AI Meets Fiber Optics: The Cutting-Edge Security Behind OpticSense’s Real-Time Threat Detection

Securing a venue’s perimeter is no longer purely a matter of placing guards or building physical barriers. Today, security teams integrate sophisticated technologies to ensure complete protection. Huvr offers a groundbreaking system called OpticSense that fuses AI's cognitive prowess with the subtle, perceptive nature of fiber optics to revolutionize security.

A fusion of AI and fiber optics

”Our fiber-optic technology creates a security shield around any facility,” explains Herman DeBoard, CEO of Huvr. “Combining this with AI results in a security system that not only detects threats but anticipates them.”

Huvr’s Advanced Understanding and Reasoning Algorithm (AURA) analyzes vast amounts of data in real-time to identify patterns and anomalies that indicate potential threats. In addition to data from high-definition security cameras, environmental sensors, and security alarms, AURA relies on a constant stream of information from fiber optic interferometer technology.

When a facility installs this incredibly sensitive loop of fiber-optic cables around its perimeter, the system can detect a disturbance as slight as a falling snowflake. It catches all of the subtle sounds that easily escape human notice and identifies potential security threats with pinpoint accuracy.

In essence, the fiber-optic loop turns any facility into a giant microphone. The system sends light pulses through the fiber-optic cables and measures the interference patterns that result from vibrations and movements. When it detects vibrations and disturbances anywhere within the perimeter of the fiber-optic cables, it relays the data to Huvr’s AI for analysis.

Through training, AURA learns to detect audio anomalies that pose a threat to each specific facility’s security. For example, the system can watch for someone attempting to climb a fence or break a window. It can even detect specific words that security teams want to target.

Once AURA detects an audio anomaly, it springs into action. The system instantly triggers cameras to record a 60-second video snippet of the disturbance, analyzes all of the available data, and compiles a comprehensive report for the security team. This accurate threat detection and real-time intelligence enable security personnel to respond swiftly with informed decisions.

Real-time monitoring means less human error, more efficiency

While traditional security systems demand constant human oversight, Huve utilizes artificial intelligence to automate surveillance and alleviate the workload on security teams. Its seamless integration of microscopic sensitivity and AI-driven analytics provides a secure perimeter and constant surveillance.

“We enable fewer people to do much more,” notes DeBoard. “Rather than constantly monitoring video feeds and manually analyzing data, security teams can optimize their resource allocation. The result is security teams that are more responsive and effective. They can focus attention on real threats rather than getting bogged down by false alarms or piecemeal monitoring.”

In large arenas, casinos, and hotels, security teams are tasked with monitoring all the incoming data from hundreds — sometimes even thousands — of cameras. Huvr’s AI system utilizes the fiber-optic perimeter and other environmental sensors to become the facility’s central nervous system. It sees, hears, and feels everything that happens in the facility, constantly overseeing every anomaly and responding in real-time.

Huvr’s fiber-optic technology offers discreet yet powerful surveillance

Huvr’s fiber-optic loop can encompass a large facility’s entire perimeter, but the installation is remarkably unobtrusive. Huvr’s team typically lays the fiber-optic cables around a facility’s perimeter in under a day. Best of all, the process does not require any major alterations to existing infrastructure.

These cables are either buried or hidden, and the entire system can be managed from a device no larger than a shoe box. A single person, using a handheld device, can operate the whole system. The ease of installation and operation ensures that the system blends seamlessly into the background.

Evolving with every threat

“AURA is not just detecting anomalies and analyzing data,” DeBoard remarks. “The system is continuously learning and evolving.”

AURA classifies each detected anomaly according to its threat level, ranging from high to low. Each time the system reports an incident, it extracts lessons that refine its threat assessment and prediction capabilities. This deep learning quickly makes AURA progressively smarter and more proficient.

In banks, AURA monitors parking lots and ATMs for suspicious activity. In stadiums, it listens for alarming keywords, such as “help” or “gun.” In schools, the perimeter safeguards campuses against unauthorized intrusions.

Hospitals leverage AURA to alert medical staff when patients need urgent care. Airports use it to detect suspicious behavior, while restaurants and construction sites use it to monitor for safety violations and health hazards. Huvr’s fiber-optic cables can even form smart perimeters around critical infrastructure, such as power grids, cell towers, and bridges, guarding against tampering or physical disturbances.

The system's adaptability is virtually limitless. Given that the Huvr team trains the system to meet security needs in each new environment. It learns quickly to offer endless applications.

“By integrating AI and fiber optics, we provide a system that doesn’t just react to threats but actively prevents them,” concludes DeBoard. “AURA is a state-of-the-art security solution that listens, learns, and adapts.”