Intelligent video systems

These days lots of video is being recorded, however not properly analyzed, due to lack of time. This has led to the development of Intelligent Video (IV) applications. New IV systems are now being developed for taking video data of number plates and digitizing the plate for cross checking with a database. People counting and trip wire are other examples of IV applications. Being able to offer this sort of intelligence in the edge device itself offers major advantages, which include analysis of raw data and reduced workload of staff. The intelligent network camera is never idle. It is constantly on guard, waiting for an impulse to start recording. The motion detection feature may be used for tailored alarm settings, in order to suit each specific environment and event intensity.

What is intelligent video?

Intelligent Video is about turning raw video data into actionable information. Provision of intelligence through surveillance will therefore support potential quality decision-making in time critical situations. New business opportunities such as people counting will occur.

The intelligence in IV applications is the mathematical analysis of video images and the use of the acquired data. This approach has significant advantages:

Reduced bandwidth consumption
When the intelligent video application is integrated into the network video device, less data needs to be sent over the network.

Efficient use of manpower
Less false alarms since an intelligent system works with greater precision to identify security threats.

Better support for decision-making
Simultaneous audio and video analyses. For example, the sound of breaking glass can trigger a PTZ network camera to automatically position itself in the right direction, once the system has pre-identified the sound to be of sufficient concern.