i-PRO to Showcase Docker at ISC West 2024
i-PRO explains its Docker solution offers dealers a secure, containerized environment to run custom applications while facilitating integration with cloud-based platforms.
At ISC West 2024 in Las Vegas i-PRO will highlight its new Docker solution in booth #10037. (photo courtesy of i-PRO)
TOKYO—At ISC West 2024 on booth # 10037, i-PRO Co., Ltd. (formerly Panasonic Security), a global manufacturer of professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, will showcase its Docker container support on its new X Series line of AI-enabled cameras.
The company states that Docker containers directly support i-PRO’s open platform development initiatives by providing a standardized way for application developers to rapidly advance the AI capabilities of i-PRO edge devices.
“Thanks to Docker, third-party app providers can reduce development cycles and costs to develop customized AI apps,” says Hideo Noguchi, chief technical officer, i-PRO. “Docker containers make tailored analytics development more accessible for everyone.”
i-PRO Docker Enables the Management of AI Components
The Tokyo-based company explains that Docker provides a secure, containerized environment to run custom applications while facilitating easy integration with cloud services. i-PRO says the environment offers a protective barrier, preventing direct access to the core operating functions of the camera, ensuring cybersecurity while allowing maximum flexibility.
Using Docker containers i-PRO continues, enables the modularization of different AI components. By encapsulating various functionalities within separate containers, it becomes easier to manage and maintain the overall system. Additionally, i-PRO notes, Docker allows for easy scaling of the AI components by running multiple instances of containers across distributed edge devices.
According to i-PRO, building applications is easy. For example, Microsoft’s Azure IoT Edge, allows developers to design intelligent apps in the cloud and deploy them directly to IoT devices using Docker containers. A Docker layer not only improves accessibility for traditional analytics providers but also extends the camera’s utility as an IoT data collection point, enabling companies to associate video and AI metadata with additional digital transformation initiatives.
With support for up to nine AI applications, the X Series line is the most powerful AI camera to date from i-PRO. The company emphasizes the product is the first camera to support AI on-site learning while also providing powerful AI features to additional non-AI network cameras. AI onsite learning lets operators teach the camera about unique objects they wish to identify, search for, or track. For example, the camera might be taught to recognize a logo on a truck and send out an alert when it arrives at the loading dock. Likewise, it could count pallets being unloaded from a truck.
The AI processing relay application enables a single X Series camera to add AI metadata to up to three additional, non-AI cameras, even those from other manufacturers. This extends the useful life of network cameras that might be hard to reach and replace without causing significant interruption to operations. Processing multiple AI-based analytics on the edge reduces the need for expensive back-end servers and minimizes notification delays.
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