Business Intelligence
Avigilon Adds Unusual Motion Detection Technology To H4 SL And Mini Dome Cameras
Avigilon Corporation announced it has extended its video analytics platform to the H4 SL and H4 Mini Dome camera lines with the addition of Unusual Motion Detection (UMD) technology. The addition of UMD technology in the H4 SL and H4 Mini Dome camera lines offers customers powerful artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities at an entry-level price point. Without any predefined rules or set up, UMD technology continuously learns what typical activity in a scene looks like, and then detects and flags unusual motion.
Milestone Systems Goes For Warp-speed Server Performance To Benefit Customers
Milestone Systems has released XProtect 2018 R2. Milestone XProtect 2018 R2 video management software introduces server-side hardware acceleration with NVIDIA, enabling lower cost solutions, as less infrastructure hardware is needed to meet customer needs. With the second VMS update this year, Milestone is continuing to pursue ever higher performing software to fulfill the market?s rising demands for cost-effective video business solutions. XProtect 2018 R2 showcases hardware acceleration of the system recording and mobile server.
Genetec Announces New Plate Link Feature For AutoVu
Genetec announced Plate Link, a new feature for its AutoVu™ automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) solution. Designed to allow vehicles to share license plate data while out on patrol, Plate Link acts as a force multiplier for parking enforcement officers (PEOs), allowing them to administer shared permits and time-limited parking bylaws across multiple zones more efficiently.
Lanner Introduces Next-Generation V3 Series Fanless Rugged Vehicle Gateway Controllers
Lanner Electronics Inc., launches next-generation rugged, fanless V3 Series vehicle gateway controllers ? V3G and V3S. While V3G is targeted for smart bus implementation, including fleet management and passenger information display, V3S aims at video surveillance, recording and analytics. V3G and V3S feature the new generation 14 nm Intel? Atom? x7-E3950 SoC (formerly Apollo Lake). This processor consumes low volume of power and offers performance upgrade for vehicle computing needs from previous generation of Atom? processors.
The Challenge Of Quality Video Analysis
The problem facing many strategic high growth markets that leverage real time video is no optical system or camera is optimized to deliver high-quality actionable video in every environmental condition. There are many applications that can benefit from Instant Visual Clarity in compromised video streams including: Security and Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Machine Vision, Autonomous Vehicles, Urban Traffic Monitoring, Smart Cities, and Video Analytics.
VIVOTEK’s Smart Stream III Makes Your Bandwidth More Efficient
VIVOTEK Smart Stream III combines Smart Stream II, Scene Awareness and Smart FPS technologies to enable the cameras to optimize quality for desired regions and automatically adjust encoding, maximizing bandwidth usage efficiency and lowering storage requirements while maintaining high image quality. Combining both H.265 and VIVOTEK Smart Stream III, the camera can reduce bandwidth and storage consumption more than 90% compared to traditional H.264 without smart streaming. VIVOTEK?s Smart Stream is a state-of-the-art video encoder enhancement that is fully compatible with both H.264 and H.265 standards.
Arteco NEXT Now Supports Full Range Of Wisenet Security And Retail Analytics Applications
Arteco announced that it has expanded its long-standing partnership with Hanwha Techwin to enable comprehensive management of the entire range of Wisenet devices and embedded analytics applications within Arteco NEXT Video Event Management Software (VEMS). Through this integration, Hanwha Techwin?s Wisenet devices are now fully supported in terms of video management, events and features including 4K Ultra HD video streaming and recording, and video analytics applications. The integration was completed with Arteco Open Connector, which consolidates events from third-party devices and presents them within the Arteco VEMS interface.
S2 Security Releases S2 Magic Monitor Version 6
S2 Security announced the availability of S2 Magic Monitor Version 6. S2 Magic Monitor unifies access control, video surveillance, forensics, digital signage and live internet feeds in a single user interface. Version 6 introduces enhanced access control functionality and a new web widget, further unifying the security management experience. In Version 6, comprehensive people management enables users to add, search for and manage person records directly from S2 Magic Monitor.
Nortek Security & Control Acquires IntelliVision, Establishing Leadership In Artificial Intelligence And Video Analytics
Leaping to the forefront of the rapidly growing fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and video analytics, Nortek Security & Control LLC (NSC), a global leader in smart connected devices and systems for residential, security, access control and digital health markets, announced the acquisition of San Jose, California-based IntelliVision Technologies Corp., a pioneer and leader in Artificial Intelligence, smart cameras and deep learning-based video analytics software. IntelliVision will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of NSC. IntelliVision will continue to support its customers and products.
BriefCam To Be Acquired By Canon Inc.
