Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events uses machine learning to send custom alerts from home security cameras.
AWS announced an update to its video surveillance service that can tell the difference between a pet, person, and package on home security camera devices. Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events uses machine learning to recognize specific objects in video streams from home security devices.
The new service can send custom alerts like “pet spotted in backyard” and is now generally available.
Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events works with Amazon Kinesis Video Streams to detect objects from live video streams. Camera manufacturers and service providers can minimize false alarms from camera motion events by only sending real-time notifications when a desired object is detected in the video frame. Service Providers can also use Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video APIs to…