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After
only 25
22 minutes of sustained video
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review, humans lose up to 95% of visual
acuity and experience “video blindness”.[1]
One researcher did a study on how accurately se-
curity operators could detect a person carrying an
umbrella on a busy street when viewing differing
amounts of monitors.
The study found that observers viewing one, four, six
and nine monitors had accuracy detection scores of
85%, 74%, 58% and 53% respectively in identifying
the only person in the crowd holding an open um-
brella.[2]
Thanks to massive advances in comput-
ing power[3] and cutting-edge AI that is
blurring the line between fiction and re-
ality, it is possible to implement systemic
changes in a security team’s operations
and focus, reduce wage-spend on security
guards, repurpose their time for high-
er-level work, and transform real-time
monitoring into intelligent monitoring
with one cost-effective AI-powered video
analytics solution running through your
existing camera network.
In addition to real-time watchlists
using
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face recognition, a few other capabilities
that improve the security and safety of
physical spaces and facilities of all types
include:
Intrusion alerts:
• Set alarms and alerts surrounding doors that
shouldn’t be entered or exited, unwanted access
based on rights, and more.
Boundary crossing:
• Powerful boundary crossing alerts to supercharge
response time.
Loitering:
• Suspicious loitering parameters can be set around
time spent loitering and location.
• Is someone on a smoke break, or are they about to
break in?
At Vintra, they believe in a socially respon-
sible use of this new, powerful technology.
While the debate goes on, and rightfully so, about
the potential uses of face recognition by law en-
forcement and government agencies, its applica-
tion in cases such as the Gazette shooter, or in post-
event investigation situations when investigating
crimes, is a no-brainer.
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