IRIS+ Central Monitoring Product overview

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IRIS+™ is an innovative AI-powered video analytics platform that employs a highly accurate and comprehensive set of algorithms developed and tailored specifically to surveillance scenarios. These advanced algorithms, based on deep learning, allow IRIS+ to execute the automatic classification of objects with the highest precision.

The IRIS+ algorithms transform any video stream into a highly intelligent alarming device.

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Scalable IoT architecture

IRIS+™ is built for immense scaling. Start with just a few cameras. Easily scale to hundreds of thousands of cameras in one and the same system. Our cloud is just that — countless cameras connected in one high-security multi-tenant system.

The system is separated into two main parts, Core and Edge.

IRIS+™ Edge

The Edge is the video analytics processing unit of the system, or "client" if you want. The Edge requires a high-bandwidth connection to every camera it processes. It is built to handle low-bandwidth connections to the Core and is also resilient to temporary connection outages. Each Edge device in the system attaches to the Core system, updating its configuration and sending alarms, health information, metadata, and other metrics continuously.

IRIS+™ Edge can be deployed flexibly and scaled both up (larger machines) or out (more machines) to handle any number of cameras. The main deployment options are:

  • IRIS+ Edge Appliance (e.g. Irisity Edge 10): A pre-configured compact hardware that processes a set number of video streams. This appliance is typically co-deployed with a camera system at the surveillance site. An IRIS+ Edge Appliance can typically process around 10 cameras.
  • IRIS+ Custom Edge: The IRIS+ Edge software installed on custom or virtualized hardware. The hardware is typically deployed either on-site or in a centralized location, such as a server room or a private data center.

IRIS+™ Core

The Core is the central system, "server" if you want, where all configuration and information of the system is stored. IRIS+ Core performs all central management and higher-level processing of metadata and alarms for advanced video analysis.

IRIS+ Core can be run cloud-hosted by Irisity in a multi-tenant configuration or hosted by the customer.

  • IRIS+ Cloud: A centralized, multi-tenant, high-availability installation completely managed by Irisity. The deployment is run on top of Google cloud platform for optimal availability and security. Each Edge connected to the IRIS+ Cloud requires an internet connection.

Architecture overview

Below the different deployment options are shown with IRIS+ Custom Core to the left and IRIS+ Cloud to the right. Note that the Custom Core option also supports both multiple Edges and multi-tenant configurations.

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