BriefCam announced its acquisition by Canon Inc., a world leader in digital imaging solutions. The addition of BriefCam to Canon?s market leading Network Video Solutions products portfolio complements the Canon Group?s previous acquisitions of AXIS Communications and Milestone Systems with a breakthrough, innovative video content analytics solution. The acquisition will drive further, rapid innovation in video analytics by BriefCam as well as new co-innovation activities with Canon and its market leading portfolio companies.
MOBOTIX Expands U.S. Presence And Offerings; Receives Multiple Product Awards At ISC West
MOBOTIX is expanding its US operations with new marketing and sales staff as well as conducting a selective search for new integrator partners. MOBOTIX was recognized as a security industry leader during the recent ISC West 2018 trade show with multiple product awards attesting to the quality of their newest offerings. The MOBOTIX M16 AllroundDual Multisensor IP Camera is a perfect example to illustrate the current company direction. This new offering was the sole winner of the 2018 Security Industry Association New Product Showcase award in the IP video surveillance cameras category.
SightLogix Introducing Intuitive Setup For Simpler Perimeter Security
SightLogix announced WebConfig, an intuitive, browser-based interface for configuring SightSensor smart thermal cameras. The initial version of WebConfig supports SightSensor HD, the affordable thermal-visible detection camera announced last October. Future releases of WebConfig will support the entire SightLogix product line. Future releases of WebConfig will support the entire SightLogix product line.
Dallmeier Presents VideoNetBox 3, The Video Security Solution For SMBs
Dallmeier presents VideoNetBox 3, the easy to deploy, plug-and-play video security solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). For small and medium-sized businesses, it is particularly important that video security solutions are easy to install and smooth to operate. Precisely for this target group, Dallmeier offers VideoNetBox 3 which can be configured quickly and simply as a complete video security solution for up to 16 HD video streams.
Teleste Introduces S-AWARE
Teleste Corporation will launch a new solution for situational awareness and incident management at Securex 2018 in Poland. The solution, called S-AWARE®, has been designed to expand the scope of traditional security and operations control systems by harnessing them with a new layer of data analytics and intelligence. The solution provides operating personnel with a powerful tool to sharpen their decision-making process by taking advantage of versatile types of data from a variety of sources.
Genetec Announces AutoVu Flexreader
Genetec has unveiled AutoVu Flexreader™, a new offering that brings powerful ALPR (Automatic License Plate Recognition) capabilities to suitable IP video surveillance cameras supported by the Genetec™ Security Center unified platform. AutoVu Flexreader enables organizations to move beyond simple plate capture and use existing IP cameras to identify and track license plates of vehicles entering or leaving their premises.
IndigoVision?s Artificial Intelligence Expanding To Include Latest Security Features.
IndigoVision announced that the next release of their Artificial Intelligence powered by BriefCam will include the latest security features in the industry, and will be launched within the coming weeks, additional to it being previewed at ISC West 2018 in Las Vegas. IndigoVision?s Artificial Intelligence powered by BriefCam allows IndigoVision customers to quickly and easily review hours of footage in minutes, rapidly identifying people and objects of interest by object type, attribute, direction, color or size.
IC Realtime Focuses On AI, Analytics In New Surveillance Solutions At ISC West
IC Realtime is introducing a new surveillance camera with on-board analytics to provide traffic metrics for business owners at ISC West 2018. IC Realtime will also show off Ella, the video search solution that augments surveillance systems with fast and reliable search via natural language, and the recently announced Ella dealer portal. The new 3 Mega Pixel, IP-based surveillance camera (Model: ICIP?3128?3D) is ideal for retail installations and features a dual lens, dual camera design to differentiate between flat 2D objects and 3D people.
March Networks Introduces New Capabilities In Its Searchlight Software
March Networks® introduces the next evolution of its powerful Searchlight software. Used by leading banks and retail organizations worldwide to extract valuable information on customer service, merchandising, operations, compliance and more, March Networks Searchlight™ helps businesses improve performance and profitability. Integrating clear surveillance video, business data and highly-accurate analytics, the software also enables organizations to proactively detect fraud and theft, and reduce investigation times by as much as 90%.
Pelco and IBM, Combine Powerful ?Camera And Video Management Systems Technology With Intelligent Video Analytics
Pelco™ announced a technology alliance with IBM, the global technology company and leader in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to create ?Pelco Analytics Powered by IBM.? The collaboration seamlessly integrates IBM?s deep learning analytics into Pelco?s video management system (VMS), leveraging data from video footage to quickly identify and respond to potential risks or opportunities.
Kogniz Announces Launch Of AI Surveillance Camera
Kogniz announced today the introduction of the company?s first product, AICam. The technology offers businesses fully-autonomous surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence that identify people and threats in real-time, using video-based facial recognition and object detection. AICam is based on the Kogniz Edge Platform, a unique combination of advanced camera processing and cloud services. This architecture allows cameras to be added on-demand without any additional hardware or infrastructure, with multiple cameras working in unison to provide cross-location people identification and recognition.