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Video Intelligence Software


Features That Make a Difference:
Unlimited number of intelligent video alerts provide 24/7 notification
of activity such as dwell, direction, people and object removal
Intelligent video search finds suspicious activity hidden in weeks
of video
Patented computer-aided-tracking (CAT) technology automatically
learns the relationships between cameras and enables quick and
easy tracking across a fixed camera infrastructure
Investigation management tools simplify the creation and export of
case files containing cross-camera evidence movies, clips, stills, and
case notes
Integrated feature set results in significant time savings, increases in
recovered merchandise and reductions in bad stops
Software comes pre-installed on standard commercial servers for
easy maintenance
Supports IP cameras and analog cameras via encoders
Optional POS upgrade package provides video filtering of POS
exception reports for “customer not present” and rules-based
event search

American Dynamics® IntelliVid® video intelligence software Unlike many video analytics solutions, American Dynamics
enables you to do more with your surveillance video. IntelliVid IntelliVid goes beyond simple motion-based, one-off
software provides the tools to generate tangible bottom-line analytics, combining best-in-class intelligent video alerts,
improvements by reducing internal and external theft, allowing forensic search, and tracking into an easy-to-use interface,
for more effective and efficient investigations, and providing a helping you to achieve better results more quickly.
better understanding of in-store customer behavior. Retailers use IntelliVid to support their teams’ efforts in
reducing external and internal theft and, increasingly, to
IntelliVid software “watches” all of your cameras, 24/7, provide unique insight into in-store customer behavior.
proactively identifying theft and suspicious activity while also
indexing the video to simplify forensic analysis. Adding IntelliVid Accessible both on-site and remotely via a browser-based
to your surveillance team is proven to increase efficiency, save thin client, IntelliVid reduces the complexity of video analysis.
time, and reduce loss in busy retail environments. Whether by finding suspicious activity hidden in weeks of
stored video, providing an unlimited number of real-time
alerts, or intelligently filtering transaction and event logs,
American Dynamics IntelliVid video intelligence software
provides the tools to ensure timely and effective results.
features
Intelligent Video Alerts Intelligent video searches are available in both the on-site and
IntelliVid software makes it easy to find theft in the millions remote interfaces, significantly increasing the efficiency of
of hours of new video generated each week by automatically remote, regional team members.
watching every camera, 24/7, and alerting on-site or remote
teams when suspicious activity occurs. More than simple Computer-Aided-Tracking (CAT)
motion-based alerts, IntelliVid uses patent-pending technology Using patented algorithms, the software‘s CAT technology
to distinguish foreground and background activity and control automatically learns the relationships between cameras at a
for various environmental variables. store. The intuitive tracking interface then allows you to easily
track customers or suspects as they move throughout the
Alert Types: store across multiple, fixed cameras. Using CAT, you can
Asset Placement / Removal build compelling cross-camera evidence movies in minutes,
Whether you are trying to protect high-theft tracking people forwards and backwards in time. Rather
merchandise in a busy retail store or watching for
suspicious bags, intelligent asset alerts notify you than downloading hours of video from multiple cameras
when objects appear or are removed. and manually trying to stitch together the relevant clips, the
Undeterred by people walking in front of the software does the work for you, automatically creating the clips
object, the alerts can be fine-tuned for common from each camera while you are tracking.
theft situations such as fast and slow shelf-clearing
(wipeouts).

Linger / Loitering
Whether there are customers waiting unattended
at a service counter or a group of people loitering
around a security gate, both situations deserve
attention. Linger alerts notify you when a person or
group spends too much time within a defined area.
The system allows you to define the linger region
and linger time, providing a flexible solution.

