How Smart Cameras Keep Your Home Safe

D.R. Horton, America’s largest homebuilder, did not get to be the biggest by standing still. The company is always looking for new ways to offer more to homeowners, and one of those ways is with the latest smart home security features. Alpha Dogs AVS is proud to partner with D.R. Horton to make it easy for new homebuyers to get the latest smart home technology, ready to go at move-in time.

Did you know that today’s surveillance cameras are so smart, they don't have to annoy you with meaningless alerts?  They can notify you when something needs your attention. Let's explore how they’ll keep your Ponte Vedra Beach, FL home safe.

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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are two terms you no doubt have heard of recently. It refers to the ability of software algorithms to learn – by many repetitions over massive quantities of data– how to identify trends, objects, and much more.

If you happen to use Google Photos, Apple Photos, or other software apps to manage your pictures, you may use the face detection features to find pictures of your kids. With rapid advances in image detections algorithms, identification has gone far beyond faces. You can look for images with dogs, beaches, trees, cars, and more. While these capabilities are wonderful for sifting through your extensive picture library, they become incredibly useful for home security when you pair this intelligent software with high resolution, smart surveillance cameras.

Smart Visual Analytics

If you have a surveillance camera, indoors or out, you want to keep an eye on your property. What you don't want is hair-trigger motion detection that alerts you when leaves fly by the camera or a squirrel crosses the camera's field of view. Indoors, you may not need notification when your cat moves about the house. Even more, what if your 12-year old is home by themselves, and you want to keep an eye on them without being alerted for every movement?

With today’s machine-learning driven visual analytics, you can train your system to recognize known people and objects. If you leave your dog outside, the system can be trained to ignore his movements. Some of today’s systems are so smart that if a FEDEX delivery truck pulls in front of your house for a delivery, it won’t set off your front camera alert – unless you want it.

With smart home automation, you can do even more with smart cameras. In your driveway, if your car is detected, you can have specific lights come on in your house to greet you. Likewise, if an unknown movement is detected while you’re away, your system can turn on all the interior lights and startle an intruder, as well as set off the alarm. But your dog won’t set it off!

When you work with Alpha Dog AVS and D. R. Horton, we can go beyond security and integrate the latest smart home features to make your new home more comfortable, luxurious, and efficient. Build your new smart home with Ponte Vedra Beach’s smart home technology experts and America's largest homebuilder. Give us a call at 1-904-ALPHA95 today!