Actuate – Building Threat Detection Systems to Keep People Safe in Any Environment, Without Compromising Privacy

Video analytics technology has become a game-changer for today’s industry as well as public service entities. It is an advanced technology that leverages deep learning advancements and processes digital video signals by using a unique algorithm to perform security-related tasks. Video analytics significantly provides a powerful security means to critical infrastructures, identifying impostors, tracking people or objects, and detecting behaviors. Artificial intelligence technologies, particularly the developments of deep learning, and predictive analytics have revolutionized video analytics and intelligent surveillance capabilities.

Actuate is one such firm that employs artificial intelligence to turn any security camera into a smart camera that automatically identifies threats like intruders, firearms crowds, and more in real-time. The company aims to accelerate security response time and improve safety outcomes during crisis scenarios while giving organizations the ability to protect against more daily concerns like theft, overcrowding, and loitering.

Actuates’s AI Video Analytics Solutions

Actuate's AI video analytics software transforms pre-existing systems into advanced security solutions. It seamlessly integrates with pre-existing systems to create advanced security solutions. From gun detection to social distancing enforcement, the software can be used in a diverse range of applications without the need for additional hardware. Actuate's AI Video Analytics Software is used in various areas such as;

AI False Positive Reduction: Actuate's cloud-based AI detects intruders instantly, reducing false positives by 95%+. Existing threat detection systems suffer from rampant false positives, high costs, and inefficiencies. Actuate uses deep learning AI to eliminate traditional systems’ shortcomings, including motion-based false positives.  Actuate’s AI software closely monitors spaces for instances of people being where they’re not supposed to be. The AI software instantly alerts security staff of unauthorized entries and individuals acting in a threatening manner—reducing false positives. Its advanced technology also includes detailed threat tracking capabilities that further protect facilities and organizations. The company works with most existing security systems and specializes in Central Station Deployments.

Video Verification AI: Video Verification triggered by burglar alarms is the mainstay of many Central Stations, but it’s often slow, expensive, and prone to false negatives. Actuate’s video verification AI minimizes false negatives and missed threats using advanced computer vision software for instant and accurate detections, every time. Rather than running the software 24/7, Actuate’s video verification AI only surfaces alerts once an alarm is triggered, reducing costs by 60 percent while allowing operators to analyze 10x more video in the same amount of time.

AI Gun Detection: Actuate detects weapons as soon as they are visible on camera, flagging threats before shots are fired. This provides building security and law enforcement with precious seconds to address the situation. Actuate's AI technology uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) to replicate how a human brain would process information. The CNN is trained to recognize weapons from hundreds of thousands of images in a proprietary data set. No new hardware required.The end result: increased response time, faster emergency warnings to building occupants, and saved lives.

Slip and Fall Detection: According to the CDC, $50 billion are spent every single year on medical treatment for slip and fall incidents and an average of 11 days of work are missed. These are costs that businesses are paying for in one way or another, whether it’s through increased insurance premiums or lost productivity. Slip and Fall Detection can help to mitigate these costs. Actuate’s Slip and Fall Detection works on existing security camera systems with no additional hardware installations required. The company’s AI detects and flags possible slip and fall incidents in real time, tagging video for review by building staff. This enables facilities teams to improve building safety and security before it becomes a problem.

Occupancy Management: There’s no question that space utilization is a critical issue. In fact, there’s over $150 billion in unused office space globally. For facility managers interested in minimizing costs, Actuate’s AI occupancy management software offers an easy-to-use solution for surfacing cost-saving trends and insights regarding space utilization and people flow. The company’s advanced AI detects and counts people, tracking their flow throughout your facilities, and outputs key analytics. The system is built from the ground up to avoid bias and collects no personally identifiable information.

About the Leader

Sonny Tai is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Actuate. Prior to founding Actuate, Sonny served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, where he led Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection planning and training. After the Marine Corps, Sonny helped corporate executives solve their most challenging growth and operational problems in strategic advisory.

Mr. Tai graduated with a B.A. from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

“We’re committed to making security systems more effective. Our lightweight software solution easily integrates with existing security camera systems without the need for on-site installation or other physical considerations.”