Transcript Intelligent Video Surveillance – In Action

Intelligent Video Surveillance –
In Action
Presented by
Scott Schnell, President and CEO, VideoIQ
Challenges of Conventional IP and
Intelligent Video Surveillance
Network Burden
 Bandwidth requirements
 Storage costs and
management
 Network or storage issues
mean permanent video
loss
False Alarms
 High false alarm rate
 Some have dozens per day
 Calibration / tuning
required – with seasonal
adjustments
Challenges of Conventional IP and
Intelligent Video Surveillance
Challenge to Manage
Costly
 Mixture of cameras, storage
 Typically double the cost
systems, management
software, network routers,
analytics equipment
 Equipment often from
different vendors
 Proprietary systems become
future limited
 Massive bandwidth required
to support conventional
systems puts strain on
budgets
Yesterday’s Reality
Passive Recording
Difficult Investigation
 Most video surveillance systems have no one watching
 High on-site costs
 Video only viewed after crime
 Review is tedious
 Human guards incapable of watching cameras
 In less than 20 minutes, human attention to video monitors degenerates to
an unacceptable level
 Events missed as guards look away, perform other tasks or fall asleep
 Less than 5% of surveillance cameras monitored today
 1 in 1000 crimes solved using video
Today’s Opportunity:
Video Surveillance + Analytics = Prevention
 Analytics-enabled cameras act as “digital guards”
 Proactive and responsive
 1st line of detection and crime prevention
 Detection over 99%
 Prevents crime better than guards alone
 Costs a fraction of a guard
 Enables local and remote monitoring
Why Video Analytics are Important
The Power of Preventing
Crime – Not Just Recording It
Finding the 1% of Video
that Matters
The Cost of Network
Bandwidth and Storage
Keys to Reducing Crime
Number One Need for Crime Prevention:
Early Warning
 Detect intruders
before they start
climbing the fence
 Before they are
committed
 Red line defines the
region of detection
desired
Keys to Reducing Crime
Number One Need for Crime Prevention:
Early Warning
 Detecting early
warning behaviors:
 Crowd Formation
 Loitering
 Illegal Parking
 Trespassing
Burglars spotted on roof of shopping mall
Proactive Security Stops Crime
The Second Need for Crime Prevention:
Immediate Response
 Intervention
before the crime
 Stopping
incidents before
they escalate into
violence or theft
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Video Analytics
 True object recognition
 People
 Vehicles
 Boats
 Suspicious objects
 Powerful rules toolbox
 Trespass
 Direction of travel
 Virtual tripwire
 Crowd detection
 Vehicle dwell time
 Loitering alert
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 Multiple active rules per camera
 Intelligent Video Breakthroughs
 No calibration or tuning ever
needed
 Reliable accuracy even in difficult
environments
 System-wide object search
Remote Guarding is a Game Changer
Video analytics
automatically
identify suspect
and highlight him
in the video
alarm clip
Actual
capture
from a
monitored
car lot
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Video analytics “watch” the site
through surveillance cameras
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Monitors all cameras, all the time
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Detects people and vehicles as they
cross the perimeter and into protected
zones
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Instantly transmits “marked” video
alarm clips to remote monitoring
station for verification and action
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Live look-in with streaming video
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Remote guard confronts intruders via
two-way audio
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Remote guard escalates to police if
required, with live situation support
Cost-Effective Proactive Monitoring
 Traditional video: One operator watches 10-16 cameras
 With Intelligent Video: One operator watches 1,000+ cameras
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Storage at the Edge
 Puts smart storage at/near the source – the camera
 Minimum bandwidth and storage issues
 “Smart” selection of storage resolution based on content
 Maximum scalability and fault tolerance
 Lowest bandwidth, cost, risk
 Reduces single point of failure
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Storage at the Edge
Lowest Bandwidth, Cost, Risk
Conventional IP
Cameras
! !
