IVMD 2.0 is said to be able to detect suspicious items left at a scene or cars parked in sensitive locations. Developers say it can be configured to raise an alarm if objects are removed, for example, from displays in museums or shops.
The software incorporates Video Content Analysis which Bosch say is embedded in all of their IP network products. They claim this technology saves users significantly on bandwidth and storage, reduces the possibility of human error and provides more reliable alarm handling.
Bosch say the IVMD 2.0 has been designed to offer a much wider range of alarm criteria and more functions to help with surveillance and forensic searching.
An advanced background-learning algorithm is said to save computational power by suppressing false alarms in the image. As in IVMD 1.0, up to 16 detector fields can be set up within a scene for, each with different trigger parameters. Bosch say that alarm parameters such as size, speed and direction discrimination can be set up separately for each detector field.
IVMD 2.0 is reportedly able to produce metadata that provides a description of how the algorithm has interpreted a scene. This can then be transmitted over the network and recorded together with the video stream.
Later, it can be used with Bosch’s VIDOS and Video Management System (VMS) to produce video overlays during playback that highlight suspicious objects or activities.
The software also includes a new image stabilisation algorithm that aims to eliminate the effects of unstable cameras.
