Business Intelligence
Swimlane Launches Automated Security Operations Management Platform
Swimlane is a new security operations management platform and company focused on empowering enterprises and government agencies with data-driven automation and orchestration for incident response and improved security operations. Swimlane centralizes an organization?s security alerts, alarms, and incidents to automate resolution and deliver a better ROI on current and future security investments.
ISCON Imaging Launches Revolutionary Handheld Imager Aimed at Targeted Security Screening for Loss Prevention and Employee Safety Applications
ISCON Imaging, INC., a manufacturer of patented infrared (IR) imaging screening systems, has unveiled its new FocusScan® handheld imager for targeted personnel scanning. FocusScan is the first-ever IR-based handheld imaging technology purpose-built for use in loss prevention, security enhancement, and asset protection.
Axis Partners With Solink to Deliver Integrated Contextual Analytics
Axis Communications, the global leader in network video surveillance, and Solink, the first event-driven video discovery platform, are partnering to deliver a fully integrated contextual analytics solution. This partnership allows Axis IP-cameras to work seamlessly with the Solink platform and its banking and retail applications.
Xtralis & City of London Police Innovate to Put Additional Eyes on the Street
Xtralis announced they are working in cooperation with the London City Police in exploring technology solutions that will allow live transmission of video and audio from central monitoring locations of police vehicles and officer-worn vests so that tactical decisions can be made more quickly and efficiently to respond to threats around London.
Netatmo Welcome Camera Recognizes Faces, Alerts You When Kids Get Home
Netatmo introduced an innovative home monitoring camera at CES 2015 in Las Vegas. The Netatmo Welcome features facial recognition technology and can alert users when each family member arrives home and if a stranger enters the house. Netatmo is best known for Weather Station,
Adoption of Video Analytics Will Stimulate Video Surveillance Market in Africa by 2018
Video surveillance system consists of many appliances. Any appliance that enables embedded image capture capabilities that allows video images or extracted information to be compressed, stored, or transmitted over communication networks or digital data link is the part of video surveillance system. Video surveillance systems are increasingly being used in security systems and with good reason. Even the presence of video cameras acts as a deterrent to potential criminals. Possible dangers are also detected at an early stage. Given the ever-growing sources of danger and increasing losses, video surveillance is an extremely valuable and economical means of improving the security of people, buildings, and valuables.
Crescent Guardian Installs Behavior Recognition Application by BRS Labs at Louisiana?s Port Fourchon
The Greater Lafourche Port Commission, located on the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, in partnership with national security firm, Crescent Guardian, Inc., has completed implementation of an advanced video analytics application developed by BRS Labs to accompany its next-generation video surveillance system. This milestone ensures that first responders in Port Fourchon are receiving "as they happen" alerts identified automatically by the surveillance system and can coordinate their response in real time, states BRS Labs.
IBM: Patent Issued for Automatically Determining Field of View Overlap Among Multiple Cameras
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has been issued patent number 8913791, according to news reports. The patent’s inventors are Datta, Feris, and Pankanti, Zhai. This patent was filed on March 28, 2013 and was published online on December 16, 2014.
Military Medical Facility Selects NICE Suspect Search to Help Ensure Patient Security
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) announced that the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), the largest U.S. Department of Defense Level I Trauma and Burn Research Center, is in the process of deploying the NICE Suspect Search video analytics solution. This will enable personnel to track and locate missing patients or suspicious persons during time-critical scenarios to help ensure ongoing security and safety at a facility that serves hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members and their families.
