product news Latest facial recognition works even with masks Barcelona, Spain The company had been working on the issue of partial occlusions for some time and, following the worldwide outbreak of Corona virus (COVID19), development has been accelerated to launch a version of the software that helps provide an accurate identification under these conditions. Based on deep learning technology, Herta’s algorithms provide very high identification rates, especially in identity verification tasks and their reliability is very high, even when people hide a large part of their face. It is important to remember that the most differential part of the human face is in the eye area. The launch of this software is key for the identification in automatic passenger control systems with documentation, such as border control with the passport. This way it will not be necessary for the person to remove the mask, avoiding possible contagion or long waiting times. Its application, in general, extends to any type of access control or identity verification system. Herta expects that the impact of this new technology in the market will be very important worldwide and that it will be used massively in environments such as transportation, health, government, events, sports stadiums or in the gaming sector. Herta specialises in the analysis of crowded environments, which allows to detect and identify multiple subjects at the same time through IP cameras. The company’s software is is designed to be Herta, has just this week launched a new version of its facial recognition algorithms that can correctly identify people who wear facial masks. fully scalable and compatible with any IP camera, becoming an easyto-use and accessible tool for any business organisation. Eagle Eye releases new anti-tamper analytic Austin, Tx (USA) Eagle Eye anti-tamper analytics can be added to existing cameras Eagle Eye Networks, a global leader in cloud video surveillance, has announced a camera tampering analytic that automatically detects and notifies users if a camera is tampered with. While camera tamper notifications are not new to the industry, Eagle Eye Networks AI-based approach serves as a differentiator, delivering enhanced accuracy, reliability, and a reduction of false alarms to Eagle Eye Cloud customers. Common examples of camera tampering include a sudden change to focus, a covered lens or an intentional redirection of the camera’s view by physically moving the camera. Without real-time tampering notifications, reaction times to a criminal act may be delayed, or in a more benign case, accidental camera movements, like employees cleaning, may prevent the camera from capturing later events. “Eagle Eye Networks is more than a video surveillance platform, it’s a business intelligence platform aimed at helping customers improve operational efficiencies while keeping their businesses safe and secure. Eagle Eye Analytics instantly transforms standard analogue and IP cameras into powerful AI solutions, without any additional on-site hardware,” said Dean Drako, CEO of Eagle Eye Networks. In addition to camera tampering, Eagle Eye Networks offers the following analytics: Line Crossing; People Counting; Intrusion Detection; Object Counting; and Loitering. The camera tampering analytic is immediately available globally and can be enabled within the Eagle Eye Dashboard on a cameraby-camera basis. Customers do not need to replace their existing cameras to use the Eagle Eye Cloud VMS camera tampering analytic. Hanwha releases Wisenet Retail Insight Chertsey, Surrey (UK) Hanwha Techwin has introduced a business intelligence application which enables retailers to gain a greater understanding of customer behaviour and buying patterns. Wisenet Retail Insight utilises people counting, heat mapping and queue management applications running on board selected Wisenet Q and Wisenet X fixed lens and fish-eye cameras to display statistical analytics on a centralised dashboard, along with other practical information such as weather reports. Accessed from anywhere on the network, Retail Insight is a web based application which consolidates the data captured by the three analytics applications running on up to 500 Wisenet Q or X series cameras and presents it on a customisable dashboard. Retailers are able to take advantage of the captured data to measure the impact of advertising, on-line promotions and other marketing activities on the number of people who enter their stores, as well as making best use of human resources in order to manage the peaks and troughs of customer flow at checkouts. “With revenues and profitability under threat, retailers are understandably looking at ways to improve productivity,” said Uri Guterman, Head of Product & Marketing for Hanwha Techwin Europe. “In terms of the business intelligence which could be made available to operations, marketing, merchandising and store management, the metadata traditionally extracted from Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) systems is unlikely to be sufficient for retailers to identify opportunities to increase productivity or improve the customer experience.” Retail Insight generates reports in a variety of formats including PDF, Excel, CSV or HTML, whilst with the help of five customisable tabbed screens, users are able to view real-time updates on a wide range of activity, including the Hanwha Techwin has introduced a business intelligence application which enables retailers to gain a greater understanding of customer behaviour and buying patterns. number of store visitors for any particular time of day or accumulatively over a specified period of time, as well as data on queue congestion times and heat mapping information showing the busiest areas of a store. 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