Video Analytics

As with any industry, technology in CCTV has made rapid advances, and there are now some very clever tricks that our systems can do for you.

Tripwire, or Line Crossing, sets a virtual line in the field of vision of a camera. If an object moves from one side of that line to another, it triggers a reaction. For instance, many retailers use this technology to monitor how many people enter their shops – the reaction that is triggered is to add another customer to the count. It’s also used to monitor boundaries – when an object crosses the line from the safe side to the secure side, an alarm is triggered.

Area Intrusion is similar, whereby we set up your system with a virtual box in the field of vision. When an object moves into the box, the reaction is triggered.,

Loitering Detection and Unattended Object Detection are also very similar technologies – they both detect when there has not been a change, or a significant change, within a defined area on screen, for a defined period of time. The former is primarily used to deter anti-social behaviour, whilst the latter can help with crime prevention.

Facial Recognition allows a system to compare a face detected by the camera with a face in a database. This has myriad uses:-

• Access Control – check that the face of a person attempting to use an access control fob matches that of the person to whom the fob was issued
• Retail – detect the presence of known shoplifters
• Sports – detect the presence of people with banning orders