Video Analytics

Bosch Equips Safer Runnymede With Integrated Video Security System

Located one hour outside of London, the borough of Runnymede is a local government district with over 80,000 residents in the county of Surrey. It is one of the most prosperous parts of the London commuter belt and home to some of the UK?s most expensive real estate. In order to enhance public safety, the borough council contracted service provider Safer Runnymede. Working with Nottinghamshire-based systems integrator Central Security Systems, the experts installed a platform combining public safety technology with personal safety services such as care solutions for the elderly.

March Networks Launches New Hosted Video Solution For Convenience Stores

Service delivers integrated surveillance video, business analytics and point-of-sale transaction data, plus health monitoring for optimal system performance. OTTAWA introduce a new software as a service (SaaS) offering for convenience stores. The secure, hosted service will deliver all the benefits of March Networks? powerful Searchlight for Retail solution ? including loss prevention, data analytics and operational audits reporting ? for an average cost of just $4 a day. It leaves owners free to focus on their business rather than maintaining a video surveillance network, and delivers a swift return on investment through advanced loss prevention and business insights.

Dahua Technology?s ARI Method Ranked #1

Dahua Technology?s ARI 2D object detection method took the 1st place in KITTI Vision Benchmark Suite?s Object Detection Evaluation 2012 on July 26th, 2018 – with an accuracy of 91.48% based on the moderate difficulty level. The KITTI vision benchmark suite is a systematic benchmarking platform designed to evaluate computer vision performance. Funded by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, it is probably the world’s first and largest benchmarking suite for vision based autonomous driving.

Sonitrol Launches New, ?All-In-One? TotalGuard Solution

Sonitrol launches TotalGuard, an all-in-one solution that provides video verification, impact activated audio, glass break detection, wireless support, Sonitrol Mobile App (video surveillance, alarm events, arm/disarm system), and so much more. TotalGuard is a perfect solution for the small business market looking for a low cost monitored security option; allowing Sonitrol to compete and have advantage over the popular DIY security systems. This solution can also pair with Sonitrol?s Cloud Access Control for businesses looking for complete security solutions.

New Milestone Device Pack Makes Mobile Safety Smarter

Milestone Systems has released Device Pack?9.8 for partners and customers using Milestone XProtect video solutions.?The?bi-monthly device packs contain software updates for XProtect video management to support new hardware. The latest Device Pack 9.8 update for hardware support in Milestone XProtect Video Management Software implements local storage for body-worn cameras and adds support for SRTP (Secure Real-time Transport Protocol) on Axis devices.

Why AI And Machine Learning Are Taking Over The Security Industry

Open up any tech publication and you’ll find new and innovative ways that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are permeating every aspect of our lives. This week alone, one company announced that it was battling fraud using AI and another is analyzing Twitter feeds to find romantic matches. So why are AI and machine learning getting so much buzz in security?

Total Recall Corporation Showcases Portable Crimeeye License Plate Recognition Unit

Total Recall Corporation, a Convergint Technologies Company, will showcase its new portable CrimeEye LPR License Plate Recognition unit at the 32nd annual Police Security Expo to be held June 26-27 at the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey. CrimeEye LPR is a unique solution for law enforcement in that it is a portable, self-contained LPR system. It includes an Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) camera, emergency battery backup, WiFi and pole mount. Thanks to its all-inclusive design, CrimeEye LPR unit can be quickly attached to a street pole in an area of interest and instantly stream captured data to a command center.

Surveon Maximize Airport Safety With Complete Solutions

With aircrafts, cargos, passengers, luggage and store operation in one huge area, airport operation is one of the most complex tasks. With so many people and things bustling around, security becomes the top priority for every section from check-in areas, passport control areas to runways in the airport. Surveon airport solutions help the administration bureau to deploy security at the highest level. The complete solutions include wide areas covering cameras with advanced video functions such as WDR, RAID NVR with large extended storage, and the best C/P value VMS with built-in 12 video analytics, keeping airport a safe environment.

Bosch Equips Craiova Stadium With Premium Safety And Security Systems

Officially inaugurated in October 2017, Ion Oblemenco Stadium in the Romanian city of Craiova is the country?s most modern football arena at a capacity of over 30,000 seats. The futuristic stadium, inspired by the art of Romanian sculptor Constantin Br

Arteco Announces Integration With Paxton?s Access Control System, Net2

Arteco, a global provider of video event management solutions, has completed its integration with Paxton?s networked access control system, Net2. The combination of these two leading solutions enables users to gain additional levels of intelligence from their security infrastructure. By integrating the Arteco Video Event Management Systems (VEMS) with Paxton?s access control platform through Arteco Open Connector, users can combine video and access control events to gain new insights into potential risks or incidents.

Dahua Technology And Agent Vi Announce Product Integration

Dahua Technology and Agent Video Intelligence (Agent Vi), the leading global provider of video analytics solutions, announced the integration of Agent Vi?s savVi video analytics software suite with Dahua?s Digital Surveillance System (DSS) line of video management systems (VMS). Dahua?s video management systems now enhanced with Agent Vi’s advanced video analytics tools for the immediate detection and extraction of events and valuable data from surveillance footage. DSS is a powerful integrated Dahua VMS with flexibility, scalability and high reliability. It?s based on a modular design which enables flexible deployment of each service module according to customer needs.

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.