What is AI surveillance and how is it different from a normal camera?

AI surveillance is a camera system that understands what it sees. Instead of alerting on any motion, it classifies the scene on the camera itself — person, vehicle, animal, package, license plate — and notifies you only when something matters. A normal camera floods you with false alarms from wind and wildlife; AI surveillance sends the three alerts that matter instead of the forty that don’t.

A conventional camera detects change in pixels — a palm frond, rain, an iguana, headlights off the canal all read as “motion,” and within a week the alerts are noise. The camera is technically working and functionally useless.

AI surveillance runs recognition on the device itself, so classification is instant and continues even if the internet drops. It also indexes footage by what it recognized, so you can search the archive like asking a question — “every vehicle in the drive last Thursday” — and get answers in seconds. Read more on the Intelligence page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does AI surveillance record all the time?

It can record continuously, on a schedule, or on event — and because footage is indexed by what the system recognized, you can find a specific person or vehicle in seconds instead of scrubbing hours of video.

Does it work without internet?

Yes. Classification and recording happen at the edge — on the camera and a local recorder — so the system keeps working and keeps footage during an outage. Remote viewing resumes when connectivity returns.

Can it recognize faces and license plates?

It classifies people, vehicles, animals, and packages, and can capture and log license plates at the gate and drive. The emphasis is on meaningful, low-false-alarm alerting rather than surveillance for its own sake.

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