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Products
Axis offers a number of intelligent video applications that support security operators in their daily work by solving real-world video surveillance challenges. Furthermore, a broad range of intelligent video applications that work with Axis network video products are available from Axis Application Development Partners.
AXIS Cross Line Detection
AXIS Cross Line Detection is a trip-wire application installable on Axis network cameras and encoders that support AXIS Camera Application Platform. The application is designed to work in most indoor and outdoor installations and in variable lighting conditions. AXIS Cross Line Detection is especially suitable for general monitoring of entrance and exit points in low-traffic areas, detecting objects such as persons and vehicles that cross a defined virtual line. The application is perfect for monitoring building entrances, loading docks, parking lots and area perimeters. More about AXIS Cross Line Detection.
Active Tampering Alarm
Active Tampering Alarm is an intelligent video analytics application available in selected Axis network cameras. The Active Tampering Alarm functionality enables security staff to detect disrupted camera operation, by automatically alerting the operator when a camera is manipulated in any way. The product is especially useful in applications where there is potential for vandalism – such as in schools, prisons, public transportation, and in harsh environments where weather, vibration, or dirt can disturb the camera’s performance. Active Tampering Alarm detects incidents such as accidental redirection, blocking or defocusing of cameras, and reacts when the camera is attacked, spray-painted, or intentionally covered.
Without Active Tampering Alarm, it can take a long time before tampering is noticed. This is especially true for applications where one operator monitors multiple cameras. If not detected right away, significant incidents may go undetected and completely unusable video is stored. However with Active Tampering Alarm, there is an immediate notification when normal camera operation is disturbed.
Video motion detection
Video motion detection is the original, basic, and prevalent intelligent video application within video surveillance. It is primarily used to reduce the amount of video that is stored, by flagging video that has changes and eliminating video in which nothing changes. By only storing video in which changes occur, security personnel can store video for a greater time period on a given storage capacity. It is also used to flag events to operators – such as persons entering locked areas – for immediate action.
Video motion detection is the foundation for a large number of more advanced video analytics, such as people counting, digital fences, and object tracking. Axis has offered video motion detection in its network video products since 2000 and today, all Axis network video products – are delivered out of the box with video motion detection.
Audio detection
Many network video cameras include audio support, though, just as in video surveillance, local legislation or codes of practice sometimes limits the use of this feature. When possible, using audio can be a powerful complement to video. Audio detection is based on the same principles as video motion detection. The application detects noise – such as the breaking of a window or voices – and uses this as a trigger to transmit and record video, or to alert operators of suspicious activities.
Audio
functionality is normally delivered as an integrated component of a
network video product.Audio detection can supplement video motion detection, since it can react to events in areas too dark for the video motion detection to function properly, or detect activity that is hidden from the view of the cameras.
For audio detection to work, the camera needs to at least include audio support, and either have a built-in microphone or have an external microphone attached. The audio detection is configured to react to a certain volume of sound and send an alarm or initiate recording of the video stream and the audio, if so desired. Axis offers audio detection in all network video products that contain audio support.
Autotracking
Video surveillance often takes place at times and in areas with little or no activity; for example, at schools and offices after working hours, or at retail stores, hotel corridors and parking garages during nighttime. Such situations usually have an unmanned video surveillance setup with automated recording.
The challenge is in ensuring that when an incident occurs, the right part of a scene is recorded with enough image quality to enable identification. Costs often prohibit the installation of large numbers of cameras or the use of operators to manually control pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras. Axis’ autotracking solves this by enabling a PTZ dome camera to automatically follow an object moving in a scene.
Partner applications
Axis network video products include the Application Programming Interface (API), AXIS VAPIX®, which facilitates the development of customized software solutions. This allows partners to develop applications – including intelligent video applications – that function with Axis network cameras and video encoders.
Development and distribution of "edge applications" is further facilitated by AXIS Camera Application Platform. This open platform enables the development of compatible and reliable third-party applications that subsequently can be downloaded to cameras and encoders, thus ensuring that users benefit from the market's widest range of applications.
Read more about AXIS Camera Application Platform or browse available applications.
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