IP Network
PC
Centralized
NVR
Old architectures have bandwidth issues, system-wide network
and storage failure risks
View Monitoring Station
Intelligent Video
Surveillance with
Edge Architecture
IP Network
Edge architecture eliminates bandwidth bottlenecks and failure
risks
Real-World Cases
Champions Auto Ferry
 24 x 7 ferry, St. Clair River, Mich.,
close to Canadian border
 Challenge:
 Increase safety onboard, count cars
travelling on ferries and help
authorities identify people entering
U.S. Illegally
 Remote location on river, icy and wet
conditions
 Solution:
 Intelligent video cameras installed on
both mainland and island
 Running on wireless mesh network
 Cameras work in all weather
conditions, day or night
Champions Auto Ferry
 Result:
 Installation completed in day and a half
 Intelligent video cameras helping staff do daily audits of
passengers, cars travelling on ferries
 Storage at the edge architecture means minimal storage
and bandwidth requirements
 Cameras providing high resolution images in outdoor/daynight environment, including in bad weather
 Enabling faster investigations for homeland security
purposes
Malmo, Sweden Schools
 School district in city of Malmo, Sweden
 Challenge:
 $6.5M (SEK) in damages over 5 year period; 600 panes of glass
broken in 1 incident alone
 Vandalism and arson attacks on rise since 2001 – unacceptable to
city
 “Archaic atmosphere” reduced safety and academic performance
 Solution:
 Video analytics deployed as part of video surveillance
implementation
 Analytics system serving as “front line” for schools which have no
on-site security guards
 Continuously searches for threats and instantly alerts remote
guards
Malmo, Sweden Schools
 Result:
 Reduced costs by an astounding 90%, saving over $3M SEK
 False fire alarms also dropped dramatically
 Improved classroom performance and sense of safety
Onondaga Central School District
 Elementary school district in update NY
 Challenge:
 Provide proactive protection for students and staff in light of increasing
school violence nationwide
 Wanted a solution that did not require a lot of overhead
 Wanted all-in-one-solution that didn’t require specialists to implement and
maintain
 Wanted something that worked with existing network infrastructure
 Solution:
 School administration applied for COPS (Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services) grant offered by U.S. Department of Justice to help
improve school security throughout the country
 Successfully obtained grant to cover 50% of cost of security system
 Intelligent video cameras installed across all of district’s schools
Onondaga Central School District
 Result:
 Cameras monitor for security threats
and sends video alerts to school
personnel’s e-mail and cell phones so
they can immediately evaluate and
respond
 Object Search feature lets school
personnel search for a person or car in
seconds
 Built-in DVR provides simplicity and allin-one solution
 Minimal storage requirements saving
money and valuable resources
 Plans to increase number of cameras in
coming year due to success of project
City of Birmingham Case Study
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Largest city in Alabama
Challenge:
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Decrease crime in city and outdoor public places
Solution:
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2008: Systems integrator hired to install
surveillance cameras across city
Trained professional agents remotely monitor
cameras from their control center
 Remote guards cost-effectively extend reach of existing
security staff
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Systems integrator installed intelligent video
cameras
 Ability to monitor for and detect crowds
 Built-in audio over IP – remote guards can use
loudspeakers to inform intruders they've been
detected – driving them off and preventing crime
 Ability to capture images and store them at the edge
network
City of Birmingham Case Study
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Result:
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Video analytics instantly detect security threats, notification sent to
remote guards
Remote guards evaluate the situation and dispatch police immediately
to prevent crime and keep city streets safe and secure
System expansion in 2009 due to success
Birmingham Overall Crime Rate Drops 16% (Q1 2009)
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Homicides dropped 25%
Auto theft dropped 21%
Statistics from The Birmingham News,
April 16 2009 article
Chemical Plant
 Originally used 55 guards for traditional manned surveillance –
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annual cost of $3.5 million
Wanted to protect plant perimeter, hazardous material
220 intelligent video cameras installed – total cost < $1 million
Guard force reduced to 5
Saving $3 million annually & improving protection
Auto Dealerships
 Remote Guarding protecting 60 auto car lots
 60%-70% paid for on-site guards previously
 All had continual problems with theft and vandalism
 Remote Guarding reduced their monthly costs by 75%+
 Not a single case of theft or vandalism (over 3 years)
Illegal Dumping
 Goodwill Industries problem
 $M’s spent to get rid of dumped garbage or spoiled donations
 Analytics used for detection of vehicles and people
 First level warning via automated audio model
 If people don’t leave, second level alarm reports to remote guard
 Initial results show audio reduces problems by 80-90%
 3-store system now rolling out to 20+ in one region alone
Construction Sites
 Over $1B in losses annually, with less than 10% ever recovered
 Copper theft growing rapidly
 Arson can cause huge losses
 Major and small equipment theft, and even diesel fuel theft
 Analytics detect intruders and remote guards respond immediately
– powerful and effective solution
Changing the ROI Equation for Video
 Prevent crime at ¼ the cost of site-based guards
 Investigation in ½ the time
 Better quality video recording for important events
 Solve bandwidth & network problems for IP cameras
 Finally a practical solution for outdoor protection
 Lower maintenance costs than conventional video
 Intelligence at no added cost
 As easy to use as traditional motion detection
Better intelligence, quality and reliability
at the price of a conventional system
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Q&A
Thank You
Contact:
Scott Schnell
President and CEO, VideoIQ
[email protected]
www.videoIQ.com