Surveillance evolves as cameras
get a brain
The facial recognition market is expected to
be worth over US$10 billion by 2025
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Video surveillance systems are an
important step towards enhanced
security, but they have certain shortfalls
– they are very dependent on the ability
of the control centre and monitoring
team to be alert to every moment on
every screen, all the time.
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“With surveillance cameras now in
place virtually everywhere, it becomes
extremely difficult to analyse who is
where and what they are doing, all the
time,” said Marius Coetzee, CEO of South
Africa-based identity specialists Ideco.
“This means traditional surveillance
footage is typically used after an event to
support investigations.” monitoring and control 24/7, automated
facial wrapping and recognition, and
even highly accurate identification.
However, advanced new facial
recognition technology has come to
market to add intelligence to surveillance
systems, allowing for proactive “It’s a complex environment and there
is some confusion in the market about
what constitutes facial recognition,”
added Coetzee.
Facial recognition is a fast-growing
global market expected to be worth over
US$10 billion by 2025 as organisations
seek improved speed and accuracy in
security systems.
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dvanced new facial recognition
technology is giving ordinary
surveillance systems the ability
to learn, analyse what cameras see,
conduct market research and even
proactively mitigate risk.