ObjectVideo Sells Entire Patent Portfolio to Avigilon
Avigilon Corporation (?Avigilon?) (TSX:AVO), a leading global provider of end-to-end security solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the entire patent portfolio and the patent licensing program of ObjectVideo, Inc., for cash consideration of US$80.3 million. Founded in 1998, ObjectVideo is an innovator in the intelligent video solutions market. ObjectVideo?s video analytics patents, now acquired by Avigilon, are licensed and deployed by leading IP video manufacturers around the world.
enrGies and PlateSmart Develop First LPR-Capable Drones
PlateSmart Technologies, the industry leader in License Plate Recognition (LPR) solutions and video data analytics, has entered into a teaming agreement with defense systems integrator enrGies of Huntsville, Alabama. The two companies have successfully tested and are working to perfect the first LPR and video analytics technology for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to assist security agencies and military personnel in combatting crime and terrorism.
WVU Biometric App Startup Raises Over $1M in Angel Investment
A biometric security start-up based out of West Virginia University has secured $1.25 million in angel investment. The company, called Confirmix, has been developing a new tool that will use facial recognition to unlock users’ mobile devices.
4-Seconds of Body Cam Video Can Reveal a Biometric Fingerprint, Study Finds
Any camera will do, as long as it’s attached to your body. Researchers say they can have computers examine body camera video footage and accurately identify a person wearing a body-mounted device in about four seconds, according to a recently released paper. The authors of the study had their software look at biometric characteristics like height, stride length, and walking speed to find the identity of the person shooting the footage.
Intelligent Buildings: Why Integrate Fire Safety and Security?
Against the backdrop of today’s challenges, we have to protect vital assets. Starting at the perimeter, use of CCTV and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR/LPR) technologies are now widespread. The restriction of physical access and perimeter protection are alternative ways of deterring unauthorized intrusion.
Video Intelligence Gives Retailers New Business Insights
It’s getting harder to go anywhere where there’s not a mounted camera (even in people’s homes). They’re becoming so ubiquitous that shoppers hardly notice them …especially during the busy holidays. But businesses are starting to take great notice, and realizing there’s more value from a security or surveillance camera than just a live view of shoppers. It’s the intelligence in the video that’s helping companies stay competitive.
GovComm 4th Generation License Plate Recognition Camera Systems Exceed 95% Accuracy Rate!
GovComm provides a number of unprecedented advantages for users, including the ability to accurately capture license plate information at speeds up to 120 mph in all kinds of weather and lighting conditions. Advanced algorithms simultaneously analyze multiple frames of high speed video resulting in pinpoint accuracy that distinguishes characters that are rule based and optically confirmed.
PlateSmart and Samsung Create First LPR-Enabled Camera
PlateSmart Technologies and Samsung Techwin together have created the worlds first line of surveillance cameras to be truly capable of License Plate Recognition (LPR). First introduced to the public at the 2014 ASIS Conference in Atlanta, the "open-platform" Wisenet III cameras were designed to allow PlateSmarts ARES LPR-based video analytics solution and can accommodate a wide variety of add-on apps. ARES is the first LPR app available for the cameras.
Genetec Announces Next Generation AutoVu Sharp and SharpX Automated License Plate Recognition Cameras
Genetec™, developer of unified IP security solutions announced the next generation of its IP-based automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras, the AutoVu Sharp and AutoVu SharpX. The new cameras enable the concurrent detection of license plates from a greater variety of models, capturing license plates from different states or countries on the same system.
iOmniscient?s Automated Response System Wins Australian Innovation Challenge
iOmniscient, the leader in providing intelligent analytics solutions has just won ?The Australian Innovation Challenge 2014? for the most innovative Information and Communication Technology. The Award was for iOmniscient’s latest product which uses artificial intelligence to significantly reduce the response time for emergency services during accidents.
Stanford Team Creates Computer Vision Algorithm to Describe Photos
Computer software only recently became smart enough to recognize objects in photographs. Now, Stanford researchers using machine learning have created a system that takes the next step, writing a simple story of what’s happening in any digital image. At the heart of the Stanford system are algorithms that enable the system to improve its accuracy by scanning scene after scene, looking for patterns, then using the accumulation of previously described scenes to extrapolate what is being depicted in the next unknown image.