Most Recent Reports on Video Analytics

Testing Vitamin D Video Analytics Software on Mar 06, 2010
With significant tech blog coverage, Vitamin D has generated widespread interest in using their video analytics. Two of the most commonly cited points is their technology, called HTM, that is based...

Video Analytics Survey Results and Recommendations on Aug 18, 2009
Results are in for our 2 poll questions, "Do Video Analytics Work?" and "What, if any, improvements would you like for Video Analytics?".  Do Analytics Work? 64% of respondents said, "Yes,...

Do Video Analytics Work? - Survey on Aug 11, 2009
The question, "Do Video Analytics Work?" is currently receiving a lot of attention. Such a question can be asked both technically and as a matter of opinion. While the technical element is ultimate...

Video Analytics 2009 Mid-Year Market Review on Jul 13, 2009
The last six months were rough for video analytics. Little good news and lots of public recognition of video analytic troubles. In our own recent analysis and survey on video surveillance technolog...

Intelligent Video - State of the Market 2009 on May 06, 2009
With so much hype and now so much disappointment, the state and future of intelligent video can be difficult to judge. I consistently hear business people in the industry ask questions about prospe...

How to Select Video Analytics on Apr 14, 2009
Selecting video analytics can be difficult because many factors impact the choice. In this report, I examine the 8 most important questions that should be addressed when evaluating video analytics....

Camera Positioning Key to Video Analytics on Apr 14, 2009
A routinely overlooked but key aspect to using video analytics is camera positioning. Not simply an implementation issue, camera positioning requirements can have a significant impact on the cost a...

Is Bosch Over-Selling Video Analytics? on Mar 25, 2009
Analysts and pundits agree that video analytics has been significantly over-sold in the last few years. Bosch certainly did its part with its IVA Challenge where tradeshow attendees tried to steal ...

Texas Instruments Simplifying Smart Cameras on Dec 07, 2008
To date, smart cameras are more promise than reality. While smart cameras receive significant press and a number of products are available, adoption is still very low - certainly under 1% of all ca...

On-Site Optimization Key to Quality Video Analytic Systems on Oct 20, 2008
There are very good analytic software packages on the market because they have excellent engineers and technicians setting them up; great analytic software needs great people to select and set the ...


Most Recent Industry Updates

Features IP Video Market's analysis on Video Analytics's recent events and is only available to subscribers of the Video Surveillance Professional Service.

Analytics Bashing Goes Mainstream on Mar 11, 2010
Industry insiders know that video analytics suffers a bad reputation. However, the backlash continues to grow with trade magazines attacking analytics directly. Two examples are provided from Secur...

Using LPR to Repossess Automobiles on Mar 11, 2010
In another sign of how License Plate Recognition is the most mature and widely accepted video analytic, a national US newspaper examines how LPR is being used by "repo men" or automobile recovery b...

VitaminD Video Analytics Examined on Feb 11, 2010
VitaminD's video analytics release offers a new market focus and business model for the video analytics market.  The two most important ways that VitaminD breaks from existing approaches are:...

Video Analytics Company Says They Are Not Video Analytics on Jan 28, 2010
The poor state of video analytics is exemplified by video analytic manufacturers that deny they are video analytics. Briefcam recently took to Twitter to issue their denial. At one level, they cle...

False Alarms are Through the Roof on Jan 21, 2010
We repeatedly stress how false alarms are the most important weakness of the video analytics market (and security sensor systems in general). The ongoing failure of a large scale deployment in the ...

What does the DVTel-ioimage deal say about the video analytics market? on Jan 14, 2010
IP Video Market poll respondents are heavily divided about the meaning of the DVTel-ioimage deal to the video analytics market. Of 129 respondents, 43% believed it was a good sign, 40% thought it w...

Is Bundling Video Analytics a Good Strategy? on Jan 12, 2010
While increasingly adopted, we believe bundling video analytics with cameras and recorders is a reflection of failing initial strategies rather than an inherently strong approach. Bundling video a...

Can Video Analytics Stop Suicide? on Jan 06, 2010
A metropolitan subway station is evaluating the use video analytics to identify and stop suicide attempts. It is a fascinating concept that faces significant risks. The City of Calcutta ...

Samurai UK Video Analytics Project Examined on Dec 23, 2009
Samurai is a UK based project to develop behavioral / advanced video analytics to detect suspicious or high risk behavior in public facilities, led by Queen Mary, University of London. S...

Fragility of Video Analytics on Dec 23, 2009
The December 2009 uproar over 'racist' facial recognition from HP demonstrates an important risk for real world video analytic deployments. For background, watch the viral video with almost 1 milli...

Video Analytics to be $1 Billion in 2012 on Dec 19, 2009
An extremely bullish but wildly misleading projection for the video analytics market has been made. V/B Research claims that video analytics will generate more than $1 Billion in 2012 revenue up fr...

Long Term Video Analytics Outlook Examined on Dec 09, 2009
With the market perception of video analytics severely weakened (see our polls and discussions), many question the long term growth potential of the video analytics market. In December 2009, IMS R...

