Seven ways our expert camera installation can help you sleep easier
Our partnership with Avigilon, a Motorola company, allows Gallaher – already a leader in asset-protection, monitoring and life-safety products — to offer our clients the latest razor-edge of surveillance and analytics technology to obtain the most value out of their security camera system. We provide surveillance software that can monitor your business, inventory, hospital, church or school – and we can even teach cameras when and what to look for and how to report it.
Here are seven things to consider before Gallaher puts our latest surveillance solutions to work for you:
1. The oldest type of surveillance tech is pixel-based. If a camera detects change in background pixilation, it will flip to recording mode. Sure, it will detect – and record – a person walking down a hallway after hours, but it will also detect and record snow, rain, an errant outside dog or deer, or even headlights flashing across the front of your business. This recorded material will eat up server space quickly, and data storage is expensive, especially for a 12-hour recording of a bush blowing in the breeze just outside your door. Our teachable camera software is much more sophisticated.
2. The newest type of surveillance software can be taught pattern modeling and to identify, for instance, how a human moves. This means that if you want to monitor a hallway, you will receive an alert anytime a person is in that hallway. It knows how a person moves. It doesn’t care about a plant, balloons in a hallway, or a golden retriever gazing through your store façade. This furthers the growing role of a camera from a reactive to proactive security role.
3. Along with the pattern modeling, Avigilon can be programmed to monitor a specific area within a certain time frame. This can be helpful in a medical setting such as a nursing home or hospital. If a patient with dementia or Alzheimer’s, for instance, wanders from a room their presence can be detected and an internal alert can be sent to multiple devices.
4. Our systems can tell direction and movement, and offer conditional responses. A camera, for instance, can detect whether an assembly line is backing up, and plant supervisors can be alerted to the issue, possibly preventing damage to expensive equipment.
5. In an after-hours setting, say a car dealership, our cameras can detect movement of people and send out a series of tailored, prerecorded messages, each getting more explicit until an actual central station operator can access the audio system to warn the intruder the police have been called. And when the police arrive, they have real-time information on where an intruder may be hiding because he or she has been tracked by the camera.
6. Depending on the type of equipment, our experts can program for facial and vehicle recognition. Avigilon has options for “appearance searches,” in which, for instance, a lost child could be located at a mall using recognition software. If a person with a history of violence is discharged from a job, the job location could program a camera to recognize the ex-employee’s appearance should he or she show up at the workplace with violent intent.
7. Surveillance data can be used in both prosecutions and proving insurance claims. Recorded video dramatically enhances an organization’s ability to prove the exact moment of an event like electrical damage and when a fire is initiated. That data can be cross-referenced to the exact time of weather-related or other significant loss occurrences, which provides the often-required burden of proof for insurance claims. Watermarked images can be used, following a strict chain of custody, to prove a crime was committed by the person caught on camera.
Many surveillance camera systems available on the market indicate they contain analytical software.
Well, the old-timey pixel trick mentioned above meets the basic definition of analytics, so make sure the system you purchase meets your needs and is installed correctly. Faulty installation can lead to a stream of false alarms, which could ultimately lead to possible litigation claims if an injury occurs during an actual incident and is ignored.
We even offer surveillance and analytics technology and asset-protection solutions for objects ranging from medical facility crash carts and museum displays to object recognition and specific person searches through hours of video. Whatever your needs, we offer scalable solutions to keep your property, your inventory and — most importantly — people safe.
Contact us today to see how Gallaher can help you rest a little easier at night – by teaching cameras what, and what not, to see.
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Gallaher & Associates Inc. is a leading regional life safety low voltage solutions provider servicing all of Tennessee and surrounding states. In business since 1973, Gallaher celebrates over 48 years helping clients complete thousands of successful life safety projects covering fire alarm equipment, monitoring, inspection, and service, camera surveillance, access control, nurse call, intercom, mass notification, intrusion detection, cabling, pro sound, and audio video. Let us put our 400+ years of combined experience to work on your next life safety, security, or communications solution by contacting (877) 970-2471 or websalesinquiry@gallahersafe.com.
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