This week in Birmingham, Alabama, I attended Hanwha Certification Training. Hanwha is the camera solution we have relied on for years to meet the diverse camera needs of our customers. Even though countless camera solutions are available, Hanwha stands out as the ideal choice for our customers with limited budgets as well as those with enterprise-grade requirements.
At the highest end of camera deployment we have a customer with 25 cameras in which 20 plus of the cameras are used for operational reasons only. This is an industrial environment and is an exciting customer to work with. They continue to find areas to add cameras to increase productivity in production. The high quality of the cameras also brings a better quality of work life experience to the employee.
Another example of operational camera use is in the restaurant environment. Obviously cameras are useful to record slip and fall events and other events that may need to be recorded for liability and insurance purposes. Cameras are also being used by our restaurant clients for situational awareness for the managers and owners. Cameras in the hostess area allow monitoring of how many customers are lining up in the queue or in the kitchen to see how fast food is moving through the process to get to the hungry customer. I have countless stories and examples from our restaurant customers about cameras being used to improve food safety training and getting help to problem areas when the staff is overwhelmed.
In my Hanwha training this week, as you may expect, there is a big push to AI integration with cameras. I don’t what to make this post about understanding good AI development vs “surface level” AI bolt on solutions but it is worth bringing up that Hanwha is doing AI right. They are doing it all in-house and working on the more complex Machine Learning and artificial neural networks to train their models.
Here are some AI tools that exemplify the capabilities of Hanwha's AI-enabled X and Q series cameras. While these cameras may not be the most affordable option, they are still within the reach of businesses looking to make a significant operational impact.
People counting
Vehicle counting
Queue management
Heatmap
Object detection
Sound identification
Hanwha and Local IT have solutions for businesses, regardless of their current or future camera needs, whether for security or operational purposes. Please share your current or desired uses for cameras, and we can assess your present and future requirements. It's always a good time to evaluate your camera needs, as their importance continues to grow.
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