Crowding
Sudden gatherings and crowded areas in stores, branches and campuses.
Ready15 use cases
Crowd and event management
Crowd limits, surges, gate counts, queues and parking at events, temples and venues.
Child unattended or isolated
A child alone, isolated, or staying in one spot unusually long.
Validating
Protests and sudden gatherings
Crowds forming quickly at junctions, offices and sensitive sites, with headcount.
Ready
Crowd density and limits
People in each enclosure against its safe limit, with alerts before it is overfull.
Validating
Surge and stampede risk
Sudden running, surges and crowd pressure at gates, ghats and platforms.
Validating
Gate entries and live headcount
Entries and exits at every gate, and how many are inside the venue now.
Ready
Darshan and entry queues
Queue length and waiting time in darshan lines, ticket counters and security checks.
Ready
Crowd flow against the route
People walking against the one-way crowd route at gates, ramps and exits.
Ready
Child alone in the crowd
Pilot: a child alone or separated in crowded venues, as leads for the help desk.
Pilot
VIP and dignitary arrival
Recognises enrolled VIPs at gates so protocol and security are ready.
Rolling out
Event parking fill
Free and taken bays in every parking lot, so traffic is sent where there is space.
Ready
Pickpocketing and snatching in crowds
Grab-and-run and pickpocket-like movements in markets, buses and queues.
Validating
Platform overcrowding
Platforms filling beyond safe levels, so entry can be held.
Validating
Station footfall by gate
Passengers in and out through every entry, by hour, to plan staff and trains.
Ready
Lift lobby and clubhouse crowding
Lobbies, lifts and the clubhouse beyond their limit, during events and peak hours.
Validating14 use cases
Parking and mobility
Bays, overstays, wrong parking, reserved bays, gate queues and plates.
Number plates in and out
Every vehicle in and out by plate, with watchlist alerts.
Ready
Stolen and wanted vehicles
Plates on stolen, wanted or unpaid-challan lists, flagged the moment they pass any camera.
Ready
Vehicles in pedestrian zones
Cars and two-wheelers inside walkways, plazas and campus pedestrian zones.
Ready
Ambulance bay blocked
Private cars parked in ambulance bays and emergency driveways.
Ready
Free and taken bays
Free and taken bays per level, for guidance boards and full-lot alerts.
Ready
Parking overstay
Vehicles parked beyond their allowed time.
Ready
Illegal, double and footpath parking
No-parking zones, double parking and vehicles on footpaths.
Ready
EV, disabled and reserved bays misuse
Non-EV vehicles in charging bays, and unauthorised cars in disabled and reserved bays.
New
Entry and exit gate queues
Vehicles queuing at parking and toll gates, and how long each waits at the barrier.
Validating
Plate-based entry and fees
Every vehicle in and out by plate, with time parked and unknown vehicles flagged.
Ready
Vehicles by type
Cars, two-wheelers, autos, buses and trucks counted through each lane.
Ready
Bus arrivals and bunching
Buses arriving at stops, gaps between them and bunching.
Validating
Resident and visitor vehicles
Every vehicle in and out by plate, residents matched, visitors and unknown vehicles flagged.
Ready
Wrong parking in the society
Cars in visitor bays overnight, blocking driveways and fire lanes, or in someone else's slot.
Ready13 use cases
City surveillance and public safety
Weapons, fights, snatching, women's safety, watchlists and unattended objects on city streets.
Camera offline, blocked, blurred
Cameras offline, covered, blurred, moved or with night vision failing.
Validating
Visible weapons
Knives, firearms and other weapons seen in public, sent to the control room with the clip.
Spot a weapon on any street camera in seconds, not after the incident.
Validating
Fights and assaults
Fights, assaults and scuffles in public places, with the clip for the nearest patrol.
Validating
Chain snatching and grab-and-run
Snatch-and-run incidents, usually by two-wheeler, with the plate where the camera sees it.
Validating
Woman in distress
A woman in distress or waving for help, flagged for an immediate check.
