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PureTech is committed to continuous innovation and customer satisfaction by providing the most comprehensive, easy to integrate, and reliable AI-boosted, geospatial video analytics and sensor fusion software solutions for borders and critical infrastructure. Larry Bowe Jr., CEO, said, “We are pleased to share just some of our progress bringing new capabilities to market in our last few major software releases. This is one of the many reasons why PureTech was named in a recent industry report and received two Govies Awards.” Geospatial video analytics Core Software Developments are as follows: PTZ auto follow – the ability to track a specific target, with a PTZ camera leveraging our AI, that violates access control or breaches the perimeter. New cyber security enhancements. Improved throughput for processing various system operations. Enhancements to object tracking. Enhanced server failover automation. Expanded system health monitoring. Support for autonomy zones (geographic zones for generating alarms and other automated actions based on tracks entering, exiting or moving within zones). Novel UDP implementation to support streaming video across latent networks such as cellular and Starlink. Enhanced track management features including recording, searching, and filtering of radar and other tracks. Added support for additional neural nets including, Efficient Detection, Yolo V5 and V7, and ONNX ML runtime. Require (or not) Auto-identification using Machine Learning/Deep Learning (ML/DL) to Alarm. ‘Resolution boost’ (Res Boost™) feature, which enables use of ML/DL on high resolution imagery. Auto-verify of targets using ML/DL on PTZ camera feed when initial detection was by radar, fence, video analytics (i.e., any sensor with geo-location). Support for running video analytics including ML/DL on iGPU inside Intel processors. Enables deployment on lower cost edge computers that do not have a discrete Nvidia GPU. Geographic area alarm shunt to enable temporary gate access Bidirectional TAK communications Important Partner Technology Software Integrations: Support for bidirectional TAK communications (Team Awareness Kit). Support for new lenses on ClearAlign VZ-500 PTZ cameras. Added NATO 2525B map icons. Added integration and support for: Elta 2112 radar; SRC R1410 Radar for drone detection; SRC WhisperHunter RF Signal finder for drone classification; DallmeierPss3 panoramic colour camera; Magos Radars; Genetec integration to support tracks and alarms on their GIS map; PTZ driver for additional PVP NightHawk cameras; Hensoldt Radar; Health monitoring of Siklu radios, and solar power systems; Rail Intrusion Detection System integration; Echodyne Echoguard Radar; Silent Sentinel PTZ Driver; AMAG Access Control enhancements.

PureTech Systems announces the release of the newest version of its patented PureActiv geospatial video management and video analytics software. PureActiv 14 adds a deep learning video analytics module, a dashboard for monitoring the health condition of the system and connected peripherals, increased location based intelligence and an improved alarm work flow. The release also contains a wealth of feature improvements, bugs fixes and 3rd party sensor integrations. PureActiv 14 key features Key features of the PureActiv 14 release include: Map-Based Threat Assessment – The PureActiv map-based GUI provides a user interface with a high level of situational awareness. The newly added map-based threat assessment feature correlates track data from multiple sensors (video analytics, radar, buried acoustic) and analyses the data based on various geolocation aspects, including location, track, speed, and object type in order to better assess the target, minimise false alarms and declutter the real-time display of tracks on the GIS map. Deep Learning – The use of neural network software to evaluate scenes has proven effective for many types of video analytics scenarios. PureActiv 14 now includes a deep learning capability, which can be applied to recognise specific objects in the video scene to enhance object classification, decrease nuisance conditions, and improve detection accuracy. Health Monitoring Dashboard – PureActiv communicates with all connected surveillance system components such as cameras, radars, and fence sensors. The new health monitoring dashboard included in the latest software release provides a health summary of all of the connected surveillance system components. The dashboard indicates the current health of monitored software, hardware, sensors and inter-component communications using red, yellow, and green indicators. These status alerts can then be used to quickly identify hard-to-find system problems and rapidly address the root cause of failures. Alarm Work Flow – Many institutions use multiple locations and a team of security professionals to monitor and react to security events. For these installations, PureActiv 14 adds supervisory capability to alarm workflows, whereby alarms can be assigned to specific users, reassigned, and sorted by user, type, or severity. Alarms that are not addressed in a pre-defined period are automatically flagged, so they may be reassigned. The new capability also includes a supervisory review function for alarms and assignments. Continued Integrations – As with all PureActiv releases, a wide range of 3rd party integrations have been added including camera integrations from Silent Sentinel, Hikvision, KT&S Innovative and PVP Advanced Electro-Optical systems, integration with SRC Inc and SpotterRF radars, US Towers integration for mobile deployment, OptaSense Fibre Optic Perimeter Intrusion Detection System and gunshot detection systems from Safety Dynamics and the SST ShotSpotter. “Our underlying mission is innovation of geospatial video technology to help our customers ensure a secure and safe environment,” explains Larry Bowe, President and CEO of PureTech Systems. “In this release, we’ve added several new capabilities that will add considerable value, including the health monitoring dashboard to aid our installers during installation and system support and the deep learning module, which can be used to improve detection/classification accuracy and handle more sophisticated use cases.”

Aeron Searcher Thermal Camera Pan & Tilt System added to PureActiv capability offering PureTech Systems, a manufacturer of a map-based video management system and thermal video analytic software, recently announced that it has integrated its PureActiv® wide area surveillance solution with the Aeron Searcher Thermal Camera Pan & Tilt System from Silent Sentinel. The integration leverages the Aeron Searcher’s compact, rugged, continuous rotation pan-tilt axis, along with its thermal camera payload, to provide a high performance solution for those with long range surveillance needs in harsh and challenging environments. When integrated with the PureActiv map-based video management system, the highly accurate pan tilt axis, directed by the PureActiv georeferenced control logic, provides long-range precision positioning utilising simple map coordinates and a point and click interface. Automated control The integration includes slew-to-cue, scan-to-target and camera auto follow capabilities. These pan-tilt-zoom video analytic algorithms provide for automated control of the Silent Sentinel camera to track an intruder without the need for operator intervention. The long range nature of the Aeron and the accuracy of the pan tilt axis, allows integration of these capabilities at very long ranges, which is critical to border protection scenarios and mobile remote surveillance needs. “PureTech Systems aims to provide highly accurate, robust solutions for our customers requiring long range, outdoor, mobile and fixed surveillance. We do that through our own intelligent video research and through development and teaming with top performing sensors like the Aeron series from Silent Sentinel,” explains Rich Anderson, director of business development at PureTech Systems. “We believe that taking the extra step and an integrating world class sensor here in our labs reduces risk, improves the solution quality and ensures a positive customer experience once the sensor combination is deployed in the field.” "The integration results in long-range precision positioning utilising simple map coordinates and a point and click interface" “We have built the Aeron camera series to be a premiere product for long range surveillance in harsh environments,” explains Mark Klang, president, Silent Sentinel USA. “Combining the Aeron Searcher with PureTech Systems’ intuitive map control and advanced video analytics technology, provides a compelling security solution for the security marketplace.” Geospatial control PureTech’s intelligent video solution uses real object size to identify the target as a person, car, truck or boat and can be deployed as a fixed installation or as part of a rapid mobile system. The solution boasts geospatial camera control for both manual and automatic movements. “Geospatial control” involves the translation of a location’s actual latitude, longitude and elevation coordinates into precise pan, tilt and zoom commands which result in the repositioning of the camera to that exact location. The Silent Sentinel Aeron Searcher integration is currently available as part of the PureActiv 12 software release, with its first installation protecting multiple airfields at a southern US army base. Other planned installations include perimeter protection of several government facilities, over-water intrusion detection for protected areas and multiple mobile and border opportunities.