Panasonic during IFSEC announced the launch of CLVR (pronounced clever), described as an affordable, on demand, and zero configuration cloud based video analytics service. Available as part of a subscription to Panasonic Cameramanager, CLVR offers intelligent alarming and storage via the cloud. The first feature launched under the CLVR label is CLVR Detection.

Tijmen Vos, COO Panasonic Cloud Management Service Europe, said: “Most modern day security cameras offer some form of motion detection. The trouble with motion detection is that the user either gets too many irrelevant notifications, or too few relevant ones. CLVR Detection significantly increases the proportion of relevant notifications a user will receive.”

Cameras connected to the Panasonic Cameramanager application running CLVR, are able to send notifications when, for example, customers enter a store or when a car enters a car park.

CLVR is a result of collaboration between TNO, Vicar Vision, and Panasonic Cameramanager, using a 200,000 euros grant from the Small Business Research Innovation (SBIR) project.

TNO, a research institute, provided the algorithms. Vicar Vision, an R&D company, manipulated the algorithm to be optimised for the cloud.

Cameramanager turned the algorithm into a working cloud-based video analytics solution, able to detect relevant movements of humans and objects, and trigger an alarm.

CLVR is aimed at SMBs and enterprises.

Tijmen Vos said: “We wanted to give small and medium sized business owners access to high quality video surveillance, triggered by smart analytics and instantly accessible from mobile devices and PCs.”