The MS5 series Techson cameras will be a new and extremely useful part of our surveillance system. The MS Series has previously been known for its excellent light sensitivity, true WDR, object identification and more. This palette is further enhanced with the MS5' s ability to detect, analyse and record video metadata, in addition to the capabilities you're already used to.
The next step
Video metadata is a new stage in deep learning artificial intelligence. It not only allows cameras to determine what object (human, car or two-wheeler) is in the area being observed, but also to extract additional information about these objects.
For different objects, the camera can detect and analyse different attributes for us.
It can detect 13 different attributes for people, 5 for cars and 1 for two-wheelers.
We have taken the first step towards more accurate monitoring, but how will this help us in our future work?
In order to take full advantage of this feature, we need a Techson SmartSpeed IP recorder with at least firmware version 1.4.7 available.
The camera itself performs object identification and attribute detection and passes this information to the recorder, and also overlays the detected attributes on the image of the detected object.
With our recorder, we can search between these snapshots quickly and easily.
When searching, all you have to do is select the object you want to search for, the corresponding date, the camera or cameras in MS5 and select the attributes for which you want to find objects.
Effective security
The snapshots you find will help you find the shots that might be relevant to you much faster, saving you minutes or hours of reviewing footage.
With just a few button presses, we can get people in red T-shirts or yellow cars passing in front of the camera.
It can also be useful for follow-up checks, for example, to ensure that workers in the monitored area are complying with the mandatory workwear requirements.
New options
In addition to the video metadata, it's worth noting that the MS5 series cameras have many more useful features. First of all, there are the thermal mapping and regional statistics functions. With the heat map, we can examine the statistics of the objects that have passed through a given area. In a shop, for example, this can be used to determine which shelf rows were the most frequented. With regional statistics, you can not only count the number of objects that have passed through a given line, but also the number of people in a given area. This allows us to receive alerts or warnings if there are more people or vehicles than the allowed number in an area.
Other new features worth mentioning are loitering detection and illegal parking monitoring. In both cases, you can be alerted if either a human object or a machine/ two-wheeler is present in the designated area for more than the time you specify. With this new feature, we can take our area monitoring to a new level, as we will not be alerted immediately, say if someone is just passing through the area, but only if someone is intentionally in the area for a longer period of time.
Previously we had to compromise on which analytics we wanted to use on our camera. That's a thing of the past, as the new MS5 cameras' Multi AI feature means we can use all the analytics associated with object identification at the same time.
The new features are a welcome addition to the MS5 series, which can be used in a wide variety of locations to set up or upgrade surveillance systems, helping security staff and increasing user convenience.
