When lifeguard Mr Lin Xin, 25, was on duty on Aug 4 at Hougang Swimming Complex last year, an alarm went off. It was from the drowning detection system and alerted him to a possible casualty in the pool. A 64-year-old unconscious man had sunk to the bottom of the...
On Friday , Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth Minister, Grace Fu, told Parliament that Sport Singapore will progressively implement the CVDDS in competition pools here.
On Wednesday, representatives from SportSG and lifeguards gave the media a demonstration of how the system works, at Hougang Swimming Complex. When a swimmer is unconscious in the water, the cameras will detect his presence and set off an alarm within 15 seconds, alerting the lifeguard. With the length and the breadth of the pool divided into markings, the coordinates of the drowning victim will be shown on an LED display panel to tell the lifeguard where he is.
A Computer Vision Drowning Detection System screen installed near where the life guards are stationed, showing live images captured by the cameras of the activity in the swimming pool.The CVDDS is programmed to only sound off the alarm if the victim is not moving and is close to the bottom of the pool.In it, several swimmers were seen around the victim but did not realise what was happening.SportSG told The New Paper there are 28 competition pools under them. They are all in public pools.
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