VIDEO MGT SOFTWARE
Aeroskop Strak is a complete video surveillance solution with unlimited flexibility owing to its innovative construction-set principle. Easy for non-tech savvies, powerful for professionals, it allows to build both small and enterprise-level systems, with an unlimited number of cameras. The program works on Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Android devices with 100% remote access and view from any mobile device or computer.
VIDEO ANALYTICS FOR SECURITY CAMERAS
These can include but are not limited to the following:
- Motion Tracking – Following a moving object across the cameras view
- Object Detection – Detect a moving object in the cameras view
- Object Classification – Identify the type of object moving (Person,animal,Vehicle)
- Direction Flow – Identify the direction of a moving object
- Loitering – Alert if object stationary beyond a predefined time
- Left/Removed Object – Alert if an item is left or removed from a predefined area
- Face Detection – Detect and record faces
- People Counting – count people in and out of a defined area
VIDEO ANALYTICS (VA) IS THE USE OF SOPHISTICATED ALGORITHMS APPLIED TO A VIDEO STREAM TO DETECT PREDEFINED SITUATIONS AND PARAMETERS.
There are many processes involved in developing a VA platform but the primary thing is to first obtain the video data. This can be from either an Analogue camera or an IP camera. It could also be from a video file (avi or wmv). The video images are then passed through image extraction and feature & edge detection algorithms. This checks the images for recognizable details and compares the foreground to the background. It then differentiates between them by only detecting foreground objects. At this point the systems have enough information to make intelligent decisions based on the pre-set rules and parameters in the software. It can then either ignore or raise an alarm depending on these rules.
VIDEO ANALYTICS IN THE REAL WORLD
This is where VA differs significantly from other methods of detection i.e Motion Detection, Infra Red & Seismic Detectors. VA uses recognition and classification to decide whether the object is a threat or not. E.g. normal detectors would pick up the presence of wildlife and trigger an alert as all it knows is that there is something moving, whereas video analytics could detect the object and classify it as not a person and ignore it. The same applies for other everyday situations such as heat extraction units and even swaying bushes. These would most likely activate an infra-red sensor or standard motion detection systems but would be ignored by VA system. This level of detection massively reduces false alarms. The other huge advantage of a VA system is in Control Rooms, where security staff typically monitor hundreds of cameras. Here the VA system can be used to analyze all video feeds and alert the operator only when a specified condition has been met. Thus improving the efficiency of the Control Room operators. Along with all the obvious security uses VA is being constantly developed and new features create new opportunities in different market places. Areas such as marketing and retail can also benefit from a VA system, as it can track how many people enter a building or area, how long people stay in certain areas. It also monitors queue lengths, queue times, provides heat maps and shows customer flow. All this information allows the end user to have a better understanding of how their business operates and provides measurable performances.