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Debris inside the tunnel
A tipper truck has dropped part of its load of rubble inside the tunnel and the debris covers the left-hand lane. Two cars have braked behind it and the rest of the traffic is changing lanes on the move.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognises in this scene
- rubble
- truck
- stopped vehicle
- vehicle
The rule
You decide once. IRIS applies it always.
If
a stationary obstacle appears in a tunnel lane
Duringmore than 10 seconds
Then
- alert the tunnel control room
- close the lane and lower the speed limit
- alert the street cleaning crew
The instruction that set it up«Tell me if an obstacle appears on the tunnel roadway, and which lane it is in.»
What changes
What changes for whoever runs the city
Inside a tunnel nobody swerves around anything: there is no hard shoulder, the curve hides what is coming and the car behind arrives with no room to brake. The rubble has been there since the lorry went through, and the control-room operator still does not know. Every minute like that is a rear-end collision waiting to happen, and in a tunnel one becomes several. With IRIS that operator gets the alert with the lane named as soon as the obstacle stops moving. He closes the lane, drops the speed limit, and the same alert opens the job for the cleaning crew without anyone having to write it.
What people usually ask
Doesn't the low light in a tunnel make detection harder?
Low light in a tunnel does make detection harder, but it is a known problem and it is solved at installation. Tunnel cameras are already built for artificial light and low contrast, and IRIS is calibrated on those images, not on daylight footage. If one camera cannot deliver the quality its position needs, IRIS says so in the self-check rather than returning an unreliable detection.
How quickly does IRIS alert to an obstacle inside a tunnel?
IRIS alerts within seconds of the obstacle coming to rest in the lane. In a tunnel that time is what matters most, because there is no visibility and no way out, and the car behind arrives immediately. The alert says which lane and which point of the tunnel, provided those were marked on the image when the camera was set up.
Can IRIS light up the tunnel signs and close the lane by itself?
IRIS does not replace the tunnel systems, but it can send them the command when they are connected: message signs, lane signals, ventilation. It works alongside them and tells them what is happening and where. And you decide what runs automatically and what waits for the control room operator to confirm.
The real interface, step by step
Watch what happens. Then watch what IRIS does with it.
Not a recorded video and not a drawing: it is a summary of the real tool, with a different case each time round. The whole tool does not fit in a box.
- You ask
- IRIS searches
- It shows you
Next step
How long does it take to find a hand played two hours ago?
12 cases: 9 raise an alert when something happens and 3 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
What does a shopping centre see beyond the visitor count?
12 cases: 4 raise an alert when something happens and 8 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
The door was left open at two.Finding out at nine is no use to anyone.
The video tells you at nine. IRIS says it at two, with the camera, the time and the images from that moment. The difference between the two is whether someone can go.
Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
We reply the same working day.