The future of security requires smarter, more efficient and secure solutions, to help drive this transformation Hanwha Vision is launching, what the company is calling its most advanced AI-powered System on a Chip (SoC), the Wisenet 9.
After nearly four years of extensive research and testing, Wisenet 9’s advanced features help elevate Hanwha cameras into an AI-driven era, and aiming to set a new standard for performance, accuracy, and security.
“With Wisenet 9, you can count on the superior image quality that delivers the best possible video in the toughest environments, as well as the accuracy of the AI-generated data, whether statistical or event-driven,” states John Lutz Boorman, Head of Product and Marketing at Hanwha Vision Europe.
AI revolution at the edge
Wisenet 9’s enhanced edge AI capabilities are essential in this innovation era, where the volume and complexity of security threats demand real-time, accurate analysis. By elevating edge-device performance, AI empowers systems to quickly analyse vast amounts of video data and discern crucial patterns and anomalies.
A key differentiator driving this transformation is the two Neural Processing Units (NPUs), which have improved inference performance three-fold compared to Wisenet 7, the previous SoC generation.
While one NPU handles image processing, the other focuses on object detection and advanced analytics. This dual NPU concept was introduced to ensure video quality and analytics have independent resources, preventing one function from impacting the performance of the other.
Unveiling hidden details
Wisenet 9 uses AI to analyse visual data with greater precision. By leveraging a powerful NPU, the system moves past traditional image processing to extract critical information, unlocking previously unseen details with remarkable clarity in tough environments.
This enhanced visual intelligence is achieved through a suite of sophisticated AI features, including AI-based extreme Wide Dynamic Range, AI-powered noise reduction, alongside image enhancements.
Combined, these technologies promise to deliver exceptional clarity, even under the most challenging conditions. The AI-driven image enhancement, powered by an independent NPU, ensures that every detail, no matter how subtle, is captured and analysed.
AI efficiency redefined
AI is powerful, but it can also be resource-intensive. Wisenet 9 flips that script. It’s not just smart, it’s efficient – optimising every aspect of its operation.
By intelligently reducing noise, Wisenet 9 achieves a remarkable level of efficiency in data volume reduction, resulting in significantly reduced bandwidth consumption and storage requirements.
This core efficiency is further bolstered by the latest H.265 compression technology. The H.265 codec provides high video quality with optimised bandwidth, ensuring reliable, real-time video processing and transmission – critical for uninterrupted 24/7 security. Furthermore, this optimised H.265 support enables consistently high performance in demanding environments, essential for system stability, and streamlines data management in cloud environments, efficiently controlling storage and transfer costs.
Wisenet 9’s H.265 codec, aligned with current industry standards and ONVIF profiles, ensures broad hardware compatibility and seamless integration with your existing security infrastructure and provides a dependable foundation for long-term system reliability.
Beyond this, Wisenet 9 leverages AI for advanced analytics. Its enhanced AI technology provides detailed attribute analysis, including colour, bag, face mask, glasses, age, and gender, along with other key analytics like people and vehicle counting, slip and fall detection, crowd detection, heatmap, queue management, and more, enabling faster and more informed decision-making.
To further amplify its capabilities, Wisenet 9 incorporates several key technologies that power the next generation of efficiency, including, Re-Identification (RE-ID) for enhanced person tracking and searching; Dynamic Privacy Masking (DPM) to efficiently safeguards biometric personal data using AI, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations.
Expandable AI
Recognising that security demands are as diverse as the industries they serve, Wisenet 9 has been engineered with so-called unparalleled AI capabilities. This empowers users to tailor their security systems.
Additionally, Wisenet 9 is compatible with AI Packs (Traffic, Retail, Factory), designed to deliver actionable insights specific to various sectors. And, AI-based sound classification enables rapid detection and directional awareness of critical events like gunshots, glass breaks, and screaming, to enhance situational awareness. Also, Wisenet 9 empowers users to create customised security solutions by providing the flexibility to tailor their systems with custom applications for video analytics, storage, and other functionalities.
Improved end-to-end protection
Wisenet 9 significantly enhances end-to-end protection by building upon the robust security foundation of Wisenet 7. It inherits essential features like Secure Storage, OS, and Boot, which protect critical chipset data and prevent unauthorised software execution.
Moreover, the inclusion of a FIPS 140-3 Level 3 elevates security to an exceptional standard. This certification guarantees that the chipset adheres to rigorous security protocols, assuring users of comprehensive data protection.
