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Benefits of Video Analytics


Video Analytics

Video Analytics are tools used in the monitoring and control of a video surveillance system (or for analyzing any digitally recorded video). It digitally analyzes video feeds to allow for software monitoring. There are many benefits to using video analytics with your video surveillance system.

Benefits of Video Analytics

It can often be difficult to control a video surveillance system, especially if you are working with a large number of cameras. Keeping track of everything that is going on is a hassle and requires a lot of manpower.

Not so with video analytics. Video analytics use detailed and sophisticated algorithms to examine digital video feeds. Video images are examined pixel by pixel, missing absolutely nothing. You can then set up the video analytics software to send off alerts in case anything should go awry, notifying you or the needed personnel of the situation.

Example Uses of Video Analytics

Advanced Motion Detection/Tracking

By examining each pixel in the frame, the video analytics software is able to pick up even the slightest movement. You can program in the sensitivity for yourself. This allows your system to always be monitoring even if you or any other key personnel aren’t actively watching. The software can also tell the camera to watch any motion so that everything is captured on video.

Object Recognition

Video analytics are able to distinguish objects within a video frame. You can program in specific objects which it will recognize within the frame. Should anything happen to a particular object, should it be moved or go missing, the software can be programmed to send an alert.

License Plate Recognition

Another example use of video analytics is in license plate recognition. You can find many benefits to this: in fact it is already in common use in places such as gas stations and toll booths where there is a steady stream of traffic to track. The software is able to differentiate the license plate from the surrounding material and record an image of the license plate in order to keep tabs on cars.

Security Access Point Monitoring

You may also find benefits from a video analytics tool in monitoring security access points. It can record the general behavior of people passing through critical areas, and differentiate normal behavior from abnormal behavior, automatically alerting the proper personnel to keep a closer look at the situation.

Conclusion

The above are just a few of the possible uses and benefits you can receive from the use of video analytics. The software is incredibly powerful and the applications are almost limitless. You will never feel more secure than when you have video analytics integrated with your video surveillance system.

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