Qylur Intelligent Systems has deployed its automated Qylatron self-service security and entry access solution to Levi’s Stadium near San Francisco, marking the first public deployment of the system in the U.S.
The deployment is a long-term collaborative effort between Levi’s Stadium, home of the National Football League’s San Francisco 49ers, and Qylur, and will be used initially to provide security for daily visitors to the stadium through the tour program and private events, Qylur says.
The deployment of the system enables the stadium operators to immediately improve the security screening experience for daily visitors and to explore evolving operating concepts for the Qylatron and how it can best suit its entry experience and security needs, Yair Dolev, vice president of marketing and product management at Qylur, tells HSR. With the self-service security system in place, Dolev says daily visitors can be processed through the security checkpoint at the stadium in as little as five minutes versus up to 20 minutes currently.
For Qylur, the deployment gives the company an opportunity to collect more data about its system in an operational deployment, evolve the system, develop best practices, and to showcase it for other large event venues in the U.S, Dolev says.
“Levi’s Stadium is not testing the Qylatron whether they like it or not,” Dolev says. “We’re working on a plan to evolve the entire look, the entire concept, the entire experience and feel to make it more hospitable, to make it more enjoyable as well to make it more secure.”
Dolev added that Levi’s Stadium is a “great partner” for Qylur because they are thinking “holistically” about the entry process, “not just improving in one parameter.”
In the near-term, Qylur hopes to add access control features to the Qylatron deployed at the stadium, Dolev says.
Qylur says that 49ers Stadium Management Company, which manages Levi’s Stadium on behalf of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, also plans to use the Qylatron for catered events, employee screening, and potentially select screening of visitors at larger-scale events such as concerts and sporting events. Dolev expects the size and numbers of events to grow over time.
The company has previously field tested the Qylatron in the U.S. at the Statue of Liberty and Met Life Stadium in New Jersey where the NFL New York Giants and Jets play. The company also deployed the system in Brazil last year during the FIFA World Cup for stadium security and has a long-term deployment at a location in Europe.
In October Qylur said it has entered a cooperative research and development agreement with the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) to test and evaluate the Qylatron. Dolev expects the Qylatron to be at the TSL early in 2016.
For the Levi’s Stadium deployment, the Qylatron has five cells that can handle parcels and bags from different individuals simultaneously. Visitors to the stadium put their parcels into to a cell on the front of the Qylatron and then walk to the rear of the system to retrieve their belongings.
Operators view screening images remotely. In the case of an alarm, indicated by a purple light on the Qylatron, a security guard helping to man the system will manually search the contents of a bag for prohibited items.