Direction / Velocity
Protect restricted areas, private offices, and other
off-limit zones with direction or velocity-based
alerts. More than simple trip wires, direction and Investigation Management
velocity alerts allow you to tailor the alert region The final stage of building a case is pulling together video
and parameters to identify the specific behavior evidence, still images, and case notes into a single, integrated
of interest.
case file. American Dynamics IntelliVid makes it easy to bring
all of the components of a case – video clips, evidence movies,
Unlike other video analytics software, IntelliVid lets you still images, and case notes – together in one place. Saving,
configure an unlimited number of alerts per camera or sharing, and exporting this file takes just a few clicks.
per system.
Proven ROI
Intelligent Video Searches Retail loss prevention teams using IntelliVid regularly rank at or
American Dynamics IntelliVid also makes it easy to find events near the top of their chain in terms of cases closed and value
of interest hidden in thousands of hours of recorded video. The of recovered merchandise. The software saves time – allowing
software “watches” the video from every camera and is investigators to complete, in minutes, tasks that would take
constantly building an index of activity on each camera. hours with traditional DVRs. It also enables teams to find more
Intelligent video searches let you quickly and easily search this theft sooner by focusing their attention just on the relevant video.
index to find the event of interest. When was merchandise last
removed from a shelf? Who left behind that lost bag? Who was
the last person in the office last night? Intelligent video
searches give you the answers with a few clicks. 60 mins.
50%

Unlike most other video analytics providers, with IntelliVid


you do not have to set up your search in advance. You 10 mins.
simply define your region of interest, determine your search
Routine security Routine security Reduction in Bad Stops
type (People, Asset, Direction, and Linger), configure a few
check without check with
parameters, and quickly search as much as a month of IntelliVid IntelliVid
stored video.
Point-of-Sale (POS) Store Intelligence –
Upgrade Event Integration Moving Beyond Loss Prevention
The POS upgrade marries the video intelligence capabilities Beyond the time savings and theft reduction benefits of the
of the software with data from POS or other event-based software, leading retailers are increasingly harnessing the
systems (alarm, access control, electronic article surveillance power of video intelligence to provide unique insight into
(EAS), customer service call buttons, etc.). You can call up the in-store customer behavior.
video associated with a transaction or an event and then apply
video filters to search for suspicious activity, such as a return Traffic Monitoring:
transaction processed without a customer present on the other Using the same “face-shot” camera views required by loss
side of the register. There are two levels of integration possible: prevention teams, IntelliVid gives you the flexibility to monitor
customer traffic at main entrances or anywhere in the store
Level 1: Report Upload – Take existing POS exception reports that you have a camera. Unlike traditional infra-red beam
or event records and upload them into the system to quickly breaker technologies, intelligent video traffic monitoring allows
review and filter the results. The report upload feature allows you to distinguish direction of motion (e.g. enters versus exits
in-store or remote investigators to process hundreds of or “break left” vs. “break right”). In live field testing, intelligent
transactions or events in the time it would normally take to video traffic monitoring has proven to be both more accurate
review five or six. The software accepts most report structures and more consistent (less standard deviation) than traditional
in either .csv or .xls format. beam breakers without requiring the installation of separate
hardware.
Level 2: POS Forensic Search. The search feature provides
all the benefits of Level 1, plus access to an intuitive search
interface that gives you the flexibility to search for suspicious Average Front Door People Counting Accuracy
POS transactions by creating compound searches, such as all
returns processed by Associate # XXX, including SKU # YYY 88%
in the past two weeks. The search feature requires minor IT Average
74% Accuracy
coordination to provide access to the nightly POS files. vs.
Manual Count
The POS upgrade saves time, and helps teams identify
dishonest employees quickly, leading to significant reductions
in internal shrink.
IntelliVid Beam Breaker

Customer Behavior Analysis:


The same intelligent video searches, computer-aided-tracking,
Annual % Improvement and investigation management tools used by loss prevention
Using American Dynamics IntelliVid investigators provide marketing and merchandising
242% professionals with an unparalleled ability to analyze and
understand in-store customer behavior on the spot. In addition
to generating one-of-a-kind insight into in-store customer
150%
behavior, this instant customer intelligence capability reduces
expenses associated with frequent trips to stores and hiring
expensive market research agencies. IntelliVid can provide
richer customer insights at lower cost.
# of Cases $ Value of Cases

