Tag: ObjectVideo
Alarm.com acquires ObjectVideo
March 22, 2017Paul Ragusa
TYSONS, Va.—Alarm.com, which provides a platform for the connected home and business, announced the acquisition of substantially all of ObjectVideo Inc.'s business, including the company's products, technology portfolio and personnel.The business, now called ObjectVideo Labs, will accelerate Alarm.com's research and development of video services and video analytics applications for both the residential and commercial markets, and will continue to provide advanced research and engineering services...
Avigilon buys BRS patents, others for $13m
January 21, 2015Martha Entwistle
Updated Jan. 27 with an interview with BRS Labs president John Frazzini. VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Avigilon today announced it spent $13.3 million acquiring video analytics patents that extend into behavioral recognition, video segmentation and meta-data and more. This deal comes one month after the video surveillance provider spent $80 million to acquire patents from ObjectVideo.“Avigilon is clearly trying to lock in IP in a whole range of analytical algorithms,” Jeff Kessler,...
Avigilon buys ObjectVideo's patents, licensing program for $80.3m
December 19, 2014Martha Entwistle
Updated Jan. 15, 2015VANCOUVER, British Columbia—The future of the video surveillance industry “is about business intelligence and video analytics,” according to Avigilon CEO Alexander Fernandes, and Avigilon's purchase of a division of ObjectVideo equips it for that future with what he calls the “strongest portfolio of intellectual property related to video analytics … the designers, technical knowhow, trade secrets and now the patents.”In December, Avigilon paid...
Hikvision and ObjectVideo sign agreement
March 3, 2014SSN Staff
HANGZOU, China and RESTON, Va.—Video surveillance provider Hikvision announced March 3 that it has signed a worldwide patent licensing agreement with video analytics provider ObjectVideo.
"Hikvision has a rich intelligent video analytics product line. This line plays an important role in both data mining and data service,” said Yangzhong Hu, president of Hikvision, in a prepared statement.
“We are very pleased to have Hikvision join our patent licensing program,” noted Raul...
ObjectVideo, Agent Vi ink patent license agreement
December 30, 2013SSN Staff
ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel and RESTON, Va.—ObjectVideo and Agent Vi have signed a patent license agreement, the companies announced recently.
The global, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license to ObjectVideo's 55 patents gives protection to Agent Vi's products, according to the announcement. Agent Vi produces open architecture video analytics software.
"Agent Vi provides flexible video analytics solutions, with powerful options for both edge and server based solutions,"...
Security companies grow fast, again in 2012
August 22, 2013Martha Entwistle
NEW YORK—The 2013 Inc. 5,000 list has been released and, again this year many security companies made the list, which ranks businesses based on self-reported growth data.Topping the list of included security companies was Security Hunter of Baltimore, Md. At number 551, it had $21.8 million in revenue in 2012, a three-year growth of 820 percent over its $2.4 million in 2009 revenue. Founded in 1988, the company manufacturers and installs electronic and physical security systems used by federal...
ObjectVideo, Aimetis enter licensing agreement
February 27, 2013SSN Staff
RESTON, Va.—ObjectVideo, a provider of intelligent video software, has signed a global, portfolio-wide patent license agreement with Aimetis, a video management systems provider based in Waterloo, Ontario according to a company statement.
“Aimetis is a leader in tightly integrating video analytics into an easy-to-use video management solutions,” Raul Fernandez, chairman of ObjectVideo, said in the statement. “We are pleased to have them join the growing number of IP camera...
OV signs Panasonic, does R&D gov't work
January 14, 2013Martha Entwistle
Make it eight deals with high-profile video providers for ObjectVideo. The video analytics provider on Jan. 9 announced it had signed a global patent licensing program with Panasonic.
Panasonic approached OV last year, Raul Fernadez, chairman of Object Video, told me. OV is in discussions with six other manufacturers, he said.
With many of the biggest names in video surveillance now signed on with licensing agreements, will OV turn its attention away from its licensing program?
Yes and no, Fernandez...
Warren Brown named president of ObjectVideo
August 1, 2012Martha Entwistle
RESTON, Va.—Saying it's a “pivotal time” for video analytics in the security industry and for ObjectVideo in particular, Warren Brown on July 30 assumed the newly created role of president at the video analytics provider.Raul Fernandez will continue to serve in his role as ObjectVideo chairman.ObjectVideo has been in the news a lot in the past year as it aggressively pursues patent licensing agreements, notably through litigation. While that effort will continue, Brown said he'll...
OV drops Samsung case, ITC trial involving Bosch starts today
July 18, 2012Martha Entwistle
ObjectVideo issued a statement at 7:30 this morning announcing that it has dropped patent infringement charges against Samsung. The statement came two hours before an International Trade Commission trial began at 9:30 this morning.
I called ObjectVideo, but they're not saying anything beyond what's in the press release. I also have a call into Samsung.
The release says that ObjectVideo filed an unopposed motion to terminate the International Trade Commission investigation against Samsung. “Both...