Milestone Systems, a leader in open platform IP video management software, will be a Silver Sponsor of the upcoming IMS Video Content Analysis (VCA) Conference to be held in Amsterdam June 24 and 25. This event will focus on the use of VCA for security, business intelligence analytics and other emerging applications.Video Content Analysis (VCA) is transforming the way that video surveillance and monitoring is used. Public and commercial organizations worldwide are increasingly looking to VCA to enhance the performance of their video systems to meet the growing demand for more effective security and business intelligence. In recent years, video content analysis has provided front-line security professionals with real-time intelligence that aids faster responses, allowing them to proactively address potential security threats. More recently, VCA has begun to gain traction in areas that go beyond security, such as business intelligence and factory automation. In the future, its versatility will make it an invaluable tool in loss prevention, public liability assessments, consumer behavior analysis and other innovative applications. This is driving the market for cameras and associated equipment with embedded video content analysis capability to exceed $3.4 billion by 2010, according to a recent study by IMS Research.The IMS Video Content Analysis Conference will provide security and loss prevention professionals, marketing executives, operations managers, security equipment vendors and installers with valuable insights into how this cutting-edge technology is evolving. It will also explore real-world case studies that highlight the key issues and practical considerations surrounding the successful installation of VCA applications. By bringing together executives from all parts of the VCA value chain, the combination of keynote sessions, case studies and highly interactive debates, will deliver the essential tools to make informed decisions on the use of VCA to enhance security and profitability.As a sponsor of this event, Milestone Systems will be exhibiting their latest offering in their XProtect™ Analytics Framework: XProtect License Plate Recognition. Milestone Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Eric Fullerton will also be a speaker on the agenda. He will talk about open platform video management systems with a Video Analytics Framework that enables best-of-breed solutions that are future-proof.• Learn how Video Content Analytics and open Video Management Systems turn surveillance into more than just a security application. • How can you stay out of ‘proprietary jail’ when implementing VCA? • Why does a solution need to offer both on-camera and sever-based VCA in one system? • Correct use of VCA enables you to search recorded video faster than ever.Besides Eric Fullerton from Milestone Systems, some of the interesting speakers presenting are Finavia Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Schiphol Group, Siemens Building Technologies, Smart CCTV, Telindus Surveillance Solutions, Texas Instruments, 3VR, Transport for London, Tyco Fire & Integration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ViaSys Intelligent Video, and VTS Police Netherlands.A leading presentation will be made by Simon Harris, Research Director for Security & ID at IMS Research on the topic “Setting the Scene: What’s in Store for VCA in the Current Marketplace”. He will look at the reasons why VCA is such an important market, a video surveillance timeline, and an analysis of vertical markets’ uptake of VCA.Other companies taking part in the conference include Agent Vi, Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems, Honeywell, IBM, Intel, IntelliView Technologies Inc., ioimage, Niscayah Group and ObjectVideo.The Video Content Analysis Conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel Amsterdam in the Netherlands on 24-25 June, 2008. To find out more about the event and to register, visit the IMS Conferences website: www.imsconferences.com.
Smart CCTV Ltd, a specialist in video analytics, today announced the installation of a network of Megapixel IP behaviour-recognition smart cameras at Queen Mary, University of London, one of London and the UK’s leading research-focused higher education institutions. The installation will enable the research team to gather real world data and build models and algorithms for software application development relating to BEWARE (Behaviour based Enhancement of Wide-Area Situational Awareness). The project has important implications for security in the UK.Dr Tony Xiang of Queen Mary’s University explained the challenges that the University needed to meet in specifying the technology to achieve the project. “The problem we want to address is behaviour analysis using multiple cameras. We need to develop a model for detection and tagging of people across cameras, enabling an automated video analytics system to track the same person between views from camera 1 to camera 2, for example.”A further objective is to automate PTZ cameras through software instructions linked with the tagging and behaviour profiling. Dr Xiang says: “Camera actions would be determined by the behaviour profiling. If the smart camera detects suspicious behaviour, it will automatically focus on the tagged person.” Smart CCTV recommended a network of IQeye Megapixel IP behaviour-recognition smart cameras offering high-definition MJPEG video quality images. Milestone Systems’ XProtect IP video management system was specified as the recording platform to satisfy the project’s initial aims of watching people, clarifying data and for testing models. Following training of the research assistants at Smart CCTV’s premises in Havant, the system is working efficiently and the team are using the cameras extensively to capture data. Dr Tony Xiang said: “We have an obligation to get best value for money and, as a Government Agency, we asked different companies for competitive proposals. Smart CCTV was the only company that provided the specialist technology that we needed to complete the project, on time and within budget. We particularly needed an IP-based solution that could be easily integrated with our existing building, cabling and network infrastructure.”Nick Hewitson, Managing Director of Smart CCTV, added: “The combination of the Milestone software platform and IQinVision’s Megapixel cameras provides a highly effective and efficient way of collecting and managing high resolution video streams.”About IQinVision IQinVision is the world leader in megapixel IP video. Since 1998, IQinVision has been designing, manufacturing, and marketing the IQeye family of high-performance network cameras, intelligent cameras, and network video recording (NVR) systems. IQeye network cameras are renowned for image quality, stability, and reliability in the most demanding network conditions and environments. www.IQeye.comAbout Milestone Systems
Milestone is a global leader for open platform IP video surveillance software, sold through partners in 90 countries. Reliable, robust and proven in 35,000+ customer installations, the XProtectÔ products support the widest choice in network video hardware and API integrations with other systems. www.milestonesys.com
About Smart CCTV Ltd
Smart CCTV Ltd is a developer of ‘smart CCTV’ products that will allow operators to become more proactive in their response to criminal and undesirable behaviour and thereby improve the quality of life of the people living and working in their area.
