Counting persons in video surveillance is becoming more and more popular for a variety of business intelligence and safety applications. But up until now, it was only possible to count up to 30 or 40 people at once in an image. A new type of people counting applications promises to change that and to count hundreds and even thousands of people at once. In this video, we explain how crowd estimation work technically.

Virtually any AI used in the security industry today relies on datasets. However, there are two big issues around datasets that everyone is struggling with. And the second one, licensing, is being ignored by everybody. In this episode we discuss these issues and also what they have to do with broccoli.

2021 marked the release of a multitude of AI cameras: video surveillance cameras with a dedicated deep learning chipset that makes advanced AI functionality at the edge possible. But what are the challenges in building such cameras? What can we look forward to in the future?

Florian Matusek welcomes Mats Thulin, Director of Core Technologies at Axis for the inside scoop.

Edge video analytics and Forensic Search are two hot topics at the moment. And the combination of both enables new use cases with a unified experience. In this session, we are this and more with Aaron Saks, Senior Product and Technical Training Manager at Hanwha Techwin and find out how analytics at the edge can be leveraged for Forensic Search.

Wouldn't it be great if a video analytics system does not have to be configured at all? Running it the back, figuring out by itself what is usual and what is unusual? This is what self-learning video analytics are promising. In this session, we are explaining how self-learning video analytics work and why they are not deployed more widely.

In the past, you couldn’t visit a video analytics vendor’s booth without seeing a demo video involving heatmaps. Today, heatmaps are all but gone from video analytics products. The reason for this is that while they are very visual and appealing, they add very little business value for users. Instead, they are being replaced with occupancy management solutions that provide actionable information.

Do you still see requirements for heatmaps in the market? How do you deal with them?

ONVIF Profile M promises to standardize how video analytics metadata is being exchanged between devices. In this session, we are talking with Hans Busch, Chairman of the Technical Committee at ONVIF. How does Profile M work? How will it evolve in the past-paced AI market? And what is the impact on our industry? Find out in this interview session.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it a tremendous demand to control the occupancy of spaces. And the technology used to achieve this is often people counting. In this episode we are explaining how people counting devices work under the hood and what to consider when choosing different technology.

Machine learning is becoming a bigger part of our everyday lives and provides a lot of ways to improve operations and security. At the same time, artificial intelligence is becoming more controversial as applications like face recognition are being regulated in many countries. So how intelligent is AI and should we even call it “Artificial Intelligence” at all?

Automation and smart technology have revolutionized our world. We expect technology to deliver accurate data for security and operational insights while maintaining privacy. In this session, Florian Matusek, and Gerard Fígols Sotero, Head of the Security Solutions Business Unit at Panasonic, discuss the importance of video analytics while protecting privacy.