Today’s video management systems are powerful. And when combined with creative thinking on the part of security dealers, they are addressing important business issues for customers.
Today’s video management systems (VMSs) have powerful capabilities, including the ability to manage video systems installed at multiple locations, to use heat mapping to count people in an area and keep track of how long they stay there and to use analytics and audio to detect left objects, weapons and even bullying behaviors. Some security dealers are finding creative ways to leverage these capabilities to solve business problems for their customers — including problems that may not be security related.
Here are six of the most unique and interesting applications that SDM has heard about recently.