The market for smart video analytics will exceed $5 billion in 2012

Intelligent video analytics is rapidly evolving, and technologies in this area are rapidly spreading and the number of new technology providers is increasing. IMS research report “Video Content Analysis in the World Market—2008 Edition of IMS Report” stated that by 2012, the value of video analytics market will exceed 5 billion US dollars.

Video analytics has a wide range of applications, from high-end markets such as the military, government, nuclear facilities, airports and ports, to mid-markets such as industrial facilities, education, and logistics. In the initial stage, the system is very expensive, difficult to install and operate, and the maintenance costs are high. To expand to the mid-market, intelligent video analytics vendors are making improvements to the product without compromising performance, making it easier to install and more cost-effective.

Whether a product can penetrate from the high-end market to the mid-market is usually determined by its architecture. In order to penetrate the mid-market, it is often necessary to adopt different methods and to consider certain elements, but usually simplicity is the most important factor. Systems that commonly appear in high-end markets may not be suitable for mid-markets, mainly because these systems are more expensive and more complex in their integration requirements. These markets require flexible, cost-effective, and easy-to-install systems. Remote installation and maintenance functions also play an important role in reducing the technical engineer's travel expenses. Pre-installation and maintenance projects often require the help of these engineers.

The key to entering the mid-market is through system integrators and installation companies. They understand the latest security technologies and have potential goals for upgrading existing databases and video analytics for existing CCTV installations. When dealing with intelligent video analytics, the key challenge for system integrators is that customers desire systems that can be installed quickly, minimizing the lack of monitoring time due to installation, while minimizing the associated learning curve effects due to the desire for ease of operation. .

The mission of smart video providers is to provide easy-to-use video analysis products for the mid-market. A suitable smart video device will be a stand-alone DSP-based video sensor that can be operated independently of other components simply by connecting and configuring the device. This type of architecture allows system integrators and installers to easily upgrade existing monitoring systems with simple video input, output, and remote setup over the network.

Video analysis is easy to use when upgrading from an existing basic camera to a DVR architecture. Security personnel do not need to make any changes to current settings or system operation. By adding video analytics to the CCTV system, security events defined in the system's management and detection zones can be automatically detected, and overlays of detection patterns displayed on the Matrix/DVR. Using the sensor's dry contacts to trigger the DVR to record and mark events can increase the recording capabilities of the DVR, extending the recording time to days or even weeks because only the front and back portions of the alarm film need to be saved and finally backed up.