AxxonSoft tells IPVM that they plan to IPO in the US within 3–5 years; however, today, AxxonSoft is not widely known in the Americas. IPVM spoke with AxxonSoft CEO Alan Ataev, who moved to the US three years ago to lead business development...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 3 days ago
The April 2021 New Products show is complete. All videos may be watched on the Shows Page. Here was the entire show schedule: 40+ Companies Presented Here is an overview of each companies presentation - all times are EDT. Thursday, April...
By IPVM Team - 3 days ago
One of the biggest barriers to video analytics is having sufficient computational resources. An alternative to increasing hardware performance for video analytics is improving algorithm efficiency.
By IPVM Team - 9 days ago
This 21-page guide examines the fundamentals of common person demographic analytics. Inside we cover: Machine and Deep Learning Demographics Clothing - Easiest / Least Controversial Clothing Object Detection vs Simple Methods Video...
By IPVM Team - 13 days ago
Video surveillance manufacturers often tout "high accuracy" analytics as a key marketing focus, typically with 90%+ values. But how do they reach those figures? In this report we break down and examine each of the following: Ground Truth...
By IPVM Team - 17 days ago
This 16-page guide explains the fundamentals of license plate recognize / automatic number plate recognition. Inside we cover: Traditional OCR LPR OCR Visually Equivalent Characters Deep Learning LPR Plate Datasets Accuracy Claim...
By Sean Patton - 24 days ago
This guide examines complex offerings of advanced object classification and behavior recognition algorithms. Inside we cover: Machine and Deep Learning Advanced Object Detection Gun Detection / Challenges Simplistic Machine Learning Mask...
By IPVM Team - 26 days ago
With over 150 attendees, the world’s best Video Analytics course for video surveillance is being held live. An on-demand version will be offered in May. The course costs $299. The video overviews the course: Based on IPVM's continuous,...
By Donald Maye - 27 days ago
AI is improving analytics, but which cameras are the best and worst? In this report, we compare and contrast 30 different camera analytics from 14 manufacturers from our tests: Ava Aware Avigilon H5A Analytic Cameras Avigilon H4A Analytic...
By Ethan Ace, Rob Kilpatrick, and Sean Patton - about 1 month ago
This guide explains the fundamentals of facial recognition. Inside we cover: The Use of Datasets in Facial Recognition Dataset Creation Methods Common Dataset Problems Prominent Public Datasets Changes in Public Datasets Architectures...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
Video analytics is a major differentiator in video surveillance, but because of the different marketing terms, names, and features, understanding how they work and differ is difficult. In this 30+ page guide, we teach the...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
Person, face, and vehicle detection are the most commonly offered video analytics, but understanding how they work and what challenges can break them is not easy. In this guide we examine: How to tell how well an analytics provider's...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
Bosch is a giant conglomerate doing over $70 billion in annual revenue but how well respected is Bosch within the physical security market? Inside this report, we examine statistics and commentary from 200 security integrators on Bosch's...
By Ethan Ace - about 2 months ago
Video analytics can be supported on different hardware types and programming frameworks, impacting cost, efficiency, and accuracy. The primary factors reviewed in this report are: CPU including Intel GPU including NVIDIA, CUDA and Tensor...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
VSaaS startup Ava says they offer "simpler video security and powerful intelligence for everyone", but how well does the platform work? We purchased an Ava system, and in this report, we examine Ava's strengths and weaknesses with 4...
By Rob Kilpatrick and Sean Patton - 2 months ago
Video analytics can be run in a variety of ways that have significantly different pros and cons. IPVM has identified 9 fundamental architectures, explaining the tradeoffs of each one herein. These architectures are: Run entirely on the...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
Axis has finally released deep learning analytics in their Q1615 Mk III with Axis Object Analytics, but does it live up to their claims of "smarter surveillance"? To find out, we bought and tested the deep learning Axis Q1615 Mk III and...
By Rob Kilpatrick - 3 months ago
The US TSA's CLASP program is targetting re-identification and luggage-person association from ceiling-mounted cameras to enable multiple screening levels in one lane, one of the more ambitious Western video analytics programs we have...
By Zach Segal - 3 months ago
This directory provides a list of "Fever" scanning providers to help you see and research what options are available. While the once-booming market is now busting, a vast array of companies are offering these products (mostly relabelling)....
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
Cisco Meraki's cloud analytics performed poorly in our 2019 testing. But now, they are claiming increased accuracy through machine learning. We bought and tested the MV72 and MV12WE examining: Does it ignore common outdoor false alerts...
By Rob Kilpatrick - 3 months ago
Hikvision has released Motion Detection 2.0 claiming it "supports detection of real security threats faster", embedding their AcuSense technology in camera VMD to classify people and vehicles. We tested Motion Detection 2.0 on Hikvision's...
By Rob Kilpatrick - 3 months ago
The video surveillance market has changed significantly since 2000, going from VCRs to an emerging AI cloud era and now impacted by coronavirus. The goal of this history is to help professionals understand the important business and...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
Using video analytics for gender identification is expanding but how well does it really work? And what personal features are gender analytics effectively using to make their identification? We tested gender analytics for over two weeks with...
By Rob Kilpatrick - 4 months ago
2020 has been a tumultuous year, for the world and for video surveillance companies, many who suffered sharp revenue drops this year. But who is most benefiting or losing from this? This is the 7th year IPVM has tracked manufacturers gaining...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
2020 has been a tumultuous year and it has shaken up many things, including the top trends for 2021 in video surveillance. 170+ integrators answered IPVM on: What do you think will be the top industry trend in 2021? Why? AI has been a...
By IPVM Team - 5 months ago
