Tag: thermal cameras
Milestone Systems funds research project at University of Aalborg
June 14, 2024SSN Staff
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The University of Aalborg, Denmark, has been honored for advancements in Harbor Safety Technology through a collaborative project with Milestone Systems.
In a release from Milestone the company specified its video technology and synthetic datasets deployed in a Danish harbor were recently awarded the Danish Spar Nord Foundation Research Award for research into detecting fatal accidents in harbors using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-trained models for thermal cameras.
Milestone...
Is video surveillance making a comeback?
August 4, 2021Paul Ragusa
It seems like all we have been talking about these days is access control. Sure, thermal and infrared technology continues to be a hot topic during the pandemic, but for many end users, it was, and still is in some respects, more about deciding if that even is the best technology to solve the problem. And, more importantly, if it is, finding the right company among a sea of companies trying to cash in on the thermal camera space.
Today, though, it is more about creating an...
LenelS2 and FLIR Systems announce strategic collaboration
August 3, 2020SSN Staff
PITTSFORD, N.Y.—LenelS2 and FLIR Systems signed an agreement to integrate select FLIR thermal cameras with LenelS2’s OnGuard access control system. The integrated, non-contact solutions joins the Carrier Healthy Buildings Program suite of offerings to support reopening and assistance in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and possibly other viruses in the workplace through thermal screening. “As organizations implement site-specific screening protocols, integrating access control systems with...
March Networks’ new compliance solution
June 12, 2020SSN Staff
OTTAWA, Ontario—March Networks’ Health Compliance Solution helps enterprise businesses manage new health and safety compliance regulations in the COVID-19 era. It features a suite of new features that empower banks, retailers, restaurants, schools and other businesses monitor and measure occupancy in real time, rapidly detect individuals who may pose a potentials risk and ensure compliance with new cleaning and sanitization procedures.
“COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges and...
Eagle Eye Networks cloud VMS enhanced to support elevated body temperature measurement using thermal cameras
April 17, 2020SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—Eagle Eye Networks announced enhancements to the Eagle Eye Cloud Video Management System for full support of dual spectrum cameras used in elevated temperature detection.
Interest in the use of dual spectrum cameras with integrated analytics for locating faces and measuring temperature has greatly increased amongst Eagle Eye Resellers as they look for tools to reduce the spread of Corona19. Eagle Eye Networks said it wants to do anything it can to assist with the current situation...
DVTEL releases thermal camera
February 3, 2014SSN Staff
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.—IP video surveillance solutions provider DVTEL has released its ioimage Thermal line of intelligent thermal cameras, the first offered by the company, according to a Feb. 3 news release.
Relying on an infrared detector, the camera and associated video analytics software are designed for low- and no-light environments and offer advanced analytics customers can use to reduce false alarms, according to the statement.
“The ioimage Thermal camera line introduces a new...
OV signs licensing agreement with FLIR
January 8, 2014Martha Entwistle
RESTON, Va.—Video analytics provider ObjectVideo today signed its 17th licensing agreement, this time with thermal camera provider FLIR, Raul Fernandez, OV CEO, told Security Systems News. “It's a global agreement, for the whole portfolio of patents that we have,” Fernandez said. “It covers the intelligent thermal cameras for traditional security; it also covers [analytics used in cameras] in the traffic monitoring cameras that became part of the FLIR portfolio through its...
Axis products secure utilities substation, deterring thieves
December 2, 2013SSN Staff
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—This city has installed Axis thermal and pan/tilt/zoom cameras to secure a utilities substation, Axis announced Nov. 26.
The system has already alerted police of four incidents at one substation, according to the release. Security systems save the city $6,000 per copper theft, and help to protect staff and intruders from electrocution, the release says.
City Utilities installed Axis Q1921-E thermal network cameras and P5532-E PTZ dome network cameras along substation perimeters,...
Thermal cameras move into commercial use, in some instances
November 26, 2013Kenneth Z. Chutchian
Andy Teich, CEO of FLIR Communications, likes to compare the evolution of thermal camera technology to GPS systems. Slowly but surely, the application of thermal cameras has followed the history of GPS, from a military genesis to dual use, before expanding to the commercial market and commoditization.“Thermal cameras go into the same phases, but slower than GPS,” said Teich, whose Oregon-based company pioneered the cameras' dual-use application back in the 1960s.Security industry integrators...