With the maturation of IP technology and digital technology, network-based video surveillance systems are rapidly developing in digitalization, networking, intelligence, and integration. The entire security monitoring system has rapidly entered the era of network monitoring. In recent years, the domestic video surveillance market has been growing at a rate of more than 20% every year. On the other hand, online video surveillance shows its vitality with its strong technological advantages. With the emergence of large-scale network monitoring projects such as “Safe City”, many companies have joined the vibrant market of online video surveillance. The sharp increase in demand for video surveillance sites and the industry has led users to gradually realize the central position of the video surveillance platform in the entire network monitoring. The advantages and disadvantages of the platform software can also affect the performance of the entire surveillance system.

The opportunity of security video surveillance platform vendors can be seen at the 13th CPSE AMB in 2011. In addition to professional security platform vendors to display their latest platform products, many video surveillance vendors have also launched corresponding monitoring platform products. See dazzled. Although there are various advantages and disadvantages in the application level and technical level of the platform products, but from the perspective of the actions of many manufacturers, it is not difficult to see that the security companies have coveted the platform market, and it also proves that the platform market has a good potential for development. Personally, the reason why the security platform is showing a prosperous scene is mainly due to two reasons: the development of IP network monitoring and the expansion of video surveillance systems.

IP network monitoring is the main driving force for the emergence and development of the main IP network monitoring to make the monitoring and management platform develop. The development of IP network monitoring will drive the continuous transformation, expansion and improvement of monitoring infrastructure. Compared with traditional analog surveillance systems, IP network monitoring systems are more complex in terms of resource scheduling and service management, and as people increase their requirements for video surveillance, this complex video surveillance management will continue to deepen. This promotes the continuous development of an independent monitoring and management platform. The market's good performance can be seen clearly by this trend, especially with the development of large-scale monitoring applications such as safe cities and global eyes, the monitoring and management platform is The important position in the networked monitoring system has gradually been valued by people, which also makes platform manufacturers see the bright future of the monitoring and management platform.

The scale of video surveillance applications has gradually increased. Traditional surveillance systems usually have only a few dozen points or hundreds of points. Obviously, video surveillance has developed to the present day and the scale of application of monitoring systems has reached a historical high. It is no longer out of reach for video surveillance to cover a city or even an entire country. The large-scale monitoring application of “Peace City” is to achieve network coverage of key video surveillance information in a city, even video sharing in multiple cities and reporting to higher-level video systems. Whether it is the networking coverage of information or the summarization and reporting of video information, a powerful video surveillance management platform is needed as a bridge. Banking monitoring is also one of the examples. The bank links the video of multiple halls of business to the branches of the city. Branches of multiple cities in one area then collect the video to the head office, which also requires a powerful management platform as the backing.

The status of platform software Today, the monitoring and management platform is the core part of the entire video surveillance system. In addition to basic functions such as video browsing, cloud mirror control, alarm linkage, device management, user management, and electronic maps, it also needs to disperse in large-scale network environments. The monitoring and management of different types of digital image equipment and security alarm equipment at the monitoring site is a kind of video management platform software for business application services, all-digital, network-based and highly centralized management. Therefore, platform software development to today, its status is self-evident, but there are also more or less problem factors, such as the market size is less than the general lack of awareness.

High market status If we carefully study the status quo of the platform market, it is really a bit intriguing. Although no one will doubt the importance of the platform, the platform market has emerged as a kind of "high status, small market" strange. Actually, the video surveillance management platform industry is similar to many video security products and lacks corresponding technical specifications and management standards. The inconsistency of standards, protocols, interfaces, etc. among various front-end equipment manufacturers in the industry has led to the application of video surveillance management platform software to the market. The difficulty is increased. The unavoidable important task of the platform manufacturers is to coordinate and communicate with the mainstream front-end equipment manufacturers. As a result, the technical difficulty and technical investment in platform development are increased, which also greatly increases the development cost of the platform software.

