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▶ Object recognition in video
▶ Optical character recognition (OCR)
in photos and video
▶ Speaker/voice recognition in audio
▶ Anomaly detection
Now, AI may be about to allow the industry
to unlock additional capabilities, which could
have profound impact on the industry: radio
frequency device detection, and high-fidelity
occupancy data.
New Frontier of Specific
Occupancy Data
Truly understanding " who's in the home " at a
high fidelity and high accuracy is a game-changer
for security, smart home applications and
many other industries. One example of this
technology is the HomeAware platform developed
by Ubiety Technologies.
Some innovative technologies are emerging
that help understand whether or not there is a
human present in a monitored area, even if they
don't identify who it is. Consider the following.
WiFi sensing/WiFi motion: Uses existing
WiFi waves in the home and watch the WiFi
waves as they " bounce " off of objects in the
home. More advanced than traditional PIR
sensors because it can determine human motion
vs nonhuman motion (i.e. no more false
positives when the wind blows, shadows change
or when a fan moves). An example of this technology
is Origin Wireless.
Depth-sensing/ " point Cloud " approachBecause
of all this buzz, it's often hard to differentiate
what's real from what's not. Today, nearly
every company claims to have some sort of AI.
From a high level, there are two main types
of AI: " narrow AI " (an AI that is trained to
solve one specific problem as accurately as possible)
and " general AI " (an AI that can solve any
generic problem, and can think critically and
reason about any topic like a human would).
Almost all mainstream applications of AI today
are narrow AI, no matter how much they may
look like general AI.
As of this writing, humanity has yet to create
a true general AI. However, we have been able
to solve a lot of real-world problems with narrow
AI, including many in the security industry.
Here are a few that are particularly compelling:
▶ Facial recognition in video
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es: Use of permanent hardware mounted near
the ceilings of monitored areas (and sometimes
over entryways/exits) to look top-down and
create a 3D point cloud through IR, radar, lidar
or other technologies. An example of this
technology is Density.
Both of these technologies give good accuracy
of recognizing people versus pets or other
moving objects, and in many cases offer high
enough accuracy to determine pose (sitting vs.
standing vs. laying down) and human actions
like falling, breathing, etc. These solutions
are still anonymized - the system doesn't yet
know exactly who the person is.
In addition, RF device detection is a new
generation of emerging capabilities, based on
high-fidelity accuracy and understanding of exactly
who is present in a monitored area. One
new and interesting platform is the aforementioned
Ubiety Technologies. It passively listens
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Understanding
who is or is
not within the
proximity of a
premises at any
time during an
alarm event, or
during a certain
period of a day
by a monitoring
center, first
responder or a
homeowner is
priceless.
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