New from Johnson Controls is Tyco Illustra Insight. It’s described by the company as an intelligent frictionless access management solution for workplaces. It offers a way for authorised people to move around buildings and spaces, and provides security personnel with control and visual verification of who has access to restricted areas.
Enabled by artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms, Illustra Insight combines access control management software and a facial recognition camera to recognise multiple people as they approach an entrance. The device’s integrated LEDs, with audible ‘Welcome/Deny’ messaging tell employees, contractors and visitors if they are authorised to enter an area.
Faces can be detected from up to three metres away, the developers say with simultaneous multi-face processing in less than one second. The cameras, pictured, can be deployed at the optimal height of five to six feet for facial recognition within a wide field of view and varying heights, including wheelchair and taller users.
Rafael Schrijvers, Access Control Product Management, Security Products, Johnson Controls said: “The range of applications where our new technology will be able to significantly contribute to enhancing a safer working environment is extremely wide and varied. In healthcare and cleanroom environments, Tyco Illustra Insight removes the need for access control cards or buttons to be pushed, both of which are highly relevant to our customers amid the pandemic and beyond.”
At airports it can negate the risk of card sharing and tailgating into security sensitive areas. Illustra Insight can flag persons of interest for integrated access control; for instance, generating an alert when a VIP is identified.
Illustra Insight is part of the OpenBlue dynamic platform from Johnson Controls which, through its OpenBlue Healthy Buildings set of solutions, provides access to technology, such as smart equipment, infection control, contact tracing and social distance monitoring and other connected devices.
Although designed for seamless integration with Johnson Controls access control brands, the Tyco Illustra Insight solution can also be interconnected to any access control system with traditional and modern wiring protocols.
The product also features colour customisable LED light ring and configurable audible messages, with intuitive visual and audible responses for visitors and employees. The two-piece design means that the network interface is in a safe, protected area, with encrypted protocols used to ensure secure communications between the Illustra Insight camera head and the Insight control unit.
Visit: http://www.illustracameras.com/insight.
