Video analytics

IndigoVision eyes bigger share of CCTV market
Scottish CCTV maker sees 60 percent surge in profits, offers maiden dividend; recent contracts have included an order for 1,000 cameras for the U.S.-Canadian border — the largest project in the world using high-density surveillance equipment
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Washington, D.C. to install CCTVs on trains, busses, and in stations
The cameras are installed more for crowd control purposes, but there is the acknowledgment that cameras provide a forensic tool for police when investigating crimes
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Panasonic shows array of new technologies
In addition to enhancing its line of i-Pro Series Network Solutions, Panasonic continues to introduce select analogue products incorporating the latest technologies in support of legacy system
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Competition intensifies in high-definition security imaging
Surveillance has come out of domestic and office environments into the main street in both industrial and developing countries, and the competition among the companies seeking customers at ASIS is likely to remain fierce
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Scallop Imaging showcasing a camera with 180 degree field of view
Traditional security cameras, composed of a single lens and image sensor, either require a number of cameras to cover a 180 degree field of view, or utilize extreme, wide angle lenses that are costly and introduce optical distortion; Scallop has a better solution: distributing this imaging task across five powerful microsensors
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Camera manufacturers going HD
High definition technology gives users the capability to make out faces and license plates more easily, which in the future will also have implications for video analytics, making them more effective
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U.K.'s ubiquitous camera network to be made smarter
U.K. researchers develop behavioral recognition software which will focus CCTVs in public places — and on public transportation — on people behaving in a suspicious or odd manner; developers say their software would have spotted a man carrying a samurai sword to a bus in Leeds — which he used to attack the bus driver
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Surveillance airship for Afghanistan
A hybrid airship — it is heavier than air, 80 percent of its lift coming from buoyancy and 20 percent from aerodynamics — will be deployed to Afghanistan; it is 250ft long, and designed to loiter at 20,000ft for up to 21 days carrying a 2,500lb ISR payload
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New cybersecurity research center opens in Belfast
The £30 million center will work primarily on embedded security tech for next-gen IT equipment, and on real-time automated analysis of CCTV footage for “criminal activity”
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Intransa VideoAppliance named 2009 New Product of the Year
Intransa VideoAppliance, introduced in June 2009; a panel of judges for Security Products Magazine names it 2009 New Product of the Year in the Network-Centric Security category
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BRS Labs takes ASIS' Accolades award
This is the fourth award BRS Labs has won this year for its unique approach to security; its AISight’s software ingests external visual input (computer vision), while its machine-learning engine observes the scene, learns and recognizes behavioral patterns, and responds accordingly
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Team recognized for Hollywood video surveillance implementation
TimeSight Systems, VAS Security Systems, and Technicolor selected as Silver Medal Winner of the 2009 Security Innovations Awards
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Intransa shows new simple, green video solutions
Some companies go for gold-plated complexity; Intansa prefers simple, green video surveillance solutions for physical security; the company introduces new products and enhancements to old products
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Surveillance software solves security snag
Network security monitoring is currently limited by the inability of operators to recall the relationships between more than about 40 cameras in a network; the new software will automatically integrate data from thousands of security cameras in a video surveillance network into a single sensor, eliminating existing problems with huge information overloads
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ioimage to show new IP camera with video analytics
The new camera, the sc1dn, is priced at $990 and aimed at mid-size entities
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