Geovision false alert reversal

[LittleScoobyMaster 0]

Does anyone know a good way to minimize the number of false alerts caused by tree shadows with a Geovision card (without using a PIR)?

 

I'm monitoring a yard that has trees everywhere and although I can mask out the trees, I can't mask out the tree shadows as the tree shadows constantly sway in the wind and are all over the lawn that is being monitored, plus, not only do the tree shadows sway in the wind, but they move throughout the yard all day long depending on the suns position in the sky.

 

Is this sort of situation very difficult to obtain accurate alerts with a Geovision system? Or do I just need to enable some options I normally don't use too often like object counting\detection\tracking, etc.?

[rory 0]

thats just video motion for yah ..

[LittleScoobyMaster 0]

Do you think that Geovision might someday offer features like IntrusionTrack?

 

http://www.ioimage.com/objects/pdf/flyer.pdf

 

http://www.ioimage.com/objects/pdf/ioTotalTrack.pdf

 

IntrusionTrackâ„¢ is an intelligent module that watches with

unblinking vigilance for intruders in surveillance video;

IntrusionTrack™ doesn’t give intruders a chance. Built-in

VTD“ technology detects intruders while ignoring distractions

that cause false alarms, like small animals, swaying branches,

cloud shadows, rain, snow, etc.

 

Running analysis per pixel at a rapid rate of 30

times per second, it learns and adjusts using

algorithms and built in sight-logic all while

applying user-defined security policies, further

preventing false alarms and saving security

personnel from ongoing global sensitivity

calibrations such as for growing shadows and

light changes.

[rory 0]

man you asking a little too much for the cost of a Geo package ..

 

i dont know the cost of that particular one but i know the GE 4 channel version is somewhere like $20K retail. ..

 

What you'd do though with Geo is split the signal to the Geo out into a seperate system that just uses this motion devices software.

 

But yeah it would be sweet if Geo ever did do that ..

[Thomas 0]

It's marketing speak. It sounds like they simply use the ability set zones which isn't new and I thought Geovision had.

[freeflyer 0]

IVA (Intelligent Video Analysis) systems are available; there are a few on the market here in the UK; They start with the same type of features that Geo offers, like missing object etc; but some are becoming really advanced.

 

The majority work on scene analysis & differentiation. Depending on what system you select they offer features from Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) ; object counting, tracking & tracing (Speed / Size / Direction) and now more impressively Object Classification.

 

Some of the features available are for monitoring humans:

Access control

Access to restricted areas & perimeters

Overcrowding

Suspicious packages

Suspect behaviour

People too close to the platform edge at stations

 

Others are aimed at motorways

Stationary traffic & jams

Traffic counting;

Type of vehicles passing,

Lane use

Illegal overtaking & tail-gating (Watch out you badass drivers!)

 

NeuroDynamics offer a system that does intelligent scene analysis (iSAS)

GE does a system called VideoIQ - a Human detection surveillance technology that detects human activity; This one learns new backgrounds automatically to distinguish between people, cars, animals trees etc. Been designed to work outside as well in support of security guards in minimising false alarms & identify real threats (marketing says 95% accurate!)

Dallmeier do one called the DI-Detector

 

Hope this helps, I'm aiming to get a demo of these in the coming months; will be aiming to supply them in the future, Happy to report my findings to anyone interested in the true performance of these systems when I've done this

 

Regardz - FreeFlyer

[rory 0]

Yep VideoIQ has been around a for a few years now, the cost is in the area of what i mentioned above though.

[freeflyer 0]

Hi Little ScoobyMaster; Thomas & Rory

Some police forces are starting to install the Neorodynamics systems here on motorways; it's allowing the camera operators the ability to do more in less time by basically waiting for the software to tell them when a vehicle is doing something it shouldn't do; I'm sure we'll find these systems becoming increasing popular in the "BigBrother" world we are living in.

 

Airports are obviously the target areas for IVA systems nowadays, but in a nutshell from a buyers perspective, the benefits are immense when you think one static guard may cost you 20,000 US$ for 8 hours a day monitoring and they might miss something, with one system at roughly the same cost (Retail) you get 24/7 protection with a 95% accuracy level.

 

Surely it's only a matter of time until Geo starts to expand their software functions to include some of these more advanced analysis features isn't it? Still I reckon you get great value for money with a Geo system / software as it is, but with the costs of the alternatives becoming less every day the gap is decreasing, wont Geo have to keep expanding the Scene detection/ intelligent analysis features to keep up with the competition in the future anyway?

[rory 0]

Nah, thats where the custom companies come in, add on PCs to the GEO ... GEO is too mass marketted DVR ... i dont think theyll end up going too specialised or the cost of their cards and software will rise ..