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By Alberto Jessurun / February 16, 2022 / Blog

6 Ways AI Improves Video Surveillance

AI integration improves video surveillance strategies by allowing for instant footage review, greater accuracy, characteristic detection, and much more.

Key Takeaways:
  1. Instant footage review
  2. Greater accuracy
  3. Characteristic tracking
  4. Better insights and analytics
  5. AI constantly learns and improves
  6. Time and money savings
Artificial intelligence (AI) has improved processes ranging from speech recognition to virtual reality to cybersecurity defense to healthcare delivery. It has proven time and again to save organizations money and improve workflows because automation takes on a lot of the repetitive tasks employees would otherwise have to do manually and speeds them up, all with greater accuracy and consistency. 

The world of video surveillance is no exception. AI-enabled cameras and monitoring software help companies and agencies of all kinds improve the way they monitor public spaces and how they gather insights and video analytics to use for more robust security strategies. Alerts can be automated based on a set of behaviors or object triggers, and human error is significantly minimized. Integrations with facial recognition technology also improve how security threats can be detected based on a set of characteristics. 

Let’s dive in deeper and look at six important ways AI Improves video surveillance today.

1. Instant footage review

Reviewing a lot of video surveillance footage has been a challenge for security officials for a long time. They may not know exactly what time an incident occurred or are looking for one specific person who entered a space over a many-hour period. Looking through hours and hours of recordings drains time and other resources, and the right answers may never be found. 

With AI, it’s much easier to evaluate footage. Recordings can be reviewed in mere seconds, so answers are provided immediately. It’s faster to sift through everything and the AI can instantly alert people to when a certain trigger occurred in the footage, so security personnel can go straight to the right spot in time.

2. Greater accuracy

AI allows surveillance technology to be more accurate than ever. Footage can be analyzed more effectively when the picture is clear, and analytics can be gathered directly from the images. Smart cameras can identify objects like vehicles and license plates based on a set of criteria, so they can be deployed in spaces like parking lots. 

With human analytics enablement, security managers can monitor behaviors, record foot traffic counts, and watch for suspicious activity. This is all done with automation and AI that limits the number of mistakes made in these key processes.

3. Characteristic tracking

Technologies like facial recognition can be points of contention with video surveillance — many wonder if people in public spaces should be constantly watched and tracked. However, this technology makes it possible for officials to locate wanted individuals or identify someone in a crime based on video footage. Managers can be alerted automatically when a certain characteristic is detected or when a threat is present. This is a significant improvement over what’s possible with surveillance that isn’t backed by AI.

Facial recognition and other biometric technologies continue to improve, so accuracy will only get better when used in a video surveillance strategy.

4. Better insights and analytics

AI makes it possible to gather and review key video insights and make better decisions based on that data. Using video management software (VMS) powered by AI can help people automatically detect a number of potentially dangerous situations, including:
  • Security risks
  • Suspicious behavior and individuals
  • Banned objects
  • Emergencies like fires, floods, and potential shooter situation
These enhanced insights also allow security managers and others reviewing footage to monitor and link analytics across locations. In a large organization like a stadium or mall, for example, AI can detect characteristics like the color of a coat or hat across the entire system, not just from footage from one camera. AI thus helps organizations create one holistic smart surveillance system.

Using a cloud-enabled VMS also means this information can be monitored and managed from any location. Footage can be stored on the cloud instead of a physical hard drive, allowing authorized users to access it anytime and on any device. 

5. AI constantly learns and improves

One of the biggest benefits of AI in any industry is its ability to learn from what’s happening and essentially become smarter. Say a smart camera can detect an object from video monitoring and match that object with the original instructions from a human. The AI will continue to learn how to improve that detection process, becoming more and more accurate and precise over time. This means human error can be avoided and the quality level will only get better the longer AI is used.

6. Time and money savings

Because a lot less time can be spent reviewing footage and identifying characteristics, as AI can now take on those tasks, organizations ranging from entertainment venues to public sector agencies can save a lot of precious funding on these issues. When an answer can be provided in seconds instead of days or weeks, people can spend more time connecting the dots and moving forward. 

Find the right tech products with Unisol International

AI is clearly changing the video surveillance scene from top to bottom. Officials can more easily and effectively review footage, locate criminal activity and wanted individuals, and use cloud-based platforms for more flexibility. 

When you’re looking for the right products to round out your video surveillance strategy, Unisol International is here to help. We are a leading end-to-end technology solutions provider specializing in product distribution and turnkey deployments of IP networking solutions. We offer security cameras and the most advanced VMS products to help you improve surveillance and monitoring at your organization.

Contact Unisol International today to learn more about our tech products and services.

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