Behavior
Canon Unveils New Consumer-Tracking Data Analytics Solution To Help Retailers
Shunichi Morinaga, president and chief executive of Canon Hong Kong, said increased sales revenue at physical retail shops is one benefit of the system which monitors consumers using real-time data analysis. Canon is delighted to partner with NTT Communications, the global ICT solutions provider, to introduce a smart and reliable business solution for retailers in Hong Kong that will enable them to increase revenue as they face the dual challenges of increasing competition and an uncertain economic climate. We believe that real-time business intelligence can be a game changer for the Hong Kong market, especially in the retail industry.
54% of Federal Video Surveillance Data Goes Unanalyzed
MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT, announced the results of its new report, The Video Vortex.
The study, based on a survey of 151 Federal decision makers —evenly split between physical security and IT managers— and sponsored by EMC Corporation, looks at video surveillance across Federal IT and the opportunities for agencies to enhance the value of their video data assets.
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.
GreenPeak Announces Smart Home Senior Lifestyle System
GreenPeak Technologies, an industry leading Smart Home semi-conductor/system company, announces the availability of Senior Lifestyle sensor and cloud based intelligent system technology for service providers and retailers. The Senior Lifestyle System empowers children and their elderly parents to privately and securely share lifestyle information, enabling the seniors to feel safe and live longer at home independently, while their children feel secure that their parents are safe and well.
Few Laws Regulate Police Use of Surveillance Systems
Police across the country are using increasingly sophisticated surveillance systems to monitor daily life in their communities. Ultra-high-definition cameras, software that can read license plates and recognize faces, and systems that can alert police to suspicious behavior have given law enforcement unprecedented access to our everyday activities. Average citizens and privacy advocates say the ability to monitor and record public activity at such an extraordinary level is a threat to personal privacy.
Quantum Secure Drives Next Evolution of Enterprise Security
Quantum Secure, the world?s leading provider of enterprise software to fully integrate physical identity and access management (PIAM) across multiple systems, is demonstrating the company?s latest advancements for enterprise and SMB users here at ASIS 2014. Quantum Secure continues to refine SAFE?s capabilities to automatically capture and correlate extensive volumes of data from present and historic events for detailed analysis of IOCs based on user-defined policies.
DVTEL Introduces New IOimage HD IP-Camera
DVTEL, INC., the video surveillance solutions provider, announced the release of its new ioimage HD CF-5222 (2.1MP HD 1080p) and CF-5212 (1.3MP HD 720p) cameras, which bring military-grade video analytics and Quasar HD broadcast-quality IP video together for critical infrastructure protection. The ioimage HD cameras includes the benefits of DVTEL?s Quasar high-resolution, low-bandwidth, minimized and predictable storage, and are optimized for outdoor and low-light conditions.
VIVOTEK Introduces Advanced Video Content Analysis Solutions
VIVOTEK has announced its first video content analysis (VCA) application package, which includes three key functions: Field Detection, Line Crossing Detection, and Object Counting. Introduction of the new VCA application package follows the debut of the VIVOTEK Application Development Platform (VADP), an open platform for integrating video analytic functionality within its cameras. Now, the VCA […]
Introducing AISight: The Slightly Scary CCTV Network Completely Run By Artifical Intelligence
Imagine a major city completely covered by a video surveillance system designed to monitor the every move of its citizens. Now imagine that the system is run by a fast-learning machine intelligence, that’s designed to spot crimes before they even happen. No, this isn’t the dystopian dream of a cyber-punk science fiction author, or the […]
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Donates Surveillance Cameras To City Of Pittsburgh
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful said they have donated high-tech surveillance cameras to the City of Pittsburgh to support enhanced enforcement efforts surrounding the act of illegal dumping within the City limits. The high quality, motion activated, covert security cameras provide instant wireless transmission of site activity, photo documentation of license plates at speeds of up to […]
Claremont, NH’s Stevens High Renovation Project Includes Security Cameras
The multi-million dollar renovation of Stevens High School now includes $43,000 in security cameras. The committee overseeing the renovation voted Wednesday to use money from a contingency fund for the project to pay for interior video cameras that will monitor common areas including hallways, classrooms, the gymnasium, and the auditorium. The decision brings the total […]
Researchers Pioneer Use Of Video Surveillance To Better Understand Essential Hygiene Behavior
One of the best defenses against infectious disease is one of the most simple ? hand washing. Still, despite years of global public awareness campaigns, hand washing rates remain low. Caregivers of young children in low-income, developing world settings are found to wash their hands only 17 percent of the time after using the toilet. […]
Peru To Install New Security Cameras At Machu Picchu
Peru’s government plans to install a number of security cameras at the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, in an attempt to crack down on streaking tourists at the site, daily Correo reported. Ricardo Ruiz, Cusco’s regional director for culture, said that 12 high-definition security cameras will be installed at the ancient ruins in order […]
BRS Labs? AISight System Now Available As Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs) announced that the company’s AISight® platform —the artificial intelligence analytics solution that teaches itself to recognize and alert on unexpected patterns within massive volumes of sensor data— is now available as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). This new offering complements existing on-premises, virtual machine, and cloud delivery models. Customers who subscribe to […]