Vision sensors, security cameras and camera meter reads
Aqueduct works with three kinds of camera. Security cameras stream video. Vision sensors analyze their own feed and send only counts and events. Camera meter readers photograph an existing meter face so it can be read in the cloud.
Put video, on-device counts and old meters in the same facility picture.
Where each kind of camera goes
- Entrances and plant rooms
Security cameras where staff need to see what happened.
- Corridors, restrooms and queues
Vision sensors that count people without sending video.
- In front of old meters
A small reader fixed to a meter with no pulse or data output.
What the data lets a team decide
- Staff to demand
People counts set cleaning and staffing by actual footfall.
- Check an alarm
Video beside a sensor alert shows whether someone needs to go.
- Meter without replacing
An unreadable meter starts feeding baselines and bill checks.
Camera types, outputs and connection
| Device | Output | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Security camera | Live video, with motion or event alerts where the camera supports them. | IP over Ethernet or Wi-Fi. |
| Vision sensor | Counts and events computed on the device, with an optional preview. | LoRaWAN or IP. |
| Camera meter reader | An image of a water, electricity or gas meter, read in the cloud by computer vision. | Images to the cloud. |
Device agnostic, with leading manufacturers.
Exact make and model are selected per site. These are some of the manufacturers and standards Aqueduct works with.
sites in 21 countries run on Aqueduct.
and 9 clinics in one of India’s top hospital chains.
US airport running water intelligence on Aqueduct.
of commercial real estate under Aqueduct.
FMCG manufacturing campus.
operations run on Aqueduct.
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Common questions
No. LoRaWAN carries only the small event messages, such as people counts and line crossings. A preview image, where a model offers one, travels over IP instead, so the radio network stays free for the sensors that share it. See gateways.
No. Security footage is viewed and recorded alongside sensor alerts. Where a site needs video analytics, a third party tool is brought into the Aqueduct view rather than built into it. See integrations.
The reader photographs the dial of an old meter on a schedule. Computer vision in the cloud converts each image into a reading for Aqueduct. The meter itself is not touched or rewired. See water meters.
Footfall. Each vision sensor reports how many people passed an entrance or used a restroom, and Aqueduct turns those numbers into cleaning rounds and staffing that follow real demand rather than a timetable. See restroom monitoring.
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