‘ASTORS’ Award Winner HALO Smart Sensor Awarded New U.S. Patent

To manage multiple HALO’s in one place, HALO Cloud can investigate facility wide trends and view reports of multiple devices which includes dashboard, a live view, device health, analytics, reports, logging and maintenance.
To manage multiple HALO’s in one place, HALO Cloud can investigate facility wide trends and view reports of multiple devices which includes dashboard, a live view, device health, analytics, reports, logging and maintenance.

This new patent is a culmination of the development team’s years of experience in product development within the security industry and six years working on HAL0s concept as a “camera-less” camera.

“We are extremely pleased to have the U.S. patent office award us this patent for HALO,” explains David Antar, President of Halo Smart Solutions, Inc and IPVideo Corporation.

David Antar, President of IPVideo Corporation and A+ Technology & Security Solutions, Inc.
David Antar, President of IPVideo Corporation and