Top 10 smart surveillance systems from Israel

changed in a camera’s field of observation — such as if someone or something appearing that had not been there before. When such unauthorized changes are detected, the system alerts security personnel, pinpointing the problem and allowing them to deal efficiently with the situation before it gets out of hand.

MATE’s technology can be used for anything from detecting suspicious activities or behavior to counting people and cars, tracking objects, or even detecting tailgating or piggybacking through access-controlled doors.

2. Adaptive Imaging. The devil, as they say, is in the details — but most video surveillance systems are weak on picking up small details in images in real time. Security personnel watching a situation develop are often missing crucial information — such as whether a potential subject is holding a weapon. Arresting an individual before the time is right could compromise an investigation months in the making — or sow unnecessary and economically damaging panic.

To keep track of the details, security agencies can use a unique “panoramic telescope” developed by Yokneam-based Adaptive Imaging Technologies (“New surveillance camera offers panoramic view, zoom-in capabilities,” 11 March 2010 HSNW). The company won the Most Promising Startup award at last year’s Global Security Challenge, and has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. It has developed a camera with a full gigapixel (1,000 megapixels) of raw resolution. With its telescopic lens, the camera can take in a very wide field, one which would usually require a much larger number of individual cameras.

Thanks to the innovative software that accompanies the camera, security personnel can focus in on a target and receive a remarkably clear picture, de-emphasizing less critical parts of a scene. The result: security personnel can zoom in on the important details, giving authorities the information they need to deal with a crisis as effectively as possible.

3. Vigilant Systems. Vigilant offers a turnkey networked video management solution. After 9/11, installing and managing video surveillance systems became a priority for city, regional, and national governments around the world. While many solutions were already on the market, managers and government officials needed a system they could deploy quickly and efficiently, that would also supply the necessary recording, analysis, and storage capabilities — and all this in a framework that would allow maximum flexibility and be able to integrate existing equipment.

Many managers, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom, found