Boffins working for BRS Labs have come up with a technology called Behavioural Analytics, it claims processes visual data on a level similar to the human brain.

At the moment it is tricky for puny mortals humans to monitor the tens of millions of cameras deployed throughout the world. Security video is either used for forensic analysis after an incident, or it employs a limited-capability technology known as Video Analytics – a video-motion and object-classification-based software technology that attempts to watch video streams and then sends an alarm on specific pre-programmed events.

However Video Analytics creates false alarms that effectively renders it useless. BRS Labs' claims that its system uses cognitive reasoning, much like the human brain, to process visual data and to identify criminal and terrorist activities. It is based on a framework of cognitive learning engines and computer vision, AISight, provides an automated system that analyses behavioural patterns, activities and scene content without the need for human training, setup, or programming.

The system learns and builds cognitive “memories” while continuously monitoring a scene through the “eyes” of a CCTV security camera. It sees and then registers the context of normal behaviour and tells a puny human if it sees anything abnormal.