Online Talk on ‘Role of Artificial Intelligence in CCTV and Access Control Industry’

Mr. Sooraj P N, Territory Sales Manager, South India, Security Products, Johnson Controls An insight on the latest trends in the Surveillance industry Migration to cloud and Artificial Intelligence enabled automation.

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A webinar was organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication for the Faculty members as part of the online activities during the lock down period. The webinar session was conducted on 7/5/2020 on the topic ‘Role of Artificial Intelligence in CCTV and Access Control Industry by Mr. Sooraj P.N., Territory Sales Manages, Johnson Controls. The one hour session which was a Knowledge Sharing Program was conducted in Microsoft Teams Platform.

The session started with an Introduction to the basics of Access Control system, the major components and its working. The components include an input card/biometric reader, a controller which is called the heart of the system and a feedback sensor or an alarm device. When a proximity card is presented to the card reader, card information is compared to that of the control list and access is granted or refused and all such transactions are stored in a database.

The faculty was encouraged to ask queries in between the session which made it more interactive and lively. The briefing on the concepts of CCTV and its types ranging from analog to IP Cameras, the technological advancements in the industry and the cyber threats faced in the market were some of the take away points of the session.

The speaker gave an insight on the latest trends in the Surveillance industry Migration to cloud, Artificial Intelligence enabled automation mentioning a few. According to the speaker, The definition of AI still remains abstract as it is still an emerging area of research, and it may be defined as to develop a system which is able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision making and translation between languages.

The journey of AI started with Assisted Intelligence in which humans comprehended data and generate insight over through Augmented Intelligence and now into the reach of ultimate Autonomous Intelligence wherein the decision making and execution happens autonomously. Autonomous intelligence may be possible with newer techniques on Deep learning concepts.

The role of AI in various areas were discussed which may be summarized as follows

• Video Surveillance for person and object identification
• Object monitoring and tracking
• People counting for management information
• Smart Access Control
• Facial Recognition
• Temperature Detection Radar Detection
• Drone Usage and the impact on security environment

The videos were shared on Temperature Detection of employees in COVID 19 scenario was a recently launched product from Tyco Security, and the Usage of Drones for recreation and security purposes made us well informed on the updates in Surveillance industry.

The one hour session ended up with a vote of thanks by Dr. Saira Joseph, HOD, ECE and a positive feedback from the Faculty members.