Indian Surveillance industry transitioning to the next level

In a talk with VARINDIA, Dr. Tinku Acharya, FIEEE, FNAE, Founder & MD - Videonetics technology highlights the growth of the IoT enabled surveillance industry in India as also the company’s future roadmap…

The security industry is ever-changing, with only a handful of innovators striving to come up with the next big thing in video management, central stations and many other security must-haves. From advanced multi-directional cameras to intelligent systems and other emerging technology, today’s video surveillance industry is poised to take IP cameras to the next level. 

Analogue to digital surveillance…

Dr. Tinku Acharya observes that as more IP-based security devices inevitably replace the aging analogue systems, there is a wider use of security products and need of intelligent frameworks to meaningfully extract growing wealth of information from the sea of data generated from these security products. “Videonetics indigenously developed the first versatile video IoT framework in India and the software framework can make any IP enabled device in intelligent and IoT-enabled,” he says.

In 2017, some of the factors that have and will continue to play a large role in the steady growth of the video surveillance industry are - increased awareness of cyber-security threats and the need for more secured solutions; savvier customers who understand the products and solutions better than ever and know what they want; a resurgence of video analytics as the technology gains a larger field of practical applications; increasing features and decreasing prices of video equipment; and the increasing acceptance of technologies such as video IoT, cloud computing, ubiquitous networking and underlying technology. 

Surveillance in smart cities…

A city can’t be safe if it is not smart. Today, we can see surveillance application in retail, education, government, critical installations, traffic management, hospitality, health-care, and BFSI with other verticals exploring similar solutions. The same technology, when implemented in smart city projects reduces manual interference, predicts internal and external threats, system malfunctions and alerts authorities in times of exigencies.

“As the cities grow smarter and more futuristic, video surveillance will begin to play pivotal roles in ensuring the safety of the cities, feels industry experts in the Smart Cities ecosystem. This will help to make our cities smarter, with a goal of achieving fewer crimes,” says Dr Tinku.

He further adds, “We have also deployed our city surveillance and intelligent traffic management solution at various states like Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, aimed to reduce antisocial behaviours, crime, reduce traffic violations, enhancing disciplined behaviour to protect lives of citizens and their properties.”

Going forward…

From reducing traffic violations to improving security in schools and airports, Videonetics has been innovating as well as deploying solutions for wide range of industries including banking, critical infrastructure, government, corporate campuses, seaports, traffic management, sports, large manufacturing plants, campuses, etc.

When it comes to research and development, Videonetics is committed to continue to march on its patriotic mission. “We invested a lot, and will continue to invest in our R&D towards generation of Indian Intellectual Properties resulting in “Made in India” innovative products,” asserts Dr Tinku.

At present, Videonetics is working on Intelligent Traffic Management projects in more than 50 cities across the nation. It is developing futuristic intelligent applications to make the cities and traffic even smarter. Dr Tinku also mentions that Videonetics will be announcing a number of pioneering technology and features next year which probably will be first of its kind. “We are working on a very versatile video-centric cloud computing framework especially optimized for video operations, and will launch our unique video IoT framework soon,” he sums up.

Latest innovations of Videonetics

* Videonetics' Intelligent Traffic Management System is designed and architected to replace tedious manual processes to track, regulate and analyses vehicle movement on roads, and to enforce traffic rules for safety of citizens and their properties

* Intelligent Video Analytics by Videonetics automatically extracting meaningful actionable information from digital video based on a rich set of video analytics.

* Videonetics innovated the new software based IoT platform which can be installed in a server or router or edge switch to ensure this unification platform.

* The Cloud Platform for Video is intelligent and robust enough to handle Millions of Gigabytes of Video data.