One of the most widely used capabilities added to video surveillance systems in recent years is internal motion detection. A system equipped with this feature can be programmed to trigger various activities when it senses a change in scene, indicating that an unauthorized individual may have entered a protected area. In response, the system may begin recording onto a digital video recorder or recording at a higher frame rate – or an alarm may be signaled at the monitoring station. In this article, we profile four video surveillance systems that have benefited from having motion detection capability.
“The client also has eliminated countless hours of reviewing video tapes looking for an incident,†says BCI director of sales, Stewart Wessell.