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Access & Video
Cloud Powers
Possibilities
Leveraging a
Cloud-based
architecture, the
system facilitates
quick and
effortless access
to user data,
enabling
convenient
updates to user
permissions while
on the move.
- Scot Sturges, Director
of N.A. Business
Development, Acre
Security
well as data storage. Features include occupancy
counting, heatmaps and smart searching of
video footage. The company recently released
the Video Intercom Reader Pro with video
calling and AI-powered voice recognition that
routes calls to smart access control readers.
It also has released the Avigilon Ava Flex
camera with wireless capability and built-in
sensors for temperature and humidity. " We
also provide them with added value from the
business insights that come from our solutions
that incorporate smart analytics and advanced
intelligence, " Kazerani states.
3xLOGIC, meanwhile, just announced its
X-Series Edge Based Deep Learning Analytics
cameras.
" These new cameras analyze movements and
behaviors and use predictive analysis to track
each object constantly. People, objects, and vehicle
events can be filtered so that only important
activations are acted upon. These are particularly
effective in dense and complex scenes with applications
in perimeter protection, person, object,
and vehicle detection and notifications, as well as
business intelligence use cases for advanced dwell
time and people counting, " McMullen says.
We are going to see continued evolution of
video analytics at the edge, which removes the
need for recording devices on site, he adds.
VIGIL CLOUD now has integrated person
and vehicle detection capabilities that can send
a notification only when a person or vehicle is
present, reducing false alarms. Other new features
include multicamera and multiview functionality,
as well as clip sharing.
PACOM has launched a Cloud-based solution
that combines intrusion and access control.
Looking at What's Next
Analytics and AI technologies will keep advancing,
and access control and video surveillance
systems will continue to multiply their capabilities
through integrations.
" In the future, the access control market will
likely emphasize advancements such as touchless
access and biometrics to take access control
systems to the next level, " says Acre's Sturges.
" Facial recognition software and biometrics are
likely to be the industry's leading answers to
this recent interest in touchless access control
solutions. "
Motorola Solutions expects to see greater
mobile adoption, more advanced analytics and
increased use of AI to proactively identify and
respond to threats.
" Integration with other
third-party security cameras and access control
systems or functionality will become more and
more important as customers want to have a
simple but comprehensive approach to their security
management, " says Kazerani.
The future is about providing analytics beyond
security. Says McMullen, " Many of these
possibilities are available now and will only get
more and more sophisticated in the future. " SSI
SANDRA HOSKING is a freelancer and
communication manager for a fintech firm;
she has 10+ years covering high-tech topics.
ONVIF OPENS PATH TO CLOUD ADOPTION By Leo Levit
▶ Founded in 2008, the ONVIF
organization promotes
standardized interfaces for
effective interoperability of
IP-based physical security
products - including Cloudbased
access control and
video surveillance.
ONVIF's Profile M is designed
to allow for the proliferation
of Cloud connectivity.
It standardizes the handling
of analytics metadata among
cameras, VMS and other
software platforms. Devices
are free to produce data
depending on their capabilities,
machine-learning
models and other algorithms;
the data produced and the
way in which it is generated is
consistent among devices.
The profile leverages a
common communications
protocol used by loT systems/
distributed device infrastructures
called MQTT. Profile M
doesn't specify 'on premises'
or 'Cloud,' deliberately relaxing
this and other requirements.
It's agnostic to a specific device
and how it operates.
Profile M offers the
flexibility to include Cloudand
server-based services
and software (which are not
physical pieces of hardware)
as conformant devices,
opening opportunities for
new integrated applications
and the ability to connect to
different entities in a loT or
automation ecosystem.
Interoperability and openness
are critical as we move
into Cloud's next stage of
connectivity. ONVIF's goal is a
common set of specifications
that can serve the market
in a stable way, paired with
industry standard protocols
that are not proprietary for
any Cloud vendor. For more
information, go to onvif.org.
LEO LEVIT is Chairman, ONVIF
Steering Committee, and
has spent 20+ years in the
technology innovation and
product management fields.
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