Hitachi Unveils New Video Analytics
Software to Deliver Operational Intelligence and Security Insights for Smart
Cities and Digital Enterprises
Software to Deliver Operational Intelligence and Security Insights for Smart
Cities and Digital Enterprises
Hitachi
Video Analytics Provides Rich Insights, Real-Time Alerts and Other Enhancements
to Increase Efficiencies, and Enhanced Safety and Services
Singapore – February 9, 2017 – Hitachi Insight Group, which is responsible for
driving the global unified internet of things (IoT) business and go-to-market
(GTM) strategy for Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), today unveiled new video analytics
software to enhance and extend its Smart City and Public Safety solutions portfolio.
Hitachi Video Analytics (HVA) combines computer vision and advanced analytics
to extract rich insights and generate real-time alerts that can provide cities,
airports, campuses, transportation agencies, and businesses with:
·
Operational and business intelligence (pictured below): People
counting, queue detection, activity analysis, directional counting, and image
enhancement deliver insights that help cities, businesses and other
organizations improve operations and customer experiences. It also helps to
protect individual privacy, which can help to reduce their risk and liability.
Operational and business intelligence (pictured below): People
counting, queue detection, activity analysis, directional counting, and image
enhancement deliver insights that help cities, businesses and other
organizations improve operations and customer experiences. It also helps to
protect individual privacy, which can help to reduce their risk and liability.
·
Smarter transportation, traffic and parking management: Vehicle
counting, traffic analysis (pictured below), parking space detection and
license plate recognition help cities and businesses to improve traffic and
parking for residents, commuters and customers.
Smarter transportation, traffic and parking management: Vehicle
counting, traffic analysis (pictured below), parking space detection and
license plate recognition help cities and businesses to improve traffic and
parking for residents, commuters and customers.
·
More effective public safety and security: Intrusion detection,
left-behind object detection, facial recognition and camera tampering alerts
provide a force multiplier for public safety departments to help keep people
and property safe.
More effective public safety and security: Intrusion detection,
left-behind object detection, facial recognition and camera tampering alerts
provide a force multiplier for public safety departments to help keep people
and property safe.
“Cities
and enterprises looking to fully benefit from digital transformation need
visibility into a variety of data insights. And as attacks and natural disasters
in public and private areas continue to increase, safety has become a top
priority. Although video is a significant opportunity to increase operational
efficiencies, ensure safety and serve as a force multiplier for municipalities,
law enforcement and security teams, the proliferating use of video technologies
continues to raise privacy concerns,” said Ruthbea Yesner Clarke, global
director, smart cities strategies at IDC. “With its end-to-end video stack,
Hitachi is helping public and private sector organizations to better utilize
the full potential of their video assets.”
and enterprises looking to fully benefit from digital transformation need
visibility into a variety of data insights. And as attacks and natural disasters
in public and private areas continue to increase, safety has become a top
priority. Although video is a significant opportunity to increase operational
efficiencies, ensure safety and serve as a force multiplier for municipalities,
law enforcement and security teams, the proliferating use of video technologies
continues to raise privacy concerns,” said Ruthbea Yesner Clarke, global
director, smart cities strategies at IDC. “With its end-to-end video stack,
Hitachi is helping public and private sector organizations to better utilize
the full potential of their video assets.”
HVA unleashes the potential of video analytics by offering a privacy protection
feature that can be used in conjunction with all of its robust insights and
alerts. With this concern alleviated, HVA can help customers make better use of
their video data by providing critical intelligence that can help to improve
operations and better protect people and assets. Cities, airports,
transportation systems, campuses, manufacturers and retail environments are all
examples of the types of organizations that may benefit from Hitachi’s powerful
video analytics solution.
