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The inaugural European Games in Azerbaijan attracted 250,000 spectators, with tickets built in RFID tags that organizers can track where they are.
Event organizers used Mojix’s STAR technology and the ViZix IoT software platform, so Main Development, a security surveillance system provider, could locate missing persons based on the last known location and ensure that unauthorized areas were not entered.
6,000 athletes from 50 European countries participated in this competition, which has a total of 20 events.
During these 2 weeks of competition, the Azerbaijani government needs to ensure that no one enters unauthorized areas. Main Development project manager Peyman Askari said that the VIP area where dignitaries and leaders of various countries are located is one of the key areas of concern. Usually, it is very difficult to track the location of people who enter the gate, and manual inspection based on the information printed on the ticket is the only way to protect.
Askari said the company opted for an RFID solution so that location information could be obtained without human assistance. Before the games, Main Development installed Mojix’s STAR receivers and antennas, eNodes (for sending signals to tags). The company uses this technology in three stadiums: the Olympic Stadium, the National Gymnastics Gymnasium and the Crystal Palace Stadium. In these three stadiums with a large audience, the technology plays an important role.
“Securing the VIP area is the number one concern,” Askari said. Ensuring the safety of athletes and general spectators is another major concern. The organizer needs to keep track of people’s locations and know people’s preferences, which is another feature of the Main Development system.
According to Scot Stelter, senior manager of product marketing at Mojix, Mojix’s security event solutions are based on the Vizix IoT platform. The RFID company recommends integrating RFID data and video management systems, so that specific RFID tag IDs will be bound to specific video surveillance information.
There are two ways to buy tickets for the event: online and by mail or on-site. When spectators arrive at the venue, they will need to scan their passports or ID cards at the kiosks. At the same time, the kiosk will also take photos of the audience and store the photos in the software and bind them with the UHF RFID tag ID number built into the ticket. In addition, the tag ID is also bound to passport data and access rights information. To protect privacy, the information will only be accessed by some authorized security personnel, Stelter said.
Signaling eNodes will act as exciters for passive tags. The signal it transmits will be read by the STAR receiver. On average, these devices are 6,000-50,000 times more sensitive than other standard UHF RFID readers, so it has a longer read range, Stelter said. 1,400 STAR receiving antennas are installed in the three stadiums. At the entrance of the stadium, spectators need to hand over their tickets to the staff, who will then indicate the seat location. At the same time, the tickets also need to be read by the STAR receiver and the ID information transmitted to the software to compare the authorized location. If a person is in an unauthorized location, the staff will see a warning from the software along with a photo of the person. At the same time, the staff can also view the monitoring information in the area. If there is any abnormality, they need to talk to the staff.
Stelter said the system could provide viewers’ last known location rather than real-time tracking data. It also has analytics capabilities, so when a viewer has a problem, staff can view that person’s path history.
Askari said there were no safety incidents during the games due to the deployment of the technology. In addition to preventing potential security issues, the system can also better manage security personnel. It can display the number of security personnel in a specific location, thus ensuring that the required number of security personnel is retained in a specific location.
Askari recalls that during one game, European Games staff found a person recording a video of the game and selling it online. The organizer used the Mojix system to discover his location. The staff then walked over to the person’s location and stopped the behavior.
Stelter said that when the audience entered the seating area, the read rate of the tags was almost 100%. The read rate of the concession area is slightly lower.
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