Prisons in the Czech Republic introduce a brilliant and efficient escape protection! All thanks to a new technology that is cheaper than using x-ray frames, mobile, 100% reliable, weather proof and offers extremely easy to use operation and fast detection. Colsys offers the prison market a unique device, a Heartbeat Detector (HBD) able to find any hidden person or animal within seconds.

The Czech Republic experienced prisoners that escaped by hiding themselves in trucks and containers leaving the Prison site. Once through the gates, they were free. In order to solve this problem, Colsys, commissioned by the Headquarters of Prison Service CR, is equipping prisons gates with the detectors.

How does it work?

The system detects the presence of persons hidden in vehicles. Using data from special sensors, HBD finds the shock wave generated by the beating heart, which couples to any surface or object with which the body is in contact. HBD collects the data and analyzes them using advanced signal processing algorithms to detect a hidden person in less than 1 minute.

The HBD system consists of an industrial personal computer loaded with specially developed software, a touch-screen monitor and special sensors. The operator uses the touch-screen to select vehicle type prior to beginning the vehicle scan. The processed data provide the operator with a pass or search indication. The completed search can take as little as 14 seconds after the sensors are placed on the vehicle. The system has proven to be 100% effective and reliable in detecting human presence under ideal conditions (protection from moderate to high winds is required to eliminate false positive indications).

HBD is a cost effective method to accurately and quickly search large or small vehicles, regardless of contents, for hidden persons. The one screen operation with icons makes training a simple matter that can be accomplished in less than one hour. The computer system requires no maintenance.

HBD costs less than a single corrections officer or portal security guard. It is accurate and reliable and provides the officer with the capability to rapidly search fully loaded vehicles without moving or disturbing the vehicle contents.

Colsys has now completed its third prison and is already targeting HBD towards military installations, nuclear facilities, international borders, checkpoints and other high-security facilities.

Leoš Nevole
business manager
1.2.2007