Netwatch, an innovative surveillance technology company, have partnered with a team of researchers, headed by Noel O' Connor, from CLARITY: Centre for Sensor Web Technologies at Dublin City University to develop a new alarm reduction system which uses applied imaging technologies to decipher the alarm images received at the Netwatch Communications Hub.
The real-time technology, developed under the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership programme, will analyse the images for human characteristics such as shape, size and movement ensuring that when an alarm is triggered, intervention specialists can be sure it is an intruder and not a wild cat or urban fox which has triggered the alarm.
“We wanted to develop a system which would help cut down on false alarms and ensure that the Gardaí were only called in cases of genuine emergency,” said David Walsh, chief executive, Netwatch.
“We are committed to continuous R&D and are investing considerable resources in our in-house development team and in collaborative projects with external R&D teams, such as CLARITY,” said Walsh.
“Developing bespoke solutions will be vital for our longer term success and our international growth.”
