The mission of Hanwha Vision is to provide the most advanced solutions for securing people, property, and data while delivering a superior customer experience through continuous innovation, unparalleled service, and the highest standards of integrity.
Campus Safety spoke with Hanwha Vision Business Development Manager for Education Paul DuBois to find out what visitors to his company’s booth can expect to see at ISC West March 31 – April 4 in Las Vegas, as well as how his company’s technology can benefit schools, universities, and hospitals.
Hanwha Vision Business Development Manager for Education Paul Dubois. Photo courtesy of Hanwha Vision
Campus Safety: What is the top product or offering your company is showing off at ISC West this year, and what makes it special? How does it apply to healthcare facilities, schools and/or higher education security, public safety, and/or emergency management?
Paul Dubois: We’re seeing an increased use of specialized analytics in all markets, and especially education as schools look for new insights into every aspect of their daily operations.
A significant issue facing schools is improving situational awareness and response times related to emergencies. Hanwha Vision worked with Scylla to build new weapons detection analytics into our newest camera model: the 4ch AI multi-sensor camera powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform. That processing power makes this camera capable of running the Scylla analytics software on the edge, without the need for a separate server. Users can bolster response times and implement proactive measures in critical situations by leveraging military-grade weapon AI-powered recognition technology with machine learning models that evolve continuously through ongoing training. These are long-range detection analytics for covering a large part of a campus, with an ultra-low false positive rate of 0.1 per day per camera. They even maintain accuracy against dense environments with moving backgrounds.
Schools are also addressing the uptick in vaping occurring on campuses across the country. Administrators are dedicating funds and resources to curbing this issue, and Hanwha Vision is featuring an effective and easy-to-deploy solution. Hanwha has integrated a Triton sensor into a POE+ powered device that can detect students’ vaping activities and enhance air quality monitoring.
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The sensor can also identify THC and environmental anomalies like screams and glass breaks. Cloud integration, real-time alerts, and people counting and loitering detection are also available.
Schools can’t place cameras in restrooms, but these sensors are inconspicuous and look similar to fire sensors. This type of device allows schools to reduce the incidents of vaping in restrooms and locker rooms, and also lets teachers spend their valuable time teaching, not monitoring.
Our Scylla and Triton integrations are the latest example of Hanwha partnering with a manufacturer of complementary technologies to provide customers with the solutions they need. Hanwha cameras have previously functioned as visual sensors and now we’re able to support a critical sensor application in environments where cameras can’t be present.
CS: What other products or offerings would you like to highlight, and what are some of their qualities and benefits?
Dubois: Continuing our approach of working with leading technology developers, Hanwha Vison is highlighting unique camera design collaborations delivering an easy path to AI functionality. The 4-channel AI Multi-sensor Camera with WAVE VMS Powered by the NVIDIA Jetson™ Platform provides Hanwha AI multi-sensor camera devices with up to an additional 100 Tera Operations Per Second (TOPS), plus immediate access to the NVIDIA AI app ecosystem. The 4-channel AI Multi-sensor camera with Lumeo Analytics supports the Lumeo all-in-one video analytics platform giving users easy drag-and-drop access to pre-built, edge-based analytics, plus the flexibility to create entirely new AI models tailored to their business.
With access to these third-party technologies, customers can seamlessly enable new AI analytics and capabilities unavailable on competitive cameras.
CS: How do your company and its offerings address the needs of hospitals, schools, and/or universities?
Dubois: Hanwha Vision provides comprehensive solutions to address the unique needs of schools, which all have different campus sizes and diverse student bodies. We prioritize leveraging technology to help schools do more with less, especially in the face of staffing and budget constraints. Most schools can’t afford to dedicate a person live-monitoring a video wall. IP cameras with AI-based analytics help school administrators get a better handle on access control and monitoring of hallways, classrooms, and exterior parking lots.
CS: What else is new or noteworthy about your company for 2025?
Dubois: Schools today must pivot and adapt to changing societal factors, and they need solutions that can keep pace. Hanwha Vision will continue to roll out new applications of AI in our IP cameras enabling precise detection, robust search, elevated data analysis, and enhanced image quality. We’ll also develop our ecosystem of cloud-based devices and apps designed for on-premise and remote surveillance management, AI model training, system health monitoring, and business intelligence.
CS: What is your company’s overall value proposition to schools, universities, and/or hospitals? Why should they do business with you?
Dubois: We will always work with a school to identify the right surveillance technology to address their individual needs. We understand that many schools are operating with limited resources and are looking for products offering versatility, ease of installation and fewer logistical headaches.
Our products and services can function as a “force multiplier” for schools that are short-staffed, allowing them to do more with less personnel, fewer resources, and tighter budgets. The intelligent analytics in our camera and video management systems act as additional “boots on the ground,” allowing administrators to cost-effectively strengthen their surveillance capabilities. For example, Hanwha cameras and analytics can detect loitering or unauthorized access, which can help proactively prevent potential incidents either before they occur or at least before they escalate.
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Hanwha will also deliver whatever our customers need, whether we make it in-house or develop it through a collaboration with NVIDIA, Lumeo, or Triton. There aren’t many situations where we can’t provide a suitable camera or device.
CS: Is there anything else you would like to add?
Dubois: Schools face a growing set of unique security challenges: unauthorized visitor access, vandalism, theft, and weapons. Technology is advancing so fast, with advancements in AI and cloud technologies, that customers often have a hard time keeping pace. Manufacturers must educate customers to help them understand how technologies like AI can truly help them. By listening to our school customers and understanding what they need we can help support each school’s unique requirements and challenges.
Surveillance systems have proliferated in schools of all sizes across the nation, as more institutions realize that having a reliable campus security camera system gives them the ability to mitigate risk and shift their security posture from reactive to proactive.
Visit Hanwha Vision at their ISC West Booth No. 14025. hawhavisionamerica.com
