Video analytics has apparently had several false dawns at least as far as its utility in video surveillance is concerned, but it seems that it has finally come of age. At least that’s the impression from this article on video analytics from Daniel Wan at Honeywell. According to the author of the piece, “Its proven benefits in perimeter protection, increasing the efficiency of manned guarding services and the ROI it delivers, particularly in preventive security, shows that video analytics is indeed a technology whose time has finally come.” Read the complete article that makes a strong case for video analytics in video surveillance.
Validating several of the assertions of the above article are are numerous case studies that highlight its uses, whether it be in airports, retail megastores or in keeping track of billions of dollars of cargo! If this is an area of some interest, then check out the video analytics section on the site for reasonably comprehensive coverage of this topic.