Validating
Night loitering at sensitive spots
Individuals or groups hanging around ATMs, schools, parks and dark stretches at night.
Ready
Calls and gestures for help
Someone waving for help or shouting, picked up by camera and microphone.
Validating
Unattended bags and objects
Bags, boxes and parcels left alone in public places beyond a set time.
Validating
Wanted persons watchlist
Faces of wanted or missing persons matched across street cameras, with every sighting on a map.
Rolling out
Stray cattle, dogs and monkeys
Cattle on roads, dog packs and monkeys, reported to the civic body with location.
Validating
Illegal vending and encroachment
Carts, stalls and goods spilling onto footpaths and no-vending zones.
Validating
Drone sightings
Pilot: drones over no-fly zones, events and secure sites.
Pilot
Harassment outside the centre
Pilot: a group surrounding or troubling a student at the gate, bus stop or lane outside.
Pilot14 use cases
Fire, smoke and hazards
Flames, smoke, sparks, smoking, blocked exits, spills and flooding.
Spills, blocked paths and exits
Spills, obstructions and blocked fire exits where people walk.
Validating
Smoke and fire
Early warning when smoke or flames are seen on camera.
Validating
Flames
Visible flames anywhere a camera looks, as an early warning before the alarm panel.
See a fire on camera before the alarm panel trips.
Validating
Smoke
Smoke from fires, electrical faults and smouldering waste, indoors and out.
Validating
Sparks and arcing
Pilot: sparks from welding, grinding and electrical panels where they should not be.
Pilot
Open burning
Garbage, leaves and waste being burnt in the open.
Validating
Industrial smoke and emissions
Dark smoke from chimneys, kilns and boilers beyond the allowed level.
Validating
Smoking in no-smoking areas
Smoking in fuel stations, warehouses, hospitals and plants.
Validating
Fire exits blocked
Boxes, trolleys and locked shutters blocking fire exits and escape routes.
Validating
Spills and leaks
Oil, chemical and water spills on floors, docks and fuel islands.
Validating
Waterlogging and flooding
Water on roads, underpasses, basements and parking, for diversion and pumping.
Validating
Smoking and smoke in corridors
Smoking in corridors and rooms' floors, and smoke before a fire takes hold.
Validating
Blocked aisles and gangways
Sacks, pallets or goods blocking an aisle or gangway.
Validating
Fire and stubble burning
Flames, smoke and stubble or waste burning in or next to the fields.
Validating4 use cases
Platform and camera health
Camera health, recording, access and accuracy.
Recording failures and storage
Recording gaps and storage on each DVR or NVR.
Needs a connection
Store logins, roles, per-store reports
Each store manager sees only their store; head office sees everything.
Ready
Count accuracy dashboard
Sampled clips checked by people against the AI's counts, with the error rate per store.
New
ATM camera tampering
ATM cameras covered, sprayed, turned or blacked out.
ValidatingQuestions
Temples, stadiums and events, answered.
What can a video management system do for temples, stadiums and events?
Iron VMS shows every camera live, records on your own server and watches each camera for what matters in temples, stadiums and events: Crowding; Protests and sudden gatherings; Gate entries and live headcount; Darshan and entry queues. In all, 60 use cases across 5 packs switch on for temples, stadiums and events.
Will it work with the CCTV cameras we already have?
Yes. Iron works with any IP camera or NVR that speaks RTSP or ONVIF. Existing NVRs keep recording while Iron adds live view, search, AI and alerts.
Does our video leave the premises?
No. Iron runs on a server you own, as a Windows, Linux or macOS service. AI can run on site too; cloud models are optional.
How do we get alerted?
Every alarm becomes an incident with its clip and goes to whoever is on shift on WhatsApp, SMS, email or a webhook, escalating if nobody acknowledges it.
How many of these are ready today?
20 of the 60 use cases for temples, stadiums and events are proven on real footage and ready now; the rest are validating, rolling out or in pilot, and each card on this page says which.
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