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SECURITY

Emerging trends in

Premise Security

Security threats can be addressed
more effectively by adopting advanced
technologies and standard industry

practices says Vivekanand, Lead Software
Engineer- Vehant Technologies

n today’s world, security has Video based scanners. Whereas the which address practical operating
become a major concern Mirror based inspection fails to cover problems faced by earlier systems.
for everybody. Places of large portions of the vehicle underside In addition, intelligent software
importance/mass gathering and takes very long to perform; video- modules like ANPR (Automatic
Ilike railway stations, airports, based systems are prone to operator Number Plate Reading ) and object
government offices, IT Parks, distraction and fatigue while trying detection features have enhanced
residential societies etc. are prime to interpret simultaneous video the system utility.
targets for terrorist attacks. playback of multiple partial vehicle Emerging Technologies
Securing premises involves portions. Despite broad awareness Setting New Trends
thorough checking of individuals among security professionals about
and vehicles entering the premise. the significant drawbacks and Technology has taken giant
Using traditional methods and in-effectiveness of such scanners, strides over the last few years,
practices for security inspection has many institutions continue to use paving way for new innovations
been observed to be cumbersome them. in every field. 3D and Artificial
and error prone often defeating the More recently, composite image Intelligence are some of the
whole purpose. based UVSS has been widely new technologies which are
deployed overcoming the above- rapidly driving changes in many
However, there are areas where domains like health-care, defense,
the trend to modernize is visible: mentioned drawbacks. These architecture, entertainment (VR).
systems produce single view high-
Use of 3D in inspection systems and resolution composite image which Security field is still in the nascent
comprehensive Entry-Exit control is easy to investigate for foreign phases of adopting these new
by integration of various security objects. Early editions based on technologies. In this domain, a
systems and accessories like boom- LineScan camera technology had few players have tried to exploit
barriers, bollards, ANPR, X-ray limitations of near constant speed the 3D technology for building
baggage scanner, under vehicle vehicle motion and could not deal next-generation products. X-ray
scanner, access control system. with vehicle stoppage due to queue scanners have shown promising
Traditionally, Under Vehicle formation. These were rapidly advances for enhanced inspection
inspection has been done using age obsoleted by better systems based by providing extra visibility using 3D
old methods like Search Mirrors and on AreaScan mosaicing technology, technology.

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