Business Intelligence
Herta?s Facial Recognition Software Wins Best CCTV System of the Year at IFSEC
Spanish facial recognition software developer Herta Security announced that its BioFinder video analysis software has won the “Best CCTV System of the Year” award at the IFSEC Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2014. Using facial recognition, BioFinder enables users to search for a specific subject in a database of recorded videos.
Implementing a Body-Worn Camera Program: Recommendations and Lessons Learned
Police leaders who have deployed body-worn cameras say there are many benefits associated with the devices. They note that body-worn cameras are useful for documenting evidence; officer training; preventing and resolving complaints brought by members of the public; and strengthening police transparency, performance, and accountability. In addition, given that police now operate in a world in which anyone with a cell phone camera can record video footage of a police encounter, body-worn cameras help police departments ensure events are also captured from an officer?s perspective.
How to Secure the Budget for a Video Surveillance Upgrade in Retail Organizations
While loss prevention is a valid reason from a security perspective, it is often much easier to get the budget signed off when colleagues from other departments can be convinced to support the proposal. Examples of cross-functional use of network video include dwell time analysis to allow store managers to alert their team when extra customer assistance is needed. The heat map function can be set up to proactively alert the staff about low-traffic in campaign areas so they can quickly rectify the situation. Lastly, people counting is useful for conversion rate and sales planning.
Eight Measurements of the Body Can Identify Anyone on Earth
Using data from 4,000 U.S. armed services personnel, a forensic anatomist has found that people are more easily and accurately identified by their body measurements than their facial features – even through clothing. This technique would be useful for criminal and missing persons cases – and requires less data points than facial recognition to be accurate.
New Robotic Security Guards to Patrol Microsoft Campus
While the neighborhood isn’t exactly as dangerous as the post-apocalyptic landscape Robocop patrolled in future Detroit, Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus is getting its own security robots.
The new, five-foot-tall bulletheaded robots, looking something between a cross from R2D2 from Star Wars and EVE from Disney’s WALL-E, are packed with scanners and cameras to keep an eye on the Microsoft campus.
Intelligent Video Surveillance and Agent Video Intelligence Announce Product Integration
Intelligent Video Surveillance (ISS), a leading Video Management Systems (VMS) vendor, and Agent Video Intelligence (Agent Vi), the leading global provider of open architecture video analytics software, announce the integration of ISS? SecurOS video management platform with the real-time event detection capabilities of savVi, Agent Vi?s video analytics platform. The SecurOS VMS platform is now integrated with savVi to offer comprehensive real-time event detection rules relating to the behavior/movement of people, vehicles, and objects.
Rustom Kanga: Entrepreneur in Video Analytics for Security
With ‘true leadership’ spirit, what Rustom Kanga has accomplished in establishing his own business and flourishing in it is commendable. Dr. Rustom Kanga is CEO of iOmniscient, a company specializing in advanced video analytics.
Surveying Trends in the Security Integration Market
It’s evident that the majority of security installations are becoming more and more complex. No longer content to monitor and manage separate access control, fire alarm, video surveillance, intrusion, and HVAC control systems, corporate security and technology managers want to consolidate and integrate various disconnected security and facility management systems. At a dramatically increasing pace, the Information Technology department is leading the initiative, particularly given the trend toward convergence of physical and logical security systems.
License Plate Recognition Software Integration Solution
A software firm has developed an Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR; a.k.a LPR; a.k.a. ANPR) application that can run on Samsung Techwin’s Open Platform WiseNetIII cameras and domes. The firm is Arteco, the Italian maker of Video Event Management software (VEMS). The company’s ALPR application has been developed for access control purposes, such as use in airports, sea ports, car parks, distribution centers, industrial parks, and critical infrastructure environments where there is a need for control of the movement of vehicles.
License Plate Readers Catch Serial Armed Robber
He has been a thorn in the side of several Metro Atlanta police agencies for nearly two years getting away with armed robberies at title pawn stores. But thanks to an alert Conyers Police Officer and new technology his reign of terror may be over. Officer Lucas said the Conyers robbery was one of the suspects thanks to Conyers police Officer Spencer Holland and the License Plate Readers, or LPR’s that were on the back of his patrol car.
Vigilant Solutions Launches License Plate and Facial Recognition App
The new Vigilant Mobile Companion app expands the benefits of license plate recognition and facial recognition technologies to all areas of the agency, including patrol, investigative, and detention. The app also features Vigilant’s FaceSearch facial recognition which analyzes over 350 different vectors of the human face.
Brickstream Acquires NOMi for Offline Analytics
Shortly after NOMi – a company that bills itself as the Omniture of the brick and mortar store – acquired cross-device startup Media Armor, NOMi itself has been acquired by in-store analytics competitor Brickstream. Apple delivered a major blow to a core part of NOMi’s business when it revealed this summer that it would begin randomizing Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for mobile operating system iOS8.
NANA Management Services Selects HP to Deliver Next Generation Security
HP announced that NANA Management Services will use HP big data analytics software to augment its real-time video surveillance solution. NANA’s Virtual Guard Services uses an integrated approach where real-time video surveillance and highly advanced computer analytics work together to instantly identify a potential threat.
Interpol Facial Recognition Experts Meet to Develop Global Guidelines
Biometric experts recently gathered at the first meeting of the Interpol Facial Expert Working Group to begin development on international facial recognition standards, according to a report by Eurasia Review.
iOmniscient and CISCO Provide Facial Recognition System to University of San Francisco
iOmniscient has successfully installed its Facial Recognition Software in conjunction with Cisco?s Video Management platform at the University of San Francisco, California, to improve physical security in residence halls.
SECUR-ED ? Into the Breach
While safety addresses problems caused accidentally, security concerns those caused intentionally. As more people journey, both at home and across borders, and travel becomes intermodal by nature, keeping mass transport secure is proving a costly, time- and technology-consuming task. To help operators in European cities stay in control, FP7 project SECUR-ED has stepped into the breach.
LPR Cameras Provide Leads to Pawleys Island, SC Police Department
“We have had many successes with the LPR, including the arrest last week of the individuals who broke into 25 cars last week & stole one of them. I look forward to many more,” stated Police Chief Mike Fanning of the Pawleys Island Police Department.
Barcelona Comedy Club Has Patrons Paying Per Laugh
No, it’s not a joke. Said club uses facial recognition software to detect when you’re having a good time. Then you pay for it. This one sounds like a joke in itself —and we half suspect it is— but here goes. According to reports from the BBC, among other sources, a comedy club in Barcelona has switched over to a new, somewhat ingenious scheme for charging patrons for the funnies.
Murphy USA Standardizes on 3xLOGIC Business Intelligence Solution Across 1,200+ Locations
3xLOGIC, Inc., a leading provider of integrated intelligent security solutions, announced the planned nationwide deployment of the company?s VIGIL surveillance systems at over 1,200 Murphy USA convenience store locations. The new systems, currently being rollout, are comprised of 3xLOGIC IP and hybrid appliances, cameras, and business intelligence software integrated into a customized solution designed by the security integrator CBE, Inc.
PureTech Systems Integrates With General Dynamics Cameras
PureTech Systems Inc., a leading manufacturer of geospatial video analytic software, announced that it has integrated its PureActiv geospatial surveillance solution with General Dynamics Global Imaging Technology’s line of VZ-series mid- to long-range cooled electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) multi-sensor camera systems.