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VIDEO
IMAGING RECORDING MANAGEMENT
ONVIF Releases Profile M
for Video Analytics
▶ SAN RAMON, Calif. - ONVIF, a
global standardization initiative for IPbased
physical security products, has
released Profile M, which standardizes
metadata and events for analytics applications.
The new profile is said to address
the video analytics market as well as expand
the pathways for the use of metadata
and event handling into other systems
such as access control, Cloud services and
IoT platforms.
Profile M provides a standard way of
communicating metadata and events
between analytics-capable services and
devices like IP cameras, and clients like
video management software or server- or
Cloud-based services. It allows systems
integrators and end users to flexibly comapplications,
into one system.
Other uses include heat mapping in a
retail store using human and geolocation
metadata, and vehicle mapping in a parking
lot using vehicle and geolocation metadata.
Profile M also supports event handling interfaces
for object counting, and face and
license plate recognition (LPR) analytics,
as well as JSON-formatted events over
MQTT, a protocol for IoT applications.
An example of an IoT use case can be
Profile M can be combined with other
ONVIF video and access control profiles.
bine solutions from different providers
of edge devices or services that produce
metadata and events, with video management
software or Cloud services and IoT
for room temperature control, where a
Profile M camera (with MQTT support)
detects humans in a room and sends an
ONVIF event over MQTT to an IoT
platform or application that, in turn,
triggers a smart thermostat to adjust the
room temperature.
BCD Int'l Founder Burgess Strikes
Private Equity Deal
▶ CHICAGO - Private equity firm High Street Capital, based
here, announces its investment in BCD Int'l in partnership with
Founder and CEO Jeff Burgess. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed. The announcement states the investment will result
in a partial recapitalization and support the company's strategic
growth plans.
High Street Capital will work to further develop and expand the
company's hybrid Cloud solutions and continue to organically
grow market share both domestically and internationally, the announcement
states.
BCD Int'l, located in Buffalo Grove, Ill., provides mission-critical
and purpose-built video surveillance data storage appliances
to security integrators, private label/OEMs and distributors. The
company is comprised of three divisions: BCDVideo, Video Storage
Solutions (VSS) and BCDOEM.
In April, BCDVideo was awarded the 2021 Intel OEM Innovation
Partner of the Year honor for creating the REVOLV platform of hybrid
hyperconverged infrastructure (hHCI) systems. The platform
is said to allow users to consolidate disaggregated workloads and
scale compute and storage with ease, all powered by Intel Xeon
Scalable processors.
" I chose High Street Capital as they have a proven history of partnering
with their portfolio companies to drive strategic growth, " says
Burgess. " I'm excited to see where we can take BCD together. "
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Security Sales & Integration AUGUST 2021
AnyVision Raises $235M Funding Round
▶ HOLON, Israel - Artificial intelligence (AI)-based facial recognition
startup AnyVision, based here, has secured an investment
of $235 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2i and Eldridge, with
further participation from existing investors.
The funding round is said to be one of the largest in the visual
intelligence space in Western markets, according to an announcement.
It is said to underscore the growing importance of
AI, machine learning and biometrics in transforming physical and
perimeter security.
Proceeds from the round will accelerate AnyVision's product
innovation in edge computing and Access Point AI used to optimize
touchless access control, video surveillance and watchlist
alerting. This same platform will drive operational insights including
occupancy analytics, people counting and dwell times, as well
as flag potentially dangerous behavior.
" AnyVision's innovations in Recognition AI helped transform passive
cameras into proactive security systems and empowered organizations
take a more holistic view to advanced security threats, "
says AnyVision CEO Avi Golan. " The Access Point AI platform is designed
to protect people, places and privacy while simultaneously
reducing costs, power, bandwidth and operational complexity. "
To increase its market reach, the company says it has formed
strategic relationships with several key partners in this space including
Honeywell, Schneider Electric, Boon Edam, Ambarella and
Nvidia, as well as a number of key regional systems integrators.
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