The experts at i-PRO share their top video surveillance trends predictions to help outline the direction that the technology will develop as intelligence and open connectivity become more utilised.
Continuing our look to the future of security and surveillance technology, we asked i-PRO to give us five trends we can expect to observe over the next twelve months. The company anticipates wide adoption of AI-based analytics, the evolution of open platform, cybersecurity and zero trust, expanded privacy protection, and continued supply chain challenges as outlined below.
Edge AI analytics become standard
2023 will see significant adoption of AI-based analytics in cameras and video management systems (VMS) as more manufacturers provide this feature within their standard camera lines. There are simply too many camera streams for humans to monitor effectively, so AI-based analytics will be a catalyst that enables security departments to do more with less. This evolution will drive a significant shift in stance for physical security by enabling organisations to become more proactive in response to real-time events instead of reacting to past events. In 2023 focus will shift from capturing video to gathering data. The challenge will be in how effectively organisations are able to utilise this data not only for security, but also for cross-departmental operations to increase efficiencies and revenue.
Processing at the edge will become more of the norm as the edge itself continues to get more powerful. New ways of harnessing distributed IoT power via containerisation technologies will continue to gain traction. Container technology, like Docker and Kubernetes, and the concept of shared resources across multiple devices will increase the speed of processing, improve analytic plug-in integration, and increase the speed of firmware updates and the deployment of new analytics.
Open AI platforms
As AI-based technologies continue to advance, the industry will continue to see specialised tools being created by expert developers with a focus on solving unique challenges. Open platforms provide best-in-class developers with access to large markets. Much like today’s successful app-based economy for computers and smartphones, this proven model will continue to take shape and offer integrators and end users the level of customisation they’ve come to expect from technology. The future of the industry will be led by those who embrace open strategy as a best-in-class business practice. Creating flexible infrastructures for AI analytics developers to easily plug-into will further aid the democratisation of AI in several industries outside of security as well.
Read the full article in the February 2023 edition of PSI magazine
