New Technology

New Technology Could Be Employ To Beef Up security In IR

By Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia

Posted: 08 November 2007 1706 hrs

SINGAPORE : An emerging technology called video analytics could be used to beef up security and surveillance.

Security solutions provider Honeywell, the company behind the active alert system, wants to pitch the idea to Genting International and Las Vegas Sands, operators of the two upcoming integrated resorts in Singapore.

This technology is already used at MGM's newest casino in Detroit, USA.

Major casinos around the world turn to surveillance systems to keep an eye on their business. On average, a large casino could be fitted with over 2,000 security cameras which monitor the gaming environment and game tables.

Honeywell is betting on its new technology to take it a step further.

Using video analytics, its Active Alert System can track and analyse the behaviour of individuals and objects and delivers real-time alarm when something is amiss.

Said Andrew Jackson, System Sales Manager at Honeywell: "We digitise the signal from the camera. And with advance algorithms, that information is interpreted. When you have thousands of cameras, the operator can only see so many cameras at any one moment in time.

"What we use analytics for is to perform the job of the operator and identify things of interest in the background, and presenting them to the operator to make a decision. That also increases efficiency of the system dramatically."

The system is able to report on over 35 preset events and behaviours, including intrusion detection and even traffic flow measurement. The information gathered can then be used to modify operations for maximised security.

The company said the tool can provide marketing data like which areas are frequented more regularly by the patrons.

It can also help to enhance customer experience by tracking the length of a queue and waiting time, so that staff can open another service counter when the line gets too long.

The time taken to conduct investigations involving multiple cameras will also be shortened. Footage which take a week to review can now be done in mere minutes. - CNA /ls