High Accuracy Facial Surveillance Face Finder on Dec 07, 2009
Sagem Securite's Safran Group announced a new product that can significantly increase face finding and recognition performance. Called Face on-The-Fly, it consists of two strips of cameras placed 4...

Radiation Video Analytic Product (RedStar) on Dec 02, 2009
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Video Analytics in Europe Surveyed on Nov 19, 2009
Frost & Sullivan has released a presentation and projections for video analytics in the EMEA region. Through the presentation used the provocative title, "An Indispensable Tool or Inf...

GunShot Analytics Demoed on Nov 11, 2009
A manufacturer of gunshot analytics, SpotShotter, has released a 3 minute video demo that overviews and shows their system. The city of Richmond CA used as an example in the demo. Key poi...

FBI Expert Sees No Point in Facial Recognition on Nov 05, 2009
The FBI comments on facial recognition: "The algorithms just do not exist to deliver the highly reliable verification required. This is even though the FBI has been evaluating facial recognition te...

City Wide Mesh Wireless and Analytic Claims Examined on Nov 05, 2009
At a recent ISC West panel discussion, presenters discussed the strength of video analytics technology being able to mimic the self forming, self healing, and self balancing abilities of a mesh net...

The Ratio of False to Valid Alerts is Key on Oct 21, 2009
While false alerts rightfully receives the majority of attention in video analytic performance critiques, these systems must also pass another test - that of balancing the number of false and valid...

Burden of Proof Falling on Video Analytic Manufacturers on Oct 17, 2009
A public rejection of video analytics by an ADT systems designer is a good example of the decline in sentiment towards video analytics over the last few years. It's a clear example of the challenge...

Can Crowdsourcing Remote Video Monitoring Work? on Oct 06, 2009
Crowdsourcing - the process of outsourcing tasks to the general public using the Internet to distribute work - is a hot trend. However will it work and can it compete with traditional remote monito...

Can the UK Predict Crimes on Buses? on Sep 26, 2009
Though many are criticizing a UK research project, a deeper look shows that the project is technically feasible though faces privacy concerns. For background, read the BBC's article. The concerns ...

Should Video Analytics be Bundled with VMS? on Sep 17, 2009
Despite lip service manufacturers give to open systems, the clear preferred path is selling end to end packages. Last year, we debated this approach and the risks of it. At the time, I cited a half...

Examining Video Analytic Management Test on Sep 16, 2009
Steve Hunt has published test results comparing Aimetis, Milestone and Verint as 'video analytics management' platform. Given the focus of this test, it's not surprising that Aimetis is ranked the...

Vendor on Limitations and Cost of Video Analytics on Sep 02, 2009
The CEO of a video analytics vendor, VCA Technologies, has posted an interesting and frank analysis of the current limitation and cost of video analytics. Key points made: Minority Report s...

Video Analytics as Complex as ERP Software? on Aug 15, 2009
ObjectVideo is developing a very interesting blog where they post thought provoking/debate questions.  This week, ObjectVideo discussed how mature software like SAP and Oracle requi...

Everyone Convinced Video Analytics Does Not Work? on Aug 10, 2009
A new blog on video analytics has been added. In it, an individual listed on LinkedIn as an ADT application manager, laments, "everytime if I talk about Video Content Analysis most p...

Server Based Video Analytics Financial Performance on Aug 03, 2009
In a video analytics survey article, an IMS analyst states, "Everyone thought edge [solutions] would be a winner. Server might be stronger than thought." Putting the edge vs server techn...

Examining Retail Video Analytic Success on Aug 01, 2009
An interesting video of a Cisco account manager demoing retail video analytics has been posted. In it, the Cisco manager claims that the system can tell the difference between store emplo...

For Remote Monitoring on Jun 04, 2009
Remote video continues to be a popular topic for video analytic vendors. In the past few weeks, we have seen MACE advocate remote Video in a trade magazine article, ioimage announce a project where...

Video Analytics Survey on May 26, 2009
SSN has published an article interviewing CEOs of a number of video analytics companies. The most interesting comments are (1) ioimage's acknowledgement that analytics has not achieved the hyp...

Limitations in Facial Recognition and LPR on May 25, 2009
While facial recognition for identification verification (like Driver's Licenses) continues to expand, the technology suffered a PR black eye this week. A number of US states are now bann...

Cut Guards? on May 09, 2009
A security management blog ran a series of posts on the use of video analytics to eliminate guards. The application is secure facilities where US TWIC regulations require that visitors without clea...

Sign of Failure on Apr 29, 2009
When trade magazines run negative articles, you know a technology is in trouble. This month, SDM released a report on security integrator's experiences with video analytics. It is an excellent arti...

IMS Comments on Mar 26, 2009
At the IMS conference, Geoff from SecurityInfoWatch reported on video analytics progress. Money quote: "an industry niche that is maturing, but is still somewhat in its infancy." What's strange is ...