Tag: LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging)
An appetite to grow in the physical security space
July 30, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Hexagon, a provider of sensor and software technology, is eager to expand its physical security presence by demonstrating how it can "touch a lot of different areas within a customer's enterprise," says Jeremy Howard.
Here's what Howard, vice president, Physical Security Sales, Americas, Infrastructure & Geospatial said about the work they’re doing at Hexagon, and how the company formerly known as Qognify, prior to its acquisition and...
London's Heathrow Airport continues partnership with Genetec
July 9, 2024SSN Staff
LONDON — Genetec has announced that Heathrow Airport’s multi-year investment in Genetec solutions is enabling them to continuously innovate and transform operations.
The joint effort provides Heathrow with a unified view across large-scale airport operations to secure people and assets.
London Heathrow is Europe’s busiest airport, handling approximately 80 million passengers and 14 million tons of goods annually. It’s more than 76,000 employees work around the clock...
Specifically Speaking: Joe Maddox on the need to attract young talent
June 26, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Joe Maddox, physical security engineer at Jacobs, feels that the security industry should make a considerable effort to attract young talent.
“In my opinion, based only on observation, the mean age of personnel in this industry is too high,” he told SSN. “The security industry needs to be better at attracting the right type of technology-thirsty and creative minds from a younger demographic.”
Maddox cited the creativity that the security industry...
ZE Government Solutions secures another Air Force contract for LiDAR tech threat detection
September 28, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
PHILADELPHIA – ZE Government Solutions (ZEGS), subsidiary of AI-based gun detection provider ZeroEyes, announced that it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase I contract to investigate the potential of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology for threat detection.
ZEGS stated that the integrated solution will combine their AI-based object detection video analytics with LiDAR data, enabling operation teams to proactively identify, track, and respond in real-time to imminent threats...
Qognify’s VMS update improves functions
June 26, 2023SSN Staff
PEARL RIVER – Video and enterprise incident management solutions provider Qognify have announced the launch of Qognify VMS 7.3 and Umbrella 8.0, the latest iteration of Qognify’s video management software (VMS).
Promising to accelerate investigations and improve real-time incident handling, Qognify VMS 7.3 comes with a new forensic search tool named QogniFinder, which significantly speeds up investigations for persons or vehicles of interest in recorded footage. It allows the operator...
Quanergy partners with Convergint on physical security for critical markets
June 14, 2023SSN Staff
SAN JOSE, Calif. – 3D LiDAR solution company Quanergy Solutions has announced a partnership with service-based systems integrator Convergint to bring enhanced physical security to the utilities industry.
In a release the companies said they’ll be working together specifically to design, engineer and implement various security solutions by way of enhanced perimeter intrusion detection capabilities. In this partnership Convergint’s security solutions will harness the potential...
Orion's DoorGuard tailgating solution receives U.S. patent
November 11, 2022SSN Staff
LACONIA, N.H. – Orion Entrance Control announced that its LiDAR-based, inference engine-driven tailgating solution, DoorGuard, has been awarded a U.S. patent.
DoorGuard uses its technology alongside point-cloud data and Orion’s new Nebula inference engine, so the system develops and grows smarter over time. Orion said they can program specific scenarios and use cases into the software to share with the DoorGuard ecosystem. That they say enables end users and system integrators...