Bosch has expanded the Inteox portfolio with two fixed AI-powered cameras for city surveillance, airports, government and traffic applications.

The Flexidome and Dinion 7100i IR cameras suit indoor and outdoor use and come with video management software from Milestone Systems. Bosch offers full integration into the Milestone XProtect suite of security software to meet safety and security requirements.

The fixed cameras have a menu of video analytics, 4K resolution, built-in infra-red illumination, and durable housing to perform in rugged environments to meet varying requirements around the clock.

With Camera Trainer machine-learning software embedded in the cameras, system integrators can tailor intelligent video analytics (IVA) to detect objects and situations that matter most. For example, operators can teach the camera to recognise if a barrier on a parking lot or at a railway crossing is open or closed. Another example is teaching cameras to detect and subsequently blur ATM or card payment terminals to protect privacy.

To respond quickly to changing or varying requirements, system integrators can add third-party software apps via the Azena application store. The cameras also offer configuration and continuous health monitoring from anywhere via a remote portal, a cloud-based service offering for device management.

They have the necessary computation power to enable deep neural network-based video analytics, such as for a traffic detector. The pre-trained AI detector, available out of the box, helps system integrators meet the requirements of traffic applications. It tackles more complex tasks such as accurately classifying vehicles at crowded intersections, roadways and tunnels.

The traffic detector can detect and count cars, lorries, buses, motorcycles, bicycles and people. Combined with IVA, its data are augmented with object speed, GPS location and colour.

Milestone’s video management can add user-defined functionality to meet the surveillance needs such as:

• Video analytics natively integrated in Milestone XProtect allows user to detect the things that matter most. It includes automated alerts for line-crossing, object-in-field, or any of the other 16 alarm tasks captured by XProtect.
• Deep neural network-based video analytics, such as the traffic detector, are natively integrated in XProtect. These analytics use high-quality, real-life data from the field, which lets users tackle more complex tasks faster, easier and with greater accuracy.
• Machine-learning technology natively integrated in XProtect lets users define rules and alerts without the need for external plug-ins. Use cases include teaching the camera to recognise occupied and free parking spots and triggering alerts when all spots are occupied.
• Users can freely search video analytics metadata via the Forensic Search plug-in via the XProtect smart client with user-specific criteria. Users can add criteria at any time, providing flexibility in the search for evidence after an event.

Milestone provides open platform video management software to ensure safety, protect assets and increase business efficiency. It enables an open platform community that drives collaboration and innovation in the development and use of network video technology, with scalable offerings that have been used in more than 150,000 sites worldwide.