For
example, airports can use HVA to help enhance safety for travelers and also to
detect long queues and optimize staffing at security checkpoints or enhance
passport control processes in customs. As a result, passengers can get through
more efficiently and spend time shopping, dining or enjoying attractions in
their terminals. Retailers can also take advantage of HVA to gain the same
level of actionable insight from their brick and mortar properties as they do
from their websites. Insight that can help them understand where visitors are
coming from, how they spend their time in their stores and what promotions or
product placement help to increase sales. And cities can use HVA to improve
safety, operational efficiencies and transparency, while providing better
public services through metrics—such as foot traffic combined with traffic
analysis in downtown areas—that can help local businesses make smarter
decisions about how they position their shops and do business.
example, airports can use HVA to help enhance safety for travelers and also to
detect long queues and optimize staffing at security checkpoints or enhance
passport control processes in customs. As a result, passengers can get through
more efficiently and spend time shopping, dining or enjoying attractions in
their terminals. Retailers can also take advantage of HVA to gain the same
level of actionable insight from their brick and mortar properties as they do
from their websites. Insight that can help them understand where visitors are
coming from, how they spend their time in their stores and what promotions or
product placement help to increase sales. And cities can use HVA to improve
safety, operational efficiencies and transparency, while providing better
public services through metrics—such as foot traffic combined with traffic
analysis in downtown areas—that can help local businesses make smarter
decisions about how they position their shops and do business.
HVA
brings advanced analytic methodologies and unique features to Hitachi’s
comprehensive video security and monitoring stack, which improve user
experience, deliver a higher quality video data for analysis and help to
protect privacy. These include:
brings advanced analytic methodologies and unique features to Hitachi’s
comprehensive video security and monitoring stack, which improve user
experience, deliver a higher quality video data for analysis and help to
protect privacy. These include:
- Object Detector: Most video analytics solutions
available today only analyze video pixels or provide a simple trip-wire
methodology that can lead to high rates of false-positives. In contrast,
HVA’s Object Detector technology provides 4-D reconstruction of
two-dimensional video images by using particles, perspective, velocity,
path deviation and travel distance to improve accuracy and dramatically
reduce the number of false-positive incidents—even in the case of poor
visibility due to inclement weather. - Scenario-Based Analytics: Ensures that each
analytic module uses a custom algorithm for the analytical engine to
improve performance and accuracy to further reduce the risk of
false-positive incidents. - Privacy Protector: Cities, government agencies and
private enterprises all share a common concern for the privacy of their
constituents and customers when using video security and monitoring
technologies. To address this, HVA offers automated and enhanced identity
protection. Many technologies today only offer the ability to pixelate
faces, which can still reveal personally identifiable information (PII)
like clothing or body areas. HVA’s Privacy Protector feature automatically
detects and protects entire human figures. In addition, it tracks and
records all access to video data to help support transparency and help combat
misuse. This feature can also be crucial for organizations like hospitals
and schools, where the privacy of patients and minors is vital and
protecting PII in video data can help to reduce risk and liability. - Video Enhancer: Filters out interference like rain
and snow, which could negatively impact video resolution, to provide
clearer views and support high quality video monitoring and more accurate
analysis. - Camera Health Monitor: Provides automated detection of
camera-tampering or damage. HVA’s Camera Health Monitor will send an alert
if issues arise to ensure valuable video data can be maintained as
continuously as possible.
HVA
is the latest addition to Hitachi’s Smart City and Public Safety solution
portfolio and builds on the company’s expansive expertise in IoT and video
technologies. HVA integrates with and extends Hitachi Video Management Platform
(VMP): a powerful virtualized storage, networking and compute appliance that
offers high availability, fault tolerance and simple, cost-effective
scalability. It can also be used with Hitachi Visualization Suite, which
integrates internet of things (IoT) data from video cameras and other disparate
systems and sensors to provide a map-based unified view for enhanced situation
awareness. Together, these solutions form a comprehensive video stack designed
to help Hitachi’s government and private enterprise customers unlock greater
value and insight from video data to improve operational efficiency, enhance
customer experiences and increase security.
is the latest addition to Hitachi’s Smart City and Public Safety solution
portfolio and builds on the company’s expansive expertise in IoT and video
technologies. HVA integrates with and extends Hitachi Video Management Platform
(VMP): a powerful virtualized storage, networking and compute appliance that
offers high availability, fault tolerance and simple, cost-effective
scalability. It can also be used with Hitachi Visualization Suite, which
integrates internet of things (IoT) data from video cameras and other disparate
systems and sensors to provide a map-based unified view for enhanced situation
awareness. Together, these solutions form a comprehensive video stack designed
to help Hitachi’s government and private enterprise customers unlock greater
value and insight from video data to improve operational efficiency, enhance
customer experiences and increase security.
