Introduction

The IONODES PERCEPT Body Camera is a multi-purpose body worn IoT solution designed to help commercial, enterprise and government organizations enhance security, improve safety and provide useful insights into their operations.  The product was designed as an open-platform solution, intended to be integrated into virtually any software platform through industry standards such as ONVIF.

The PERCEPT Body Camera is compatible with profiles G, S and T defined by ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum), the global and open corporate forum founded to standardize the IP-based surveillance camera industry.  This compatibility ensures the body camera can be integrated to a broad range of video management systems (VMS), both on-premises (such as Genetec Security Center and Milestone XProtect), as well as cloud-based (such as the IONODES PERCEPT Cloud platform).  ONVIF compatibility also ensures that all integrated features and functions will work as they are expected to.  In the following sections we will look at each profile supported and describe what makes them important for various applications and operating scenarios.

ONVIF Profile G, S, T Compatibility

Compatibility with ONVIF Profile G enables centralized management software to manage and retrieve locally recorded video and related data from a PERCEPT Body Camera.  The retrieval of recorded content can be triggered automatically, or by an operator in a control center wanting to review an incident for instance. ONVIF Profile G in the PERCEPT Body Camera also allows for remote control of recording operations, allowing remote users to trigger recording on any body camera without any interaction from the end-user wearing the camera. This can be very helpful if the person wearing the body camera is engaged in a critical activity and doesn’t have the possibility or awareness to turn on/off recording by pressing the function buttons on the camera. 

Compatibility with ONVIF Profile S enables remote access to live streams, both audio and video, from a PERCEPT Body Camera.  An operator in a remote operations center (NOC / SOC) can therefore request live streams from a body camera in the field and can select the parameters to be used for that streaming session (codec, resolution, frame rate, bit rate, etc.).  Remote access to live streams can be crucial for remote users to assess a given situation and provide assistance to the person wearing the camera.  Through a VMS platform, remote users can also correlate live streams from multiple body cameras in the same location, providing an extra level of awareness that can be key when taking decisions in real-time.

Compatibility with ONVIF Profile T enables the PERCEPT Body Camera to support multiple advanced features such as H.265/HEVC video compression, metadata streaming and bi-directional audio. H.265/HEVC compression is a key benefit of the PERCEPT Body Cameras, keeping streaming/recording bandwidth requirements low, without compromising image quality.  Through ONVIF Profile T, alarm events can be sent as notifications to a remote command center, which can be used to start live streaming sessions or trigger any other relevant action.   ONVIF Profile T also makes bi-directional conversations between a remote operator and the person wearing the body camera possible, as the PERCEPT Body Camera comes equipped with dual microphones and a built-in speaker.

Conclusion

The PERCEPT Body Camera’s open-platform architecture unleashes the true power of the body camera’s innovative mobile IoT functions.  It allows for interoperability with ONVIF-compliant devices from other manufacturers as well as compatibility with the industry leading software platforms used in multiple vertical markets.  Finally, combining ONVIF-compatibility with the PERCEPT Body Camera’s wireless networking capabilities (Wi-Fi and LTE) allows for the ultimate level of remote accessibility.