Cernium Corp., a provider of video analytics solutions, announces its partnership with Sonitrol, a provider of verified central station response, to evaluate an analytics-enabled solution for enhanced alarm verification in a market test.
The solution combines Cernium’s P-Core™ video analytics engine with existing CCTV to enhance incident authentication and dramatically reduce false alarms, according to the company.
“Sonitrol’s verified audio and video technology has helped police apprehend over 158,000 suspects since 1977, and we have the lowest false dispatch rate in the industry,” says Gregg Groenemann, vice president of marketing for Sonitrol. “Incorporating video analytics to enhance the verification capabilities in our SonaVision monitored video solution is a logical step for Sonitrol. Everything we have seen of Cernium’s P-Core solution has been impressive, so we are excited about evaluating their technology.”
P-Core technology allows surveillance cameras to differentiate between common false alarm triggers and real alarm threats. P-Core can also recognize certain patterns of behavior, including lurking individuals, people in restricted areas and slow-moving or stopped vehicles.
In conjunction with Sonitrol’s monitoring service, the technology will be able to determine whether an alarm warrants immediate attention or is false based on the behavior analysis, according to the company.
“With verified response laws becoming increasingly prevalent across the nation, monitoring services need fast, accurate capabilities to distinguish situations that require immediate intervention from those that don’t,” says Phil Robertson, Cernium’s vice president of corporate development. “Using a combination of video monitoring and analytics to view a location and see what type of activity is occurring goes a long way towards ensuring a fast response and helping to reduce false alarms.”
