New from Bosch is a new line of intelligent cameras in its mid-range portfolio. The all-new fixed dome (FLEXIDOME) and bullet (DINION) IP 4000i, IP 5000i and IP 6000i cameras now feature Essential Video Analytics. This enables these network video cameras to understand what they’re seeing, generating metadata to add sense and structure to video footage. Instead of simply capturing and storing video data, users can now use the metadata alongside the footage; to make smarter business, besides security, decisions.
These cameras enable intrusion detection, allowing users to set one or more alarm rules in parallel, only receiving alerts when needed. The cameras’ ability to interpret what they see helps add sense and structure to video data using metadata. Video data comes with statistics such as colour details, and the type, speed and direction of moving objects in a scene. The standard forensic search feature employs metadata, making it possible to sift through hours of recorded video data in seconds.
By enabling users to interpret data at the source, data can also be re-assigned to make smarter business decisions. In retail, for example, the IP 4000i, IP 5000i and IP 6000i cameras can gather statistics such as the number of people entering or leaving a store, or identify patterns in customer activity. Another example of how the cameras take analytics beyond security applications is by helping enforce health and safety rules. Through video analytics, automatic alarms can trigger when something is blocking emergency exits, when forklift trucks are driving in the wrong direction, or when unauthorized vehicles are parked in “no-parking” areas, such as loading zones.
The IP 4000i, IP 5000i and IP 6000i cameras are available in a range of resolutions, from 720p to 5 megapixels, with frame rates up to 60 frames per second. Even in challenging lighting, the new DINION IP starlight 6000i IR bullet camera provides it’s claimed detailed color images thanks to Bosch starlight technology. This opens up the camera’s full video analytics, like colour filtering, even in scenes with minimal ambient light, according to the product company.
For the most efficient data management, all IP 4000i, IP 5000i and IP 6000i cameras offer Intelligent Dynamic Noise Reduction and Intelligent streaming. Since quiet scenes with little or no movement require a lower bitrate, the cameras’ intelligent bitrate techniques distinguish between image noise and relevant information, such as movement. This helps reduce network strain and storage. And because image noise is reduced at the source during image capture, the lower bitrate does not compromise video quality, the makers add. With latest H.265 video compression, the cameras can reduce bitrates by up to 80 percent, it is claimed. In case a legacy system does not yet support H.265, the IP 4000i, IP 5000i and IP 6000i cameras support legacy H.264 systems. Like all Bosch network cameras, the IP 4000i, IP 5000i and IP 6000i models offer various software and hardware measures, such as a built-in Trusted Platform Module, to keep video data secure.
