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Video analytics software is also known as automated video surveillance, intelligent video, smart video, and video motion detection. In a CCTV system, the capabilities of video analytics are extremely advantageous. Video analytics employs computer algorithms to analyze real-time video captured by CCTV cameras in order to enhance security surveillance of people, vehicles, objects, and their associated behaviors within a camera's field of view. By automating a portion of the monitoring process and eliminating the time-consuming and laborious task of reviewing vast quantities of stored video, video analytics can help organizations become more efficient.

In airports, train stations, seaports, and other high-traffic areas, video analytics systems can be utilized to identify suspicious activity. A common application of video analytics is the continuous monitoring of surveillance video to notify security officers of events such as an unauthorized intrusion in progress or a suspicious person loitering in the parking lot. Some video analytics systems include license plate recognition (LPR), a tool that allows law enforcement and security personnel to identify vehicles based on the information on their license plates. In addition to monitoring traffic and tollbooths, analytics applications include facility and border surveillance, building and parking lot security, and the identification of vehicles of interest.

The Video Analytics Systems Market Survey Report, which can be found in the SAVER section of the DHS S&T website, provides additional information on video analytics.