The level of awareness is not high. Of course, the lack of awareness of the platform is also one of the reasons that hinder the development of the platform. The main performance is 1. The lack of platform concept: focus on the construction of hardware strength, but do not pay attention to the importance of software strength. Not planning the platform as a monitoring system ultimately leads to a large amount of investment but little business application value. 2. Blindly promote the brand effect. It is undeniable that foreign products do have advantages in security hardware products. However, the video surveillance management platform is mainly for digital surveillance systems, and the digital surveillance systems have only developed rapidly in recent years. The starting points for domestic and foreign products are almost the same, and many domestic practical experiences are compared with small-scale surveillance systems abroad. Networking is even more empirical. Therefore, domestic products instead have advantages that many foreign products do not have, such as application, adaptability, and price. 3. Only choose the free platform. Although we can't understand this problem with the popular concept of "nothing cheap," there are also factors in this regard. A good platform can provide superior stability, business functions, and management quality. However, from a technical point of view, the complexity of the platform requires more capital to be invested. The customer's quality requirements for building a networked monitoring system.

Faced with the industry's lack of recognition of platform software, Guangzhou Ruijie He Zhiyong said: "With the acceleration of the entire security industry towards the development of the industry, users of the video surveillance management platform software is gradually changing, there is reason to believe The video surveillance management platform software will play a more important role. This is a gratifying phenomenon."

Platform software development trends Overall, video surveillance management platform in the future market development has the following aspects:

Platform capacity enhancement Currently, with the large-scale development of the Ping An City project and the rise of cross-regional networking projects, the scale of system construction has become larger. If the system management system is not the core software management platform, the system cannot continue to build. . In order to meet the needs of large-scale and multi-users, multi-service module processing technologies and multi-level directory service architectures are widely used. As a result, the maximum stable operating video monitoring points and client access numbers that the management platform software can support will increase, and the platform will bear The ability will also increase dramatically.

Development of high-definition video surveillance to promote technological innovation With the maturity of network video surveillance, video surveillance system users at all levels to improve the image quality requirements, high-definition video surveillance will also become the future direction of video surveillance market. The license plates of high-speed vehicles and the facial features of a person can be displayed clearly with the help of high-definition video surveillance technology. However, high-definition surveillance also indicates the need for higher technical requirements, such as megapixel imaging quality, high-performance codec and IP network technology, coupled with powerful intelligent video analysis capabilities, these four high-tech high standards require In the process of upgrading the high-definition surveillance system, higher development requirements will be put forward for the video surveillance management platform. This kind of intangible pressure is nothing but harmless, it will promote the technological innovation of the entire market, so that companies with leading technological innovation capabilities will come to the fore.

Software's integrated software integration integration capabilities consider a software's system solution resolution capabilities. It includes both the ability to transform a system that has already been built, as well as the capacity for sustainable development after the system is built, and whether it can fully meet the needs of users. Today's management platform is not a simple video management software, but needs to be compatible with PC architecture DVRs, embedded DVRs, NVRs, IP cameras, and alarm equipment, as well as various types of equipment such as city pipeline management and fire protection systems. This type of security system communicates with the network to realize integrated management of the platform.

Intelligent development of platform intelligent video analysis technology can make video surveillance from passive to active, allowing the monitor to take the initiative to fully reflect the science and technology people-oriented great ideas. Intelligent video analysis technology can automatically determine people, objects and vehicles through complex identification technologies, and can analyze human behavior, face information, vehicle number plates, etc., and provide users with information needed for using video management platform software systems. . Due to the intelligent automatic analysis capability of the identification technology, this can greatly save labor costs, network resource usage, storage space, and so on. Enable platform software to provide in-depth services for more departments or users. At present, relatively mature domestic technologies such as license plate recognition, face recognition, and video speed measurement are all within the scope of intelligence. Vehicles can be used to identify vehicle types, count the number of cars or people passing through a certain area, and prohibit left-turning, U-turning, and single-row lines. Non-parking areas and other vehicle violations are identified as smarter deeper applications. It is reported that most security platform manufacturers in China have started the research on intelligentization. It should be said that in the next few years, intelligent research in the video field will be very popular.

Concluding remarks In the development of the next few years, the monitoring and management platform software will gradually improve the “high status, small market” pattern and move toward “high status and large market”. Although there are still unstable factors in the development of platform software, the platform software will provide users with more stable, secure, open, and comprehensive services as the security industry's high-definition and intelligent technologies mature. In the future video surveillance market, users will increasingly pay attention to the services and values ​​that the system can provide.