With rising concerns in site and infrastructure security, Axis Communications has launched free text search in AXIS Camera Station Pro. This AI-powered tool enables users to search video footage using natural language, streamlining investigations of theft, unauthorised access, and safety compliance. By leveraging open-source AI and on-premises processing, the system ensures accuracy and regulatory adherence. With construction theft losses reaching US$1 billion annually, Axis’ advanced surveillance solution enhances security, operational efficiency, and incident response for critical infrastructure and dynamic worksites.
The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry increasingly relies on advanced surveillance solutions to enhance security, monitor progress, and ensure compliance on job sites and critical infrastructure. With vast, dynamic environments, locating specific events or individuals in recorded video can be challenging.
- Crime reduction: Visible security cameras have been found to reduce crime by 65% on construction sites, highlighting their effectiveness in deterring unauthorised activities.
- Theft losses: Contractors face annual losses ranging from US$300 million to US$1 billion due to theft on construction sites, emphasising the need for robust surveillance systems.
- The market: The global video surveillance market is expected to grow from US$54.42 billion in 2024 to US$88.71 billion by 2030, driven by increasing security concerns and technological advancements.
Axis Communications, the leading manufacturer of network security and surveillance solutions, has introduced free text search in AXIS Camera Station Pro, a powerful video forensic tool that allows users to search using their own words. This enhances flexibility and accelerates investigations when searching for moving objects in large amounts of recorded video. The Smart Search 2 toolbox will now include both pre-classified objects and free text search capabilities.
Free text search gives users greater flexibility and allows them to customise queries to meet segment-specific needs with fewer limitations. They can describe moving objects in greater detail using natural language and associations, enabling more relevant results. Typically, video scrubbing is the quickest way to find objects and incidents. However, if that doesn’t work, free text search offers a powerful AI-based alternative.
Free text search is based on an open-source foundation model, trained on billions of image-text pairs and fine-tuned by Axis for surveillance use cases to improve performance. With associations, users can broaden the search scope. For instance, it’s possible to search for people wearing professional uniforms such as construction workers. The model will then find objects matching these typical characteristics.
Additionally, it’s possible to find objects with a certain brand or logo. For quicker results, free text search can be combined with filters, such as date and time, object in area, direction, size and duration.
Key Features:
- Freely use descriptions in English for searching
- Fine-tuned by Axis for surveillance use cases
- On-premises video processing
- Search for brand descriptions
- Combine with filters for greater accuracy
