Event-Based Video Monitoring

What Is Event-Based Video Monitoring?

With event-based video monitoring, security operators and software monitor your surveillance system. This proactive security measure enables rapid response to prevent theft or damage before it happens.

Choose the areas of your property to be notified about activity inside of. You decide when to be notified of activity, whether 24/7 or within a certain time, like outside of business hours.

Event-based video monitoring system integrates seamlessly with your existing video surveillance system. View a live feed from your cameras from anywhere, anytime with their cloud-based system.

Advantages

There are many advantages to using event-based video monitoring in your security system.

Instead of recording 24/7 and taking up storage space on a computer or in the cloud, you can set recording parameters to only record when motion is detected.

Reduce false alarms. Intrusion detection is more reliable than traditional motion detection because sensitivity settings can be customized. Designate only a certain area to be alerted to motion within, and set the minimum and maximum size of an object to trigger an alert. Now people will set off your alarm, but squirrels won’t.

Event-based video monitoring services have many monetary advantages as well. Save money by eliminating the need for an on-site security guard. Please your insurance provider and reduce your insurance costs by investing in video monitoring.

Audio Talk-Down

Another advantage of event-based video monitoring is that it allows for live audio talk-downs. These are warnings delivered in real time over independent speakers. A live professional agent can inform intruders or would-be thieves that they are being watched and ask them to leave before police intervention becomes necessary.

Stop crimes before they happen. Audio talk-downs are proactive deterrents, rather than reactive security methods such as watching recorded footage after the incident has occurred.

Event-based video monitoring is becoming more and more popular with insurance providers. The ability to monitor live video streams can reduce your insurance premium.

Applications

There are many applications for event-based video monitoring.

Home security systems benefit from video surveillance. A live professional agent will get a notification if someone enters your property and will react accordingly. Adjust the camera sensitivity to your preferred range. Set the maximum and minimum size of objects to be detected entering the area to prevent false alarms from animals.

Commercial properties can also benefit from event-based video monitoring. Know instantly when someone trespasses on your property or enters outside of normal business hours.

Add event-based video monitoring to the existing security system in your:

Store
Office
Warehouse
Dealership
Construction site
Apartment complexes

Construction Sites

A common application of event-based video monitoring is for construction sites.

Event-based video monitoring is perfect for construction sites that are left unattended overnight. These sites are often the targets of theft, vandalism, and trespassing.

Video monitoring allows managers to check in on their sites from anywhere, anytime they want. Adding event-based video monitoring to existing camera systems provides peace of mind, knowing that security professionals will be instantly alerted to any activity outside of specified hours or areas.

There are also financial benefits to using event-based video monitoring on your construction site. Event-based notifications eliminate the need to pay a security guard to either patrol the site or actively watch the camera feeds. Many insurance companies offer lower premiums to cover construction sites with video monitoring, saving you money.

Choose Wayne Alarm Systems as Your Event-Based Video Monitoring Company

Wayne Alarm Systems’ intrusion detection sends out real-time alerts to professional monitoring agents when an object enters a designated area within the camera’s field of view. Catch an intruder before they get the chance to interfere with your equipment. Request a free quote today.

Frequently Asked Questions About Event-Based Video Monitoring

If you aren’t sure if event-based video monitoring makes sense for your property, review the answers to these frequently asked questions, or contact us at Wayne Alarm Systems.

What Is Event-Based Surveillance?

Event-based security involves live monitoring by operators or artificial intelligence (AI). Through video verification, personnel or technology detects unusual activities around your property, reviews the footage and responds appropriately.

How Does an Event-Based Camera Work?

This proactive security measure typically involves a camera system that uses each pixel as a way to detect changes in the environment. The pixels can “report” changes in brightness, which may indicate suspicious activity on your property, like a vehicle or an individual who shouldn’t be there. These systems typically only record when suspicious activity is happening.

How Does an Event-Based Security Work?

Set custom rules for your live video monitoring to help define what constitutes unusual activity. You might have rules for suspicious times for individuals to be on your property or areas where vehicles don’t typically go. Otherwise, AI systems or remote guards recognize unusual activity like forced entry, loitering and other concerns to trigger a response. That response may be an alert to relevant personnel, an alarm or the dispatch of first responders, depending on the situation.

A live operator can also use audio talk-down to communicate with potential trespassers, letting them know they’re being monitored and to leave the premises before law enforcement is called.

How Does Event-Based Video Monitoring Compare to Continuous Recording?

Event-based monitoring allows for proactive response to potential intruders and other security concerns, and it isn’t constantly recording, saving energy and creating less data. Continuous recording captures everything that happens on your property, requiring more energy and data storage.

You might choose event-based monitoring if your property is in a high-traffic or high-crime area or if you have a lot of valuables. Continuous recording may be useful if you’re often away from your property and want to review footage to see what’s been happening. If you don’t know which to choose, speak with the professionals at Wayne Alarm Systems.

How Much Does Remote Video Monitoring Cost?

The cost of remote video monitoring varies with your property’s needs. Security system components, installation and activation fees will contribute to the overall cost. From there, you’ll pay a monthly fee for live video monitoring.

Wayne Alarm Systems can provide a free quote for a security system and our remote monitoring services.