video analytics

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The University of Kentucky plans to spend nearly $5 million to install the campus's first-ever comprehensive security system.

HOUSTON—A new patent and a just-closed $2 million deal with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is proof that BRS Labs is doing something “truly unique” that the marketplace will value, John Frazzini, president of BRS Labs, told Security Systems News, sister publication to Security Systems News.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Video analytics is clawing its way back from a bad reputation caused by early cases of overpromising and under-delivering and one manufacturer predicted the technology would go “mainstream” within two years. Those were some of the views on video analytics shared by experts during a panel discussing the topic at this year’s TechSec conference.

BEDFORD, Mass.—VideoIQ CEO Ed Bednarcik said funds from a Series C round announced Jan. 10 will be used to expand the company’s geographic reach and for R&D efforts aimed at bringing its products “to the masses.”

BEDFORD, Mass.—VideoIQ’s new CEO, Ed Bednarcik, who is known for readying companies for IPOs, outlined steps he’ll take to take VideoIQ “to the next level,” during a Sept. 12 interview with Security Systems News, sister paper to Security Director News.

RESTON, Va.—ObjectVideo, which in April filed a lawsuit against Sony, Samsung and Bosch for alleged patent infringement on some of its analytics, on June 29 filed a complaint against the same companies with the International Trade Commission.

CAMDEN, N.J.—Agilence, Inc., a provider of point-of-service video auditing solutions, announced on April 12 that it has purchased the assets of video analytics company Vidient Systems, Inc. Vidient went out of business in 2010.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—For intelligent analytics and search solution provider 3VR, the coming year “will be very much about the channel partners,” 3VR’s CMO Aisling MacRunnels told Security Director News on Dec. 27. And 3VR will use its recently closed $17 million round of funding to invest in its channel partnerships, as well as to expand its presence in certain vertical markets and grow globally.

SAN FRANCISCO–3VR Security, a facial recognition and intelligent search solution provider, on Dec. 1 announced a partnership with High-Tech Solutions (HTS), a provider of license-plate recognition technology.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—On Aug. 29 the Edogawa Minami Little League team from Toyko, Japan, defeated the Wiapahu, Hawaii, team, 4-1, in front of 29,812 fans during the Little League Baseball World Series. The victory ended nine days of competition between 16 teams from around the world, in which about 200 children, aged 11 and 12, compete for the title.