Konica Minolta announced it received Security Today’s 2023 CyberSecured award for AI Gun Detection for its REACT – Visible Weapon Detection solution. Security Today is a leading industry brand of 1105 Media’s Infrastructure Solutions Group. The independently judged CyberSecured Awards honor the outstanding product development achievements of manufacturers and suppliers whose products or services are considered especially noteworthy in the transformation of cybersecurity.
The new Visible Weapon Detection module is part of Konica Minolta’s REACT platform and leverages technology from Scylla AI, a computer vision company based in Austin, Texas. Offering an end-to-end solution with a video security CCTV system, the software application helps organizations analyze situations and behaviors to offer advanced on-site (edge-based) real-time recognition and judgment-based AI processing. The solution’s smart analytics provide more effective ways to defuse dangerous situations for clients through video surveillance and real-time alerts.
“Time is critical in any dangerous situation, and REACT – Visible Weapon Detection can detect a weapon within a few seconds with a high level of accuracy. Now security teams don’t have to rely on just a human-based, manual process. This AI solution can be a key part of a comprehensive video security strategy for schools and other organizations,” said Vijay Raghavan, senior vice president, Strategy and Emerging Technologies, Konica Minolta. “Our VSS product development team recognized an urgent need for a weapons detection solution and REACT – Visible Weapon Detection gives K-12, higher education institutions, government offices and other organizations the ability to detect a potential threat very quickly and automatically share that information with their security teams and local law enforcement, to help save lives.”
Working with its partner Scylla AI, Konica Minolta developed an algorithm that can detect visible firearms. Integrated into the REACT platform with other AI and automation capabilities, the new Visible Weapon Detection module offers an unparalleled level of safety and security that is not dependent on continuous in-person monitoring. It allows for:
- Real-time incident notification – with alerts in seconds
- Protecting bystanders – with audio or mobile alerts
- Sounding – through automation, so the security team can investigate quickly
- Facilitating communication – whether to law enforcement or to a linked PA system
- Detection in low-light situations – when human eyes can be challenged to see clearly
- Securing facilities – when the solution is linked to door locks
About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.’s (Konica Minolta) journey started 150 years ago, with a vision to see and do things differently. The company innovates for the good of society and the world. The same purpose that kept it moving then, keeps it moving now. Konica Minolta aims to partner with clients to Give Shape to Ideas by supporting their digital transformation through its expansive Intelligent Connected Workplace portfolio. Its business technology offerings include IT Services, intelligent information management, video security solutions, and managed print services, as well as office technology and industrial and commercial print solutions. Through its ongoing work, the company is fortunate to be continuously recognized for its products and services. This includes but is not limited to being included on CRN’s MSP 500 list numerous times; named a finalist in the IT Software Category by The World Technology Awards; recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys and presented with Keypoint Intelligence’s BLI 2021 A3 Line of The Year and BLI 2021-2023 Most Color Consistent A3 Brand Awards for its bizhub i-Series.
