Fisheye cameras: comprehensive security and enhanced business insight in one discreet package
, by Armia Ghali, 2 min reading time
Installing a video security solution that provides a clear view over a large area can require multiple cameras, extensive cabling, licensing, and management—and the costs quickly add up. But with the latest AI-powered fisheye cameras, organizations can capture a wide field of view in a single, discreet package—and gain a wealth of business insight in the process.
Advanced fisheye cameras: the all-seeing eyes that offer a wealth of functionality
Obtaining a clear view across a large area – such as a warehouse, supermarket, or parking lot – isn't always the easiest task and typically requires multiple cameras and cabling installed in different locations to cover all fields of view.
To address these challenges, many organizations are choosing to install advanced fisheye cameras. These innovative, all-seeing eyes can provide a 360-degree view of their surroundings.
Fisheye cameras work by using a panoramic lens to capture the images from multiple cameras in a single device. When mounted on the wall, they provide a 180-degree view, and when mounted on the ceiling, they offer 360-degree coverage of the floor below—without blind spots.
The most advanced fisheye cameras on the market don't stop there, however. Using dewarping software, users can choose to re-render a fisheye image in various formats, making the camera behave like a virtual PTZ.
AI-based security and business insight solution
In this way, a single fisheye camera is a highly efficient and cost-effective way to achieve high-quality surveillance of a large or complex area. Moreover, the latest cameras with built-in heat mapping and people counting offer incredible insight for companies whose business thrives on sales.
For example, store managers can use heat mapping to identify how people move through the store and arrange products optimally to attract them. Heat map data can later be compared with sales figures to gain greater insight into the effectiveness of the marketing strategy.
In museums and entertainment venues, crowd counting and customer flow information can be useful for security and marketing teams to better understand how to protect and serve their customers.
And of course, a single fisheye camera is typically much more unobtrusive than a full array of security cameras, making them ideal for locations where aesthetics are important or where the surveillance profile needs to be low.
Hikvision: Top-class fisheye cameras with industry-leading extras
Hikvision fisheye cameras are among the most advanced on the market today. Featuring high-quality Immervision lenses, they deliver a wider viewing angle, less distortion, and sharper, more detailed images than many other cameras on the market, resulting in more natural-looking images after debugging.
Furthermore, the built-in deep-learning-based AI applications such as heat mapping, intersection flow analysis, and people counting provide users with a wealth of data for business analysis, reporting, and smarter decision-making.
More information
Visit our product pages to learn more about Hikvision fisheye cameras and see how they can help your organization save time and money, and gain a wealth of business insight.
You can also discover how Polish retailer Miniso uses Hikvision fisheye cameras to analyze footsteps, optimize product placement, and identify purchasing trends across 200 stores in our case study.
