Jedvice develops mobile solution for first responders
Jedvice, a Baltimore-based software company founded by Eran Jedweb of Israel, has created JedEye, a mobile solution that enables first responders to “see” the entire layout of a facility in a perspective that allows them to immediately and automatically orient themselves to an emergency situation.
With JedEye first responders, such as police responding to an active shooter, can instantly assess an unfolding situation and respond accurately and fast, containing or resolving the situation and saving lives.
Jedwab moved to Maryland in 2013 with his wife, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. He earned two engineering degrees from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and spent six years in the Israel Defense Forces. He became a technical officer of the Land Radar Unit and helped manage a defense systems program during the Second Intifada.
JedEye was developed with funding from the Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO) and input from Johns Hopkins University. The main idea is to dramatically cut down the time it takes to neutralize a threat to the public. JedEye enhances situational awareness of first responders to understand the layout of a location and movement of the threat. It blends video displays and multiple screens into a live representation of the site, removing the need to be familiar with the layout of the site. It is a “bolt-on” software solution capitalizing on organizations’ investment in indoor and outdoor cameras.
“We can immediately see the entire facility and form a view of what is going on without being familiar with where the cameras are located and which camera is showing what,” explains Eran, as he demonstrates the system, showing images of all the cameras at a school in Pikesville. “Imagine police officers responding to an active shooter situation at the school. They are immediately aware of the entire structure and provided with the location of the shooter. They know where the bad guys, how many there are and where they are headed. So they can intervene immediately.” The technology is now deployed at facilities in the greater Washington, D.C. area.
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