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Powered by Vision AI, Oosto is protecting the people that propel your business

Facial recognition technology is not an aspect of science fiction anymore. Instead, it has gained tremendous traction across various industries for its impactful uses. A modern facial recognition system uses advanced IP cameras, artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms and cognitive technology to identify, authorize, or verify a person from a video source or digital image. This could be to quantify human expressions, manage security systems, increase user engagement, analyze customer behavior, improve user safety and extract demographic information. With constantly evolving capabilities, it will be fascinating to see where artificial intelligence based Facial Recognition technology will reach over next decade. The amount and quality of image data required to train any facial recognition program are critical to its performance. Many examples are required, and each one necessitates a significant number of pictures to develop a thorough comprehension of the face.

Oosto is one such company that enables enterprises to better protect their customers, guests and employees by identifying security and safety threats in real-time without compromising on fair and ethical use. Oosto leverages millions of representative images and state-of-the-art augmentations from a variety of data sources, composed of people from different races, skin tones, ethnicities, ages, and genders. Oosto understands the great value and potential of its technology and systems, as well as the significant benefits they can provide to society. The company has embedded ethical AI and data privacy into their facial recognition solutions and processes — pioneering new methods to reduce demographic bias, comply with privacy regulations, and protect the identities of bystanders.

Leveraging Products that Change the Security Game for Enterprises

OnWatch: Identify persons of interest in real-time with live facial recognition, enabling your security team to rapidly respond to threats while protecting the privacy of bystanders. Oosto adds visual intelligence to your existing camera network and achieves the highest stream-to-server ratio in order to maximize the value of your investment. It helps retailers catch shoplifters, identify employee theft, and reduce shrinkage. With real-time video surveillance and forensics, you can quickly search weeks of video footage to identify suspects and streamline your investigation. Automatically notify your security team whenever a known thief is spotted by your connected cameras and respond immediately to the threat in real-time. Oosto’s neural nets are trained in the toughest conditions on low quality images and have been battle-tested by the most demanding users and academic standards. This ensures the highest accuracy even when the POI is not looking at the camera, located in a crowd, or captured in less-than-ideal conditions (e.g., poor lighting).

OnAccess: A frictionless access control solution that leverages the power of facial recognition to open guarded points of entry for authorized people. Manning each point of entry is unaffordable, and the use of access control solutions that require human touch are no longer safe. OnAccess is designed to balance security and visitor management by instantly recognizing authorized personnel and alerting security staff of any unauthorized entry in real-time. Your staff can seamlessly clock in and out of work simply by walking through the front door. Once an employee is physically present at your place of business, your third-party employee attendance program will automatically register him or her as present via Oosto’s API integration. Whether your visitors come sporadically or on a daily basis, personalize the entry and access permissions for every person. Simply register them within the Oosto system and set their privileges according to time, area, and/or role. If a non-registered visitor is captured by your connected security cameras or if a registered visitor is present outside their permitted access period, you will automatically be notified.

OnPatrol: It helps protect law enforcement and military personnel with real-time alerts that enable them to proactively respond to situational changes in their environment. OnPatrol flags potentially critical events before they become threats so responsive action can be taken before a crisis occurs. Public trust in the safety and security provided by law enforcement agencies is of paramount importance. By recognizing persons of interest and alerting officers in real-time via their mobile device (e.g., phone or bodycam), law enforcement agencies can better protect their officers from harm with situational awareness and intelligence. OnPatrol de-escalates potential threats and prevents casualties on both sides by identifying criminals and dangerous individuals in real-time through Vision AI technology. It is designed specifically to recognize and check people’s faces against a watchlist of persons of concern in real-world conditions, including people in motion, in dim lighting, at occluded angles, when partially obscured by other people and even with heavy make-up. The application features all the benefits of the desktop platform on your mobile Edge device, in addition to unique, on-the-go capabilities, helping to better protect law enforcement agents and security officers while also achieving a higher level of operational efficiency and flexibility on the ground, without the need of powerful on-premise servers.

About | Avi Golan

Avi Golan is the Chief Executive Officer and responsible for all aspects of Oosto’s business and strategy. He has worked at companies like SoftBank Vision Fund, Google, Intuit and Air New Zealand in different leadership and investment roles, where he led large organizations across multiple products and verticals. Prior to that, Avi spent 12 years in technology and leadership roles at several software startups. Mr. Golan also serves on board of multiple private companies, early to late stage, mentoring and supporting founders in areas of GTM, globalization, product and technology.