Artificial intelligence and video surveillance: foiled thefts continue

There is nothing like a real-life success story to testify how effective a technology can be: a thwarted theft reveals the impact and efficiency that an artificial intelligence video surveillance solution has in protecting a customer from theft.

This is the case with AI Video Solution, Axitea’s innovative solution that uses video cameras and artificial intelligence for automatic event recognition, combined with alarm monitoring and alarm intervention services. Below is one of several thefts foiled by Axitea thanks to artificial intelligence.

History of the foiled theft, from alarm to intervention

Here are the details of what happened at a major metal buying and scrapping company in the province of Rome:

• 9:55 pm: an alarm is generated thanks to the artificial intelligence algorithm, which recognises a critical situation following the intrusion of an unauthorised person into a warehouse;
• 9:55 pm: an Axitea Security Operation Centre operator makes an initial visualisation of the CCTV system to verify the event;
• 9:56 pm: thanks to the snapshot with the images of what caused the alarm to be triggered, a person picking up cables is immediately identified;
• 9:57 pm: following evidence of an intrusion, the centre operator requests the intervention of the police;
• 10:03 pm: the police intervene;
• 10:05 pm:the customer’s urgent contact is alerted;
• 10:06 pm: the customer, having been warned, announces that he cannot go to the site;
• 10:51 pm: intervention report from the Axitea guard stating that two police patrols from the police station intervened. They carried out a thorough inspection and found a black bag likely containing the stolen goods;
• 10:52 pm: the Axitea guard reports that the black bag is now in the middle of the yard;
• 10:55 pm: the customer informs Axitea that he is unable to go to the site, and says that the guard can leave the site.

Video surveillance with AI, investment pays off

Three weeks after the installation of AI Video Security at the secured site, the investment can already be considered as having been repaid, considering the value of the material that could have been stolen.

Not to mention the fact that the solution is also applicable to pre-existing video installations, reducing the investment impact even further.

Other useful content on cameras and artificial intelligence

Learn more about the benefits and potential applications of video surveillance with artificial intelligence through these two articles:

• Video analysis and artificial intelligence, a winning combination;
• Video cameras and artificial intelligence: 5 advantages.