21. November 2024
Ruhr Bahn Essen is a major public transportation provider in the Ruhr area, managing tram, bus, and urban rail networks. Committed to high standards of training, Ruhrbahn Essen continually invests in innovative solutions, including video anonymization, to enhance the safety and efficiency of its transportation services.
The Project
Privacy-Compliant Driver Training Using Tram Route Simulations with Full Body Blur
To improve the efficiency of driver training, Ruhrbahn Essen integrated high-quality, privacy-compliant video simulations into its training modules for new tram drivers. These simulations allow drivers to familiarize themselves with actual routes in Essen without needing on-road training sessions, optimizing both time and resources.
For this, Ruhrbahn Essen leveraged brighter AI – Full Body Blur technology to anonymize video data, ensuring that identifiable information like faces and number plates was removed in compliance with GDPR. This approach included face anonymization and number plate redaction for maximum privacy protection.
The Challenges
The project required that real-world video footage be used in a compliant manner, removing identifiable personal data from images while maintaining the quality of the visual content for training purposes. Processing personal data without consent would violate GDPR; therefore, anonymization was essential to achieve both compliance and practical use in driver training simulations.
Brighter AI’s Full Body Blur technology was deployed to anonymize faces and license plates in Ruhrbahn Essen’s training videos. With Full Body Blur, Ruhrbahn Essen ensured GDPR compliance by removing number plates from photos and video frames before integrating the footage into training simulations. Dennis Dudda, who collaborated with brighter AI on this project, noted the ease of using brighter AI’s solution.
The Result
”Using brighter AI has made post-production much easier. Instead of time-consuming tracking and rendering, I only had to upload the video sequences, and after a surprisingly short time, the finished edited files were ready. I was particularly impressed by the quality of the redacted license plates.”
— Dennis Dudda
With brighter AI’s Full Body Blur and video anonymization technology, Ruhr Bahn Essen now has a seamless, GDPR-compliant method for training new drivers. This solution eliminates the need for extensive post-production work, delivering high-quality, privacy-compliant training videos efficiently. Ruhr Bahn Essen’s partnership with brighter AI enables effective, scalable training solutions for the next generation of tram drivers, enhancing both operational efficiency and compliance.