JAPANTODAY
 
TOKYO — Sumitomo Electric has developed a network camera-enabled device, “Smart Chaser.” As part of its lineup of Video Content Analysis (VCA) Units, “Smart Chaser,” is able to automatically detect a person from a surveillance camera image using advanced image recognition technology. This device is in addition to the release of an analog camera-enabled system, which was announced earlier this year.
 
“Smart Chaser” aims to improve the inefficient method wherein video images are monitored by human eye 24 hours a day, which may result in failures to proactively detect unusual situations. It is the first VCA-Unit made in Japan which accurately detects a person who matches the specified alarm criteria among other moving objects displayed on the screen. This can be done simply by setting the camera installation conditions and the alarm criteria (e.g. intrusion and loitering) in the browser window and then connecting the device to a fixed surveillance camera.
 
A “detection frame” is attached to the detected person, which increases the ease of viewing of a monitored image and allows the trajectory of the person in motion to be displayed while the person is being tracked. If a person matches the specified alarm criteria appears, an alarm sounds in the monitoring room in collaboration with peripheral devices.
 
In addition, light- or sound-emitting intimidation device can be activated on the spot. The result is a device that enables accurate and efficient monitoring, contributing to crime and accident prevention as well as reduction in the workload of the monitoring operator.