AI video surveillance for petrol stations

24/7 protection: real-time monitoring with silent alarm

Why use AI video surveillance for the gas station?

Gas stations are among the places with particularly high safety requirements and are exposed to a wide range of risks. As public facilities operating 24/7, they have a high customer footfall, valuable resources such as fuel and cash, and often complex, hard-to-oversee premises. This makes them a preferred target for theft, vandalism, and violent assaults. AI video surveillance for gas stations with Vaidio addresses exactly this. It detects suspicious behavior in real time, alerts for smoke violations at fuel pumps, and triggers an alarm automatically in the event of a robbery.

Which security-critical situations are detected

The AI video surveillance with Vaidio processes video streams in real time and turns them into structured events instead of just images. The system detects objects, analyzes behavior, and assesses situations in context. Detected events are automatically classified and prioritized. Depending on the scenario, they trigger an alarm directly, are forwarded to personnel or control centers, or are integrated into existing systems. At the same time, metadata is stored so that relevant incidents can be reviewed and traced at any time in a targeted manner, without hours of video review.

Building security

Intrusion detection
Loitering near entrances (e.g., scouting)
Monitoring of emergency exits and back entrances
Verification of access permissions

Employee protection

Weapon detection (knives, firearms)
Masking and disguise detection
Violence detection
Fall detection

Ground security

Detection of vandalism
Identification of illegal waste dumping
Detection of illegally parked vehicles
Loitering on the premises

Enhanced Fire Protection

Smoke and fire detection
Leak detection
Detection of smokers
Mobile detection

Theft prevention Fuel dispensers and charging stations

Detection of cutting tools
Masking and disguising detection
License plate recognition (blacklisting)

Additional benefits from video data

Dwell time in the room
Number of persons/vehicles
Analysis of alarms by time and location

How does AI video surveillance concretely improve operations for gas stations?

Break-in attempts are detected before any damage occurs.

The AI video surveillance with Vaidio detects burglary attempts at the moment they happen. It identifies people who deliberately loiter near entrances, tamper with emergency exits, or break into the building outside opening hours. This enables immediate intervention before any damage occurs, instead of only evaluating break-ins after the fact.

Employees are protected without needing to intervene themselves

Vaidio detects critical situations in real time based on the camera image. The system identifies weapons, disguises, escalating conflicts, as well as falls or emergencies. As soon as such a situation occurs, Vaidio automatically triggers an alarm and notifies staff or control rooms. Employees do not need to press an emergency button and do not put themselves in additional danger. This way, they receive support exactly at the moment they need it.

Well-known repeat offenders of fuel fraud are detected in real time and automatically reported

The AI captures the license plates of entering vehicles and compares them in real time with a stored blacklist. This includes vehicles that have already been flagged for fuel fraud or similar incidents. If the system detects such a license plate, it automatically triggers an alarm. This way, you can identify known offenders immediately and take targeted measures before any further damage occurs.

Prevent theft attempts of copper at e-charging stations

In the area of EV charging stations, the AI detects the use of cutting tools as well as concealment attempts or face coverings/masks on the part of individuals. It identifies typical behavior patterns that indicate an attempt to cut through charging cables. Once such an action is detected, the system triggers an alarm in real time. Stop copper theft before the cable is damaged or taken.

Fire hazards are detected before a fire occurs

Unlike conventional sensors, cameras react even before smoke, heat, or flames. The AI detects visible behavior at an early stage. It identifies people emitting smoke in the danger area, detects open flames such as cigarette lighters, and registers leaking fluids at the fuel pump. The system evaluates all detections in real time and automatically processes them as an event. As soon as a potential hazard arises, it triggers an alarm immediately.

Outdoor areas remain controllable without permanent on-site presence.

The AI detects on the premises events that often go unnoticed in everyday life. It identifies vandalism to buildings and facilities, detects illegal waste dumping, and records vehicles that have been parked for an extended period.

Business processes are systematically optimized using data

In addition to security features, AI video analytics also provides operational insights. It analyzes occupancy, customer traffic, and the use of individual areas in real time. Based on this, you can optimize processes and offers purposefully and make well-informed decisions for operations.

How is the Vaidio AI Vision Platform provided?

The Vaidio AI Vision Platform is provided as a software platform and can be obtained either as a purchase license or under a subscription model. With the purchase license, the software is acquired once and operated on the operator’s own infrastructure. Operations, maintenance, and updates are entirely the responsibility of the operator. Under the subscription model, deployment is either on-premise or in the cloud. In this case, operations will be handled by Synaedge, including monitoring, updates, and support. This lets you choose between full ownership responsibility or a managed solution, depending on your requirements and resources.

Can Vaidio be integrated into existing infrastructures?

Vaidio is not operated as a separate system alongside existing security technology, but is specifically integrated into the available structures. Existing components remain in place and are expanded with AI-based analysis and automated evaluation. This means there is no additional effort due to system changes, but rather an enhancement of the existing infrastructure with intelligent features.

Existing cameras

Vaidio uses existing IP cameras and processes their video streams in real time. Existing camera installations remain in place and are specifically expanded with AI-based analysis.

Video management systems (VMS)

The integration into existing VMS enables detected events to be displayed directly in the familiar system. Operation and existing processes remain unchanged, while analysis is expanded in the background.

Security services and control rooms

Detected events can be automatically forwarded to existing security services or control rooms. Alerts integrate into existing processes and are handled there as usual.

Third-party software and systems

Vaidio can be connected to additional systems, for example access control systems, alarm management platforms, as well as HR, ERP, or industry-specific software solutions. Integration is carried out via standardized interfaces such as REST APIs. Detected events can be passed directly into existing systems and processed further there. This way, information from video analytics becomes part of existing processes, without additional manual steps.

Building technology and automation

Vaidio can be integrated into existing building technology and automation systems. Detected events can be used to trigger automated processes, for example in access control, lighting, or other technical systems.

What Plug-and-Play solutions does Synaedge offer for gas stations?

Not every business has its own security team or a sophisticated monitoring infrastructure. That’s exactly why we developed our cloud-based weapon detection as an immediately deployable Plug & Play solution. With the AI video analysis from Vaidio, existing camera systems can be extended in no time with intelligent detection of firearms and knives. The analysis is carried out automatically in the cloud and identifies critical situations in real time without the need to install new hardware.