Video Analytics 101

In the past, you couldn’t visit a video analytics vendor’s booth without seeing a demo video involving heatmaps. Today, heatmaps are all but gone from video analytics products. The reason for this is that while they are very visual and appealing, they add very little business value for users. Instead, they are being replaced with occupancy management solutions that provide actionable information....

ONVIF Profile M promises to standardize how video analytics metadata is being exchanged between devices. In this session, we are talking with Hans Busch, Chairman of the Technical Committee at ONVIF. How does Profile M work? How will it evolve in the past-paced AI market? And what is the impact on our industry? Find out in this interview session.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it a tremendous demand to control the occupancy of spaces. And the technology used to achieve this is often people counting. In this episode we are explaining how people counting devices work under the hood and what to consider when choosing different technology.

Machine learning is becoming a bigger part of our everyday lives and provides a lot of ways to improve operations and security. At the same time, artificial intelligence is becoming more controversial as applications like face recognition are being regulated in many countries. So how intelligent is AI and should we even call it “Artificial Intelligence” at all?

Automation and smart technology have revolutionized our world. We expect technology to deliver accurate data for security and operational insights while maintaining privacy. In this session, Florian Matusek, and Gerard Fígols Sotero, Head of the Security Solutions Business Unit at Panasonic, discuss the importance of video analytics while protecting privacy.

In this session we are looking beyond the marketing hype and talk about how video analytics work under the hood. Most video analytics today follow a 3 step process, one of which is often forgotten. Check out this episode to find out which steps those are!

If you have been in the phyisical security industry for some time, it might seem obvious what video analytics "is". However, it is not what it used to be and the answer is less obvious than what you might think.