How does Your Camera Make Great Radar?

Using video analytics to add intelligence to surveillance cameras may open new possibilities, improve security, and increase operational efficiency.

Fremont, CA: Receiving a security breach warning is the first step in recognizing suspicious behavior, but the cameras also collect additional data that might assist users in taking remedial action.

The latest Positional Camera Tracking feature within Security Center enables users to identify and monitor intruders on an interactive map by leveraging current cameras combined with video analytics. Once an alarm has been triggered, users may locate the intruder's exact position and stream their images to get a more complete and action-oriented view of the activities.

Here are the positive benefits of transforming your camera into radar:

Use any IP camera to get the benefits of radar

Perimeter intrusion detection sensors, including radars and lidars, are often used to warn and identify the instant an activity crosses the perimeter of a barrier. Although this level of precision is pricey, radar sensors that provide geo-coordinates of an incursion increase an operator's visibility and accuracy of an occurrence.

Instead, these same features may get added to the company's current cameras, which gets already installed in strategic areas. Users can follow targets on a map without investing in a new radar system by merging the existing camera feed with a GPS source.

Acquire situational awareness to take remedial action as soon as possible.

Even across numerous locations, each intrusion detection zone might be totally distinct. Based on the operating needs of the site, it's critical to be able to control incursions vs. false alarms as when they

Unify multiple disconnected systems

Using several intrusion detection sensors to defend the perimeter is normal practice at any sensitive facility. These many detecting sensors (radar, Lidar, video analytics, PIDS, and lasers) are often separate systems that do not interact with one another. However, users can see the broad picture by moving existing system capabilities to perimeter monitoring rather than focusing on many individual intrusion detection instances.

With a single physical security platform, businesses can easily aggregate information from all of the existing sensors and control intruder monitoring on a map, all while keeping an eye on the target. Using video analytics to add intelligence to surveillance cameras may open new possibilities, improve security, and increase operational efficiency.