Qognify Suspect Search Examined

By: Brian Karas, Published on Jul 01, 2016

All you have is a description of a suspect? White guy, black hair, mustache, heavy, green jacket?

No problem, says Qognify, formerly NICE Security. They say they can search for any such combinations without even a picture or video clip of the suspect.

In this report we examine Qognify Suspect Search, its functionality, practicality, pricing and comparison to rival offerings including Avigilon appearance search.

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Technical **********

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  • *** ~*** *******, **** would ******* ** ********** server **** ** ***** (2 ****, * ***** each) *** **** ***.
  • **** *** ** **** with *** ***** *******.
  • **** ******** ***** ****'* video ********** ******** / system *** ****** ** 'added **' ** *** party *****.

Limitations With ******* ******

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  • *****-***** ********* ******** **** lighting, *** ******* ******** for ****** ***** ******* to ******* ******* *******.  This **** ******* ******* any **** * ****** has ******** ** */* mode ** *** *****.
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  • ***** *** ****** * very ******** ******, *** if ***** ******* *** not ********** ******** ** the ******* ** *** negatively ****** *******.  ** the ****** ** **** to **** *** * person **** * ***** and *******, *** ******* only **** ******* ******** detail **** *** ***** the ****** ** **** or **-********* ********* ******* that **** ***** ******* on *** *********.
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Price *** ************

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Compared ** ***** ********* ********

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Outlook *** ******* ******

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Skip Cusack

10/10/17 05:47pm

Has anybody used this technology in the field? Can you share your impressions?

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