“Video
is an effective tool for keeping people and property safe, but still remains a
significantly underutilized source for operational, business, and public safety
data today. In a world where security cameras are mission critical and
deployments are growing exponentially, our customers want to get greater value
and insight from their video environments,” said Mark Jules, vice president,
public safety and smart city solutions at Hitachi Insight Group. “Hitachi Video
Analytics is an intelligent solution for public and private sector
organizations to extract rich operational and security insights from video
data, while helping to safeguard the privacy of their customers, employees and
the citizens they protect. With this advancement to our Smart City and Public
Safety portfolio, Hitachi is setting a high bar for innovation that challenges
the industry to evolve and provide better value to its customers.”
is an effective tool for keeping people and property safe, but still remains a
significantly underutilized source for operational, business, and public safety
data today. In a world where security cameras are mission critical and
deployments are growing exponentially, our customers want to get greater value
and insight from their video environments,” said Mark Jules, vice president,
public safety and smart city solutions at Hitachi Insight Group. “Hitachi Video
Analytics is an intelligent solution for public and private sector
organizations to extract rich operational and security insights from video
data, while helping to safeguard the privacy of their customers, employees and
the citizens they protect. With this advancement to our Smart City and Public
Safety portfolio, Hitachi is setting a high bar for innovation that challenges
the industry to evolve and provide better value to its customers.”
Availability
HVA
is generally available now from Hitachi and select partners in North and South
America, the United Kingdom and all APAC countries, excluding Japan. Hitachi
will expand availability to additional EMEA markets later this year.
is generally available now from Hitachi and select partners in North and South
America, the United Kingdom and all APAC countries, excluding Japan. Hitachi
will expand availability to additional EMEA markets later this year.
For
more information about Hitachi Video Analytics and Hitachi Video Management
Platform, visit https://www.hitachiinsightgroup.com/en-us/smart-cities.html#video-security-and-analytics.
more information about Hitachi Video Analytics and Hitachi Video Management
Platform, visit https://www.hitachiinsightgroup.com/en-us/smart-cities.html#video-security-and-analytics.
About Hitachi Insight Group
Hitachi
Insight Group is dedicated to driving business and societal transformation
through digitalization. Its digital solutions deliver connected intelligence
from the internet of things and actionable insights that support better
decision-making, exceptional outcomes and smarter, safer, healthier, more
efficient societies. Leveraging Hitachi’s rich industrial heritage and
extensive expertise in both operational and information technologies (OT and
IT), Hitachi Insight Group accelerates solution creation with the Lumada IoT
platform, serving public and private sector customers across three market
categories: Smart City, Digital Energy and Industrial IoT. The group is based
in Santa Clara, CA, USA, with offices and operations worldwide. For more
information, visit www.hitachiinsightgroup.com.
Insight Group is dedicated to driving business and societal transformation
through digitalization. Its digital solutions deliver connected intelligence
from the internet of things and actionable insights that support better
decision-making, exceptional outcomes and smarter, safer, healthier, more
efficient societies. Leveraging Hitachi’s rich industrial heritage and
extensive expertise in both operational and information technologies (OT and
IT), Hitachi Insight Group accelerates solution creation with the Lumada IoT
platform, serving public and private sector customers across three market
categories: Smart City, Digital Energy and Industrial IoT. The group is based
in Santa Clara, CA, USA, with offices and operations worldwide. For more
information, visit www.hitachiinsightgroup.com.
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