Mobotix MxActivitySensor: video motion analysis to reduce false alarms

The new MxActivitySensor technology developed by Mobotix significantly reduces the number of false alarms thanks to its advanced video motion analysis.

The German manufacturer of networked video surveillance systems Mobotix has developed the MxActivitySensor software, free download, which records intentional movements of people and objects while ignoring all changes in the observed area that are not relevant, which significantly reduces the number of false alarms.

For the CEO and founder of Mobotix, Ralf Hinkel, “MxActivitySensor is a completely new technology that is literally five years ahead of other video motion detection systems currently available on the market.”, which reduces the number of false alarms by up to 90% with minimal configuration work”.

With MxActivitySensor the time required to evaluate the images collected by IP cameras is considerably shortened. “In conventional systems – explains Hinkel –, Searching for relevant events was comparable to searching for a needle in a haystack. Any movement automatically activated the alarm. “Now users can focus on relevant events and find them faster and more efficiently with this innovative free solution.”.

El método inteligente de detección de movimiento que ofrece MxActivitySensor sólo es posible realizarlo a través del sistema descentralizado de Mobotix, ya que este software está integrado en la cámara IP de Mobotix y el análisis puede realizarse directamente en la misma.

As specified by the founder of the company, The great innovation is that “only relevant events activate the alarm that is sent through the network. This allows users to greatly reduce the bandwidth required, especially in systems with many cameras connected”.

Once the camera software is activated, the analysis of the defined area starts. If a person or vehicle passes through the field of vision, MxActivitySensor activates an alarm function through the camera (via video recording, phone call, email, SMS, etc.).

In this sense, changes to the image that are not relevant, like snow, the rain, the movements of clouds and trees or lights and shadows, are ignored by MxActivitySensor.

Once activated, MxActivitySensor resulta, in most situations, More accurate than conventional video motion detection, even with default settings, saving user time.

“The difficulty lies in making the difficult easy,” Hinkel emphasizes., and precisely this is the idea of ​​the software. It is so simple that no specialist is needed for installation, maintenance and analysis. The possibilities offered by MxActivitySensor are within the reach of all users to obtain the desired results”.

The new S15 camera models, Mobotix D15 and V15 now integrate MxActivitySensor. For Q24M models, M24M, D24M, T24M, D14D, S14 and V14 (Secure models only), It can be downloaded for free on the company's website, along with updating the camera software from version 4.1.6.