With Artificial Intelligence (AI) seemingly everywhere today, it is important to take a step back and discuss what AI is, and isn’t, within video security. The use of the term “AI” is growing rapidly in the video security space, but different companies may use this label to represent very different technologies and solutions. A professional security company like EPS can help you better understand how AI applies to your video system.
The Role of Analytics in Modern Video Surveillance
Video systems are becoming increasingly powerful through the advancement of analytics, the ability of a camera to generate events based on what it records.
Video analytics can alert you when…
- Someone crosses a defined boundary in the image
- When someone loiters too long outside your back door
- A specific object, such as a gate or access point, has been moved.
- An unauthorized vehicle is parked in a designated zone (fire lane, shipping doors)
These capabilities are being enhanced by AI, not replaced by it.
What AI Brings to Video Analytics
AI within video analytics allows cameras or recording servers to identify what they are recording more accurately. This enables the system to distinguish whether a moving object is a person, a vehicle, or an animal, and to catalog these captures based on attributes such as color, size, or duration-in-view.
Depending on your needs, AI tools can be deployed as hardware or software solutions. While video analytics can function without it, AI significantly reduces false alarms and enables faster, more efficient analysis of recorded footage.
AI in Video Analytics vs. AI Language Models
It is worth noting that the AI used in video analytics is fundamentally different from tools like ChatGPT. Video analytics AI is not a large language model (LLM) designed to search the internet and generate responses to questions or prompts. Instead, these AI tools and features are purpose-built to identify and catalog specific details within recorded footage. Because these AI features can reside directly in hardware or software, they can be deployed to meet your organization’s network security requirements.
Ready to Get More Out of Your Video Security System?
If you have ever considered leveraging AI-powered video analytics to strengthen your security, we encourage you to reach out to our team of security experts. We can walk you through how analytics, AI, and your team can work together to protect your employees, your workspace, and your assets.
