Wednesday, May 1, 2013

How Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) is changing video surveillance


Video Surveillance has been used as a security tool for a long time. The idea of having a control room from where guards or operators could watch what was happening at different places at the same time made patrolling activities cheaper and more comprehensive. With time, more and more cameras (and monitors) started being used in order to ensure that every inch of a building or an area was being covered by the system. However, the vast amount of images generated made it complex to manage all that information. As it became increasingly harder for humans to deal with such high quantities of different images in different screens at the same time, machine intelligence then was introduced to facilitate data management. The newest thing today is the use of Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) to help in real time event detection and also in post event analysis. These might include motion and intrusion detection, asset protection, pinpoint an event in recorded video, etc. This technology helps to increase productivity and efficiency of video surveillance systems and the people who monitor them, focusing on automating video analysis and security alerts, therefore reducing the need for manual work and also decreasing monitoring costs.

IVA is becoming a vital component in the growing surveillance systems industry and it is projected to be the most important technology segment of that sector. The IVA market is expected to grow to $867.8 million by 2017, according to some studies. 

Check out the videos below to see a IVA system working.






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