Emerging Security Technologies
Delivering security resilience and business intelligence through emerging technologies.
OpticIQ, a division of Optic Security Group, researches and develops emerging security technologies, and advises in relation to technology risk and Responsible AI.
Led by the award-winning and internationally recognised CCTV technologist Vlado Damjanovski, the Adelaide-based OpticIQ Lab is a sovereign capability for the development, testing, training, and deployment of advanced analytic and AI-enabled security technologies.
Testing the boundaries of emerging security tech...
Advanced video analytics, biometrics and facial recognition, AI, thermal imaging, robotics, and cloud are just some of the emerging technologies shaping the security of tomorrow.
These technologies are widely seen as new, fast growing, and offering massive potential future impact, but they're also associated with uncertainty and ambiguity (our Executive Brief: Facial Recognition Technology provides metrics and insights on this). While they hold potential benefits to individuals and organisations, these nascent technologies are often untested, presenting novel challenges and risks for early adopters.
OpticIQ is a mark of trust in the emerging security technology landscape, delivering evidence-based testing, R&D, and advisory on emerging tech, and forging trusted partnerships with vetted new technology partners.
The OpticIQ team addresses specific customer needs by developing proof-of-concept solutions and delivering game-changing deployments. In short, we develop solutions to the problems that existing security tech is unable to provide answers to.
We are innovators
OpticIQ combines world-class security technology and security science leadership with a nation-wide track record in electronic security installation and integration.
1. We test...
The OpticIQ Lab is a Centre of Excellence in CCTV camera testing, including verification and quantification of camera optics, resolution, S/N, minimum illumination, colour reproduction, compression quality, and more, utilising industry-leading test charts and applications.
Comparative analysis is conducted between cameras and their manufacturer specifications and the AS/NZS 62676-5 standards, resulting in the production of objective, evidence-based test reports. We openly publish our testing results periodically via the OpticIQ Technical Note series.
Our team also optimises individual camera settings for specific deployments where factory settings are inadequate. This can produce optimal picture quality for the customer and deliver efficiency savings for large camera deployment projects.
2. We develop...
The OpticIQ Lab tests and trains Artificial Intelligence-based algorithms. In a new and rapidly evolving area of technology with wide-ranging variables, scientific testing verifies whether a specific algorithm will perform in the manner that its developer claims and the customer organisation expects.
In addition to having developed proprietary methods and processes for the testing and verification of algorithms, the OpticIQ Lab is capable of developing new algorithms and solutions in accordance with customer requirements.
Complementing our in-house and partner expertise, OpticIQ provides practice-based opportunities for emerging developers to hone their skills via its mentoring of postgraduate students as part of the University of Adelaide’s Professions Internship Program.
3. We partner...
OpticIQ partners with leaders in emerging security, sensing, and surveillance technologies, including:
Corsight AI: creates industry-leading face intelligence technology in accordance with the highest ethical standards in personal privacy protection.
Magos Systems: develops perimeter protection solutions combining ground-based radars, area surveillance software, and AI-based target classification.
Ninox Robotics: an Australian provider of managed Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) services delivering cost effective aerial intelligence.
Logipix: develops and manufactures intelligent video monitoring solutions for complex large-scale projects involving wide areas
A mark of trust
"AI" isn't just a buzzword, but neither is it an answer for everything. Its power is greatest when it's focused on the solving of specific problems.
Meet OpticIQ's leaders
World class innovation leadership for an emerging technologies centre of excellence
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Capability Statement: OpticIQ
Understand how we deliverer security resilience and business intelligence through emerging technologies.. Read more
Solution Brief: Airport Perimeter Surveillance
A high-level comparison of several surveillance technologies relevant to airport perimeter scenarios, including visible spectrum, thermal, and panoramic CCTV, and radar... Read more
Executive Brief: Facial Recognition Technology
International research points to the importance of understanding the 'public acceptability' of facial recognition in different deployment scenarios... Read more
Technical Note: Understanding AV1 Video Compression
What is the new AV1 video compression codex and how does it compare to the existing H.264 and H.265?... Read more
Blog Post: OpticIQ Lab puts AXIS Q1728 CCTV camera through its paces
The latest OpticIQ Lab test report focuses in on the footage quality of new AV1-enabled AXIS Communications block camera.... Read more
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