Arteco Vision Systems’ Intelligent Surveillance Enhances Efficiency

June 8th, 2005 ·

Opinion varies on how many guards are required to effectively monitor large scale video surveillance operations. In sophisticated monitoring situations the average monitoring guard can effectively manage 3-5 video feeds at one time. More monitors result in higher rates of guard fatigue which cause human error and undetected incidents. For example, the average gaming industry guard who monitors for sophisticated, hard to detect threats views 3-5 screens. The gaming industry has the resources to hire this many guards and the need to protect its most vital of assets, the integrity of the game.

Most organizations do not deal with as difficult to detect threats as the gaming industry. However if we look at other industries with large scale video surveillance operations we frequently see one guard monitoring 30-50 cameras at one time. In fact it is not uncommon to see one guard responsible for monitoring over 100 cameras at once. At this monitor-to-guard ratio, fatigue levels are off the charts and simply put, even the most competent guard becomes ineffective. Organizations that staff their security force in this manner set their employees up for failure and their overall security up for potential disaster. Arteco Vision Systems, the European leader in Intelligent Video Surveillance, has developed a reliable solution that helps companies enhance security through increased efficiency of the security team. Arteco’s digital-based system dramatically reduces human error caused by fatigue or boredom that results from monitoring many video screens over long hours by alerting security personnel only when a violation is occurring. The System uses a proprietary algorithm to identify anomalies within a digital image such as movement or temperature change within a controlled space. This powerful analysis allows the system to recognize objects, people and situations. Historically, video surveillance has been used to help identify suspects after a violation has occurred.

Arteco’s intelligent surveillance works to pre-empt the violation through applications that alert the security staff to suspicious or erratic behavior such as unauthorized entry, an abandoned object, a removed object, a lingering person, and vehicle moving violations.

Arteco Vision Systems also helps sufficiently staffed monitoring teams become more effective. The most effective security team is one that can react quickly to a situation. By reducing staff monitoring requirements, Arteco’s system allows organizations to allocate more security team members to reactive or mobile duty; enhancing security by improving the reaction time to potential situations. Even more, security teams who already operate with effective numbers of both reactive staff and monitoring staff can reduce costs through reductions in monitoring requirements