More than a fifth of the world's surveillance cameras are manufactured by China's Hikvision, which has surpassed Sony's market capitalization.
One thing that can be overlooked for all is that China is the fastest growing video surveillance company in the world and has 100% coverage of surveillance cameras in first-tier cities.
According to the latest data from IHS Markit, an industry research firm, China has 176 million surveillance cameras in public and private sectors (including airports, railway stations and streets) compared with about 50 million cameras installed in the United States The number of cameras installed in China will increase to 626 million in three years.
Meanwhile, the Chinese video surveillance market is valued at 6.4 billion U.S. dollars and the annual growth rate of 12% is expected to continue through 2021. In comparison, the U.S. figure is 2.9 billion U.S. dollars, at an annual growth rate of less than 1%.
According to IHS statistics, Hikvision sees a 21.4% increase in global market share in CCTV and video surveillance in 2016, ranking first in the world for six years in a row and a worthy 'big brother' in the industry.
This set of figures was turned up because of the expansion of Hikvision in the United States in the past year, causing rival dissatisfaction. "It is no exaggeration to say that their devices overwhelmed the United States over the past year." Florida A former employee of a video surveillance equipment company said that as the Chinese government owns a 42% stake in Hikvision, it also raised some US security concerns, and one petition was submitted to Congress, claiming that Hikvision devices may The United States was placed under the watchdog of the Chinese government after the United States House of Representatives decided in 2012 that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and ZTE Corporation pose a threat to U.S. national security because of similar reasons and advised the U.S. government to avoid doing business with them.
John Hannover, a veteran US defense securityman, responded cautiously to these industry rumors: "There is currently no evidence that these cameras sent the data back to China, and no Hikvision products were found behind the back door."
Hikvision as the market value has surpassed Sony
The rise of Hikvision is indeed related to the ever-expanding monitoring needs of the Chinese government, which revealed to the public that in 2011 Hikvision received a $ 1.2 billion Chongqing 'Safe City' monitoring project, Used to add 200,000 surveillance cameras in 3 years, and Hikvision is also the equipment provider for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Hikvision's advanced technology allows these cameras to capture crisp images even in foggy, rainy or even dark environments.The system also automatically identifies the car's license plate and discovers whether the driver is using his cellphone or face while driving Recognition techniques, combined with the identification of body size, hair color and clothing, enable these devices to track specific objects.
Hikvision thermal mapping technology can be used for population statistics and data collection
Safer or more unsafe? Large-scale use of surveillance cameras has been controversial. Public space image monitoring systems have been shown to help increase the detection rate. According to Shanghai police's public data, surveillance cameras helped them arrest 6,000 suspects last year According to Changsha police, the camera has helped police detect more than 1,200 cases since the cameras were installed four years ago.
During the Champions League this year, Cardiff, Wales, the United Kingdom specifically in the stadium around the subway station and the main train station deployment of a face recognition system to monitor the face of each of the 170,000 tourists were scanned and scanned with 500,000 police in the database 'Close attention to' real-time comparison.
The rapid popularization of video surveillance in China is mainly driven by the government.CCTV "Brilliant China" claimed on the program a few days ago that China has completed "China Skynet", the major project of the world's largest video surveillance network and shows that the system can detect the road in real time and clearly On the type of vehicle, color, and pedestrian age, gender, clothing, etc. This is the Central Political and Law Commission to take the lead by the Ministry of Public Security and other ministries and ministries jointly initiated the construction of national projects.
However, there are gaps in regulatory laws such as the approval of installation of surveillance cameras and the length of custody of surveillance images. The clarity of surveillance equipment and the standard of production need to be unified. It is also a topic of debate that private privacy should not be given way for public safety.
After experiencing the twin tower terrorist attacks, New York City, the number of cameras surge, but the protest over the flood of cameras has never stopped.New York street artists in the business district or tourist attractions mime performances, their performances are usually the top of the finger The top of the camera began, the middle of the continuous lifting of the number of cardboard written with the theme of the show, not only to the camera behind the monitor to see, but also to attract passers attention.
In 2009, NGO New York Civil Liberties employed a large number of lawyers and other professionals to represent courts, legislatures and the like, put together thousands of documents, and brought the New York Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security 'steel ring' to court .
Anti-terrorism and privacy, like a twin twin brothers, are involved in this technology. Three large-scale camera installations in the streets of New York are related to the fight against theft, the fight against drug trafficking and the fight against terrorism, respectively. , But also need independent justice and clear supervision standards to eliminate.