What is a Pedestrian Detection System?
What is a Pedestrian Detection System? A pedestrian detection system or proximity warning system is a safety solution that detects when a pedestrian worker enters a hazardous zone around moving equipment and triggers real-time alerts.
Unlike simple reversing cameras or audible alarms, a true pedestrian detection system delivers 360-degree detection, simultaneous alerts to both the vehicle operator and the worker at risk, and configurable warning zones that adapt to each machine and environment. SensorZone systems use a combination of RFID-based personnel tags and AI-powered camera detection to cover every blind spot and every scenario.
SensorZone is the pedestrian detection system of choice for waste and recycling operators, construction firms, warehouses, ports, and mining organizations worldwide.
How SensorZone Pedestrian Detection System Works
Our three-stage proximity warning process creates intelligent safety zones that detect, alert, and learn - protecting your workforce around the clock.
1. Detection
Each worker wears a lightweight, maintenance-free RFID tag. Antennas mounted on heavy machinery detect these tags in a full 360-degree field.
Detection zones are fully configurable, from a small 1-metre radius for indoor forklifts to wider 10-metre zones for larger machines.
2. Alerting
The moment a tag is detected within a warning zone, a triple-alert system activates simultaneously.
The vehicle operator receives a visual alert and audible alarm, the at-risk worker feels a vibration from their personal tag, and a high-visibility alarm beacon alerts everyone in the surrounding area.
3. Intelligence
Every event is recorded and transmitted to the SensorZone Insights Platform - a cloud-based dashboard that provides real-time heat maps, trend analysis and safety reports.
Our AI-powered platform sorts through your site safety data and alerts you to dangerous patterns before they lead to an accident.
Our Proximity Warning Solutions
From RFID tag detection to AI-powered camera systems, our modular product range scales to fit any site, any vehicle, and any number of workers.
Proximity Warning Core
Tag-Based Proximity Warning
The foundation of the SensorZone range. RFID personnel tags and vehicle-mounted antennas deliver reliable 360-degree detection. Tags last 3+ years without recharging, and the system installs in under one hour per vehicle.
Best for: Sites where all personnel can be tagged
Vision360
AI Camera Detection
A standalone AI camera system that uses machine-learning algorithms to detect people and vehicles without requiring any wearable tags. Features color-coded distance alerts, live streaming, and video clips on demand.
Best for: Environments with lots of visiting workers, where it isn't feasible to issue everyone with a tag
Proximity Warning Plus
Tag + Camera Hybrid System
Combines tag-based detection with AI-powered camera monitoring. This dual-layer approach detects both tagged workers and untagged visitors, and is the gold standard for proximity warning safety.
Best for: Mixed environments with visitors and contractors
Insights Platform
Data and Analytics
Turns raw proximity data into actionable safety intelligence. View high risk areas using heat maps, track machine utilization, and get AI-powered worker reports and safety recommendations.
Best for: Proactively preventing incidents and changing on-site safety behavior
Proximity Warning Plus vs. Proximity Warning Core: Which Do You Need?
Many operators deploy Proximity Warning Core across the majority of their fleet and upgrade specific vehicles operating in high-traffic or public-facing areas to Proximity Warning Plus.
Tag-Only Detection (Proximity Warning Core)
Best when all personnel on site can be issued and required to carry a tag. Provides precise individual identification, 360-degree detection, and full data analytics via the Insights Platform.
Hybrid Detection (Proximity Warning Plus)
Best when the site has a mix of tagged employees and untagged visitors, contractors, or members of the public. Combines RFID precision with AI camera coverage so no one is left unprotected.
Why Safety Managers Choose SensorZone
From maintenance-free hardware to actionable data analytics, here's what sets SensorZone apart.
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Triple-Alert System Simultaneous warnings to driver, worker, and surrounding area. |
360° Detection No blind spots, with configurable zones from 1m to 10m radius. |
3+ Year Battery Life Maintenance-free tags with no recharging needed. |
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Actionable Data Cloud-based Insights Platform with heat maps, trend analysis, and AI-powered analytics. |
Scalable Architecture Start with one vehicle and expand across an entire fleet without infrastructure changes. |
Behavior Change SensorZone is proven to improve safe working behaviors on site for the long term. |
Trusted Across Australia
“TechRentals have been the communications equipment supplier of choice for Hansen Yuncken for some time. The systems they provide are critical to our business operations. More recently, David and the team have been unrelenting in their service to our flagship project in Randwick – The Health Translation Hub. David always finds a solution to our ever changing needs. The equipment provided is top of the range and durable.
Simply put, we could not operate our sites without our partners in TechRentals.”
Industries We Support
How Does SensorZone Work?
Machines are fitted with the system which creates an exclusion zone around that vehicle.
Personnel wear a tag that can be worn on a hat, lanyard, or clothing.
When a tag breaches the detection zone, both the operator and the individual receive an alert from the system which is Visual, Audible and Physical.
Frequently Asked Questions
A proximity warning system is a safety solution that detects when workers, vehicles or mobile plant enter a predefined safety zone and provides real-time alerts to help prevent incidents.
SensorZone uses wearable tags and vehicle-mounted detection technology to identify when workers or equipment are operating within a specified proximity range, triggering alerts to improve situational awareness.
Proximity warning systems are commonly used in construction, warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, mining, transport and other industries where workers operate around moving vehicles and machinery.
Yes. Proximity warning systems help organisations reduce collision risks, improve hazard awareness and support safer interactions between workers and vehicles.
Yes. TechRentals can provide guidance, deployment support and ongoing assistance to help organisations implement the right proximity warning solution for their site.
Yes. SensorZone is designed to complement existing safety procedures and risk management programs by providing an additional layer of awareness and protection.
Looking for a Proximity Warning System Solution?
Whether you're managing a construction project, warehouse, logistics operation or industrial facility, TechRentals can help identify and deploy the right proximity warning solution for your environment.
With SensorZone technology and expert support, we'll help you improve awareness, reduce risk and create a safer workplace.