Average Tenure
at Apprehension
Pre-IntelliVid

Average Tenure
at Apprehension
with IntelliVid
Loss
Avoided

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
s p e cificatio n s

IT Requirements / Specifications Basic System Diagram


American Dynamics IntelliVid makes it easy to scale the solution for large or
small store formats. The initial System Manager Server supports up to 18
cameras and Expansion Servers can be added (24 cameras per server). The
software comes pre-installed on standard Dell 2950 servers, which perform
both video intelligence processing as well as standard DVR functions (video
storage, camera management, etc.). Users can access the video intelligence
capabilities either via the full-featured local interface or via the secure browser-
based remote interface.
Web-Based
Local Client Workstation
Specifications Remote Client

Operating System . . . . . . . . . Linux® SLES 9


Hardware Requirements . . . . System Manager /Expansion Servers: Dell 29501;
Local client workstation: Dell Optiplex 7551 or
equivalent
Supported Encoders. . . . . . . Axis 241Q IP Encoder IP Cameras &
Supported IP Cameras . . . . . A xis 207, 210A, 211, 211A, 216FD, 225FD, 231D, Domes
232D, 231D+, 232D+
Supported Video Resolutions . 320 x 240
Storage Capacity. . . . . . . . . . Approx. 30 days when all channels are used Switch
Video Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 per System Manager;
24 per Expansion Server
Search/Alert/Alarm Capacity. . Unlimited
Remote Client Requirements. . Sun Microsystems JAVA (1.42 & 1.50); Expansion Servers
Apple QuickTime (7.2); (up to 24 cameras per server)
IE 6.x or 7.x (Windows);
FireFox 2.0 (Windows);
Analog Cameras
Windows Media Player 10 or higher; & Domes
Axis MP4 Decoder (for viewing downloaded clips)
Networking Requirements. . . 1 Gbps connection between System Manager,
Expansion Servers and local interface;
100 Mbps connection between cameras/
encoders and switch; Minimum 300 Kbps
connection to corporate network/internet
(for remote access)
IntelliVid
System Manager Server
(up to 18 cameras)

Model Number Configuration for American Dynamics IntelliVid


BRAND FAMILY PLATFORM SOFTWARE PRODUCT & FEATURES
EXAMPLE AD ITV - BSYM Includes Dell server hardware and pre-installed software that provides
System Manager Server American IntelliVid Software + video storage and video intelligence processing for up to 18 cameras,
(bundled hardware & software); does Dynamics Software Hardware DVR and system management capabilities, local and remote interfaces
not include POS upgrade (required for all systems); does not include POS capabilities
EXAMPLE AD ITV - BES Includes Dell server hardware and pre-installed software that provides
Expansion Server American IntelliVid Software + video storage and video intelligence processing for additional cameras (up
(bundled hardware & software); does Dynamics Software Hardware to 24 additional cameras per server); does not include POS capabilities
not include POS upgrade
EXAMPLE AD ITV - BSYMP Includes Dell server hardware and pre-installed software that
System Manager Server American IntelliVid Software + provides video storage and video intelligence processing for up to
(bundled hardware & software); Dynamics Software Hardware 18 cameras, DVR and system management capabilities, local and
includes POS upgrade remote interfaces (required for all systems); includes POS capabilities

EXAMPLE AD ITV - BESP Includes Dell server hardware and pre-installed software that
Expansion Server American IntelliVid Software + provides video storage and video intelligence processing for
(bundled hardware & software); Dynamics Software Hardware additional cameras (up to 24 additional cameras per server); includes POS
includes POS upgrade capabilities

(1) For detailed specifications on the Dell 2950 servers and minimum requirements for the local client workstation, please visit www.americandynamics.net

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