. With IRIS he has the occupancy of the sand measured continuously and an alert when it goes past the threshold he set himself. And he sees, while it happens, what actually causes harm: a lit bonfire, or a jet ski inside the swimming area. Watching the water is still the lifeguard's job.
What people usually ask
Isn't counting people on a packed beach impossible?
Counting people one by one is unreliable once the beach is packed, so IRIS works with density per zone instead: it measures how much of the sand is occupied and where, which is the figure you need for capacity, cleaning and lifeguarding. It is a stable number you can compare from day to day, not an exact head count. And it is calibrated with the council on that specific beach.
Does IRIS work against the light or with glare off the water?
Backlight and glare off the water are among the hardest conditions for IRIS, and it is fair to say so: low sun degrades the image at certain hours, and there the measurement loses precision. That is why counting is done by zone density and calibrated on that particular beach, with its orientation and its bad hours identified. What cannot be measured reliably is flagged as such, not made up.
Does IRIS alert if someone is drowning?
No, IRIS does not alert that someone is drowning, and it matters to say that plainly. IRIS detects situations that are clearly visible from the camera: a fire lit on the sand, a jet ski inside the swimming area, occupancy above the limit. A person in trouble in the water, among waves and at a distance, is a far harder case and not something we can promise. The lifeguard remains the one watching the water.
Demo · IRIS at work
A camera looks. IRIS understands what it sees.
An extract of the real screen, no voice-over and hands-free. Each round poses another situation. What sits behind it is a good deal bigger than what you see.
- It lands in the tray
- You open it
- You confirm or dismiss
Next step
Who watches a whole station at rush hour?
17 cases: 11 raise an alert when something happens and 6 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
Who sees the sales that never reach the till?
10 cases: 4 raise an alert when something happens and 6 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
Nobody covers the night shift:the camera that is already on covers it.
It does not tire, it does not blink and it does not go for coffee. What happens at night is understood just as it would be at midday, and whoever is on duty hears about it while it is happening.
Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
We reply the same working day.