Smart video surveillance for apartments

A smart home is no longer something futuristic, but rather a common technology in everyday life of many people. Smart video surveillance for an apartment is an effective tool not only to ensure the safety of your property, but also to promptly respond to any emergency, keeping the situation under control. In this article, we will review important aspects of a video surveillance system in an apartment based on Xeoma CCTV software, which is equipped with AI-powered video analytics and is able to automatically notify special services or selected contacts.

Video surveillance for apartments: why is it necessary?

An apartment, like any private property, certainly needs protection. By means of smart video surveillance, security can be ensured automatically without human intervention. Xeoma video surveillance software is based on Artificial Intelligence and deep machine learning, this way it can independently control many processes, recognizing object types, various sounds, strangers, cars, and so on.

Thanks to smart video surveillance based on Xeoma in an apartment, you can:

Monitor entrances and exits by pointing cameras directly at the door or windows, as well as using PTZ rotating cameras with a 360° view
Detect smoke and fire, while notifying necessary services or emergency contacts automatically or by starting the fire extinguishing system
Use Xeoma as a video nanny or monitor pets
Recognize people in the frame and react to the ones from the black/white list in any way necessary
Observe the parking lot from the window and monitor your car (react to its absence/presence, trigger the alarm at the sound of broken glass, detect car numbers in the camera’s field of view or faces of people nearby)
Launch necessary reactions according to the schedule, for example, open automated curtains in the morning, turn off the lights in the apartment in the evening, etc.
Detect motion at the wrong time (when you are not in the apartment or at night when everyone is asleep)
The application can be controlled remotely from any device, so you can access video in real time or archive recordings from anywhere in the world
Recognize falling and partial falling in the frame (from a bed, chair or when sliding down a wall), for example, when monitoring elderly people
And much more

Smart video surveillance for apartments

Since Xeoma video surveillance program supports 99% of all types and brands of cameras on the market you can choose any camera to your taste when creating a video surveillance system for an apartment, for example, based on your budget or the size of the cameras (cause apartments usually require miniature cameras with a universal mount in any place). In addition, you can pay attention to rotating PTZ cameras, this way you can use “PTZ tours” and presets in Xeoma so that the camera can automatically view the entire territory according to the created preset and time schedule. Having defined the area for video surveillance and understood which rooms or areas of the apartment you want to monitor, you can easily select a camera with a suitable viewing angle and functionality.

Video surveillance in an apartment: what is required?

First off, you need to decide what exactly the video surveillance in the apartment should do and what aspects of the “smart home” need to be implemented. Let’s take a look at several scenarios that can help you understand where to start when creating a video surveillance system in your apartment and what equipment you’ll need for this (spoiler: Xeoma doesn’t require anything supernatural, sometimes even what you already have at home will do).

Basic video surveillance: online viewing and archive recording

In order to create a basic video surveillance system in your apartment with real-time viewing of cameras and archive recording, you’ll only need cameras. Xeoma video surveillance software is flexible and works with most cameras on the market, including some of the “no name” cameras from Chinese brands, therefore you can choose any camera to your taste. Our customers often choose the following brands of cameras: Hikvision, Dahua, AXIS, D-Link and Foscam. You can see the list of supported cameras in Xeoma here. By the way, if you already have a camera at home (an IP camera or even a USB camera), you can connect it to Xeoma and use it for video surveillance.

Then you can select necessary Xeoma license* for your amount of cameras, activate it in Xeoma, add cameras via the “+” menu, set the necessary settings for recording and storing the archive and enjoy your video surveillance. You can install Xeoma app on mobile devices and view cameras at any time and from anywhere in the world.

*Xeoma licenses are perpetual and purchased only once (you can use them forever in Xeoma). The license includes a period of free updates, during which you can update Xeoma software, and then when the free updates period is over, you can use your Xeoma license indefinitely without updating the program version or purchase an additional period of program updates.

Video surveillance with detectors: timely notifications

If you’d like to create a video surveillance system in an apartment with recording of certain events, you will need cameras and software with such capabilities. Xeoma has more than 100 video analytics options, including motion detector, smoke and fire detector, and many other possibilities.

In Xeoma you can build chains of modules, like in a children’s construction set. Connect any detectors in your modules chains in Xeoma, and add necessary notifications – for example, sending email, SMS, mobile notifications (including in the Telegram messenger) e.g. upon motion detector. Receive rapid alerts that someone has entered the apartment to take action. As well as watch only the most important moments of the day – Xeoma can record an archive from cameras by motion, this way the disk space will not be taken up by anything unnecessary, and you’ll not need to waste your time watching the whole archive of the day. In addition, Xeoma has pre-recording and post-recording options, which will help you not to miss anything important, because the recording will be conducted at the specified time shortly before the event and immediately after it.

Artificial intelligence: the eye of the camera on guard for security

In the modern world, Artificial Intelligence has been increasingly integrated into our daily lives: smart speakers with voice control, smart kettles, smart light bulbs and many more devices are appearing day by day. Xeoma has been developed since 2004, but it does not stand still – quite the contrary – it meets all modern requirements and includes the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence and neural network technologies. Xeoma software offers not only basic things within Artificial Intelligence as face and license plate recognition, but also more complex capabilities, for example, recognition of text, speech, emotions and age, different types of objects and sounds, and much more.

Using Xeoma modules based on Artificial Intelligence, you can set up even the most intricate video surveillance system, automating almost any scenario based on your own preference. For instance, you can recognize a baby’s cry and receive notifications about it, or recognize smoke to prevent a fire hazardous situation, recognize the emotions of guests or household members, recognize car license plates and automatically open the gate/garage door for cars from the white list, and much more. Create a flexible video surveillance system with Xeoma!

Smart video surveillance for apartments

Smart cameras for video surveillance in the apartment: which ones to choose?

Smart cameras for video surveillance based on Xeoma are very easy to choose, since the program supports 434+ brands of all cameras in the world (even some of the “no name” cameras from Aliexpress). Therefore, you can choose a camera both by the allocated budget and by functionality, as well as you can use those cameras that may be sitting around at home and can be adapted for video surveillance using Xeoma. A video surveillance camera can become a universal solution for any space if it has a certain set of qualities:

As for camera brands, based on our many years of experience, we can judge that our customers often choose popular camera brands: Hikvision, Dahua, AXIS, D-Link and Foscam.

The advantages of installing smart video surveillance in an apartment using Xeoma:

Affordability: video surveillance in general and cameras in particular have become much more affordable than before. Even the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence are no longer something phenomenal and can be used in the everyday life of any home video surveillance system.

Ease of use: Xeoma’s intuitive interface makes the video surveillance system management more convenient for everyone.

Universality: video surveillance based on Xeoma is suitable for any conditions – from a one-room apartment to multi-room apartments.

Peace of mind: you will always know what is happening in your apartment and receive rapid notifications and respond promptly.

Smart video surveillance for an apartment is your reliable assistant in ensuring safety and comfort. With the help of modern technologies, you can be sure that your home is under control and reliable protection, even when you are far away. Set up Xeoma, add cameras in one click, download the mobile application and enjoy peace of mind.

December, 5 2024