The right connectivity for stand-alone IP cameras

▤ Summary

Increasingly, body worn cameras are moving from offering on‑device video storage to live‑streaming footage to a server, where it can be viewed from headquarters or automatically analysed using artificial intelligence. Some models already leverage sensors to increase the camera’s context awareness, for instance enabling it to automatically switch on and provide a live view from the officer’s perspective at the sound of a gunshot. Whether they are used in policing, in security operations, in emergency rescue scenarios, or in elderly care homes, body worn cameras combine several requirements that are difficult to reconcile. Conservation biologists and wildlife researchers interested in studying biodiversity often rely on camera traps to observe animal populations in strategic locations such as watering holes. Similarly, municipal authorities, traffic management services, and industrial users can easily set up ad‑hoc video surveillance networks to visually track the development and aftermath of protests, accidents, or safety‑related incidents.

▦ Linked Companies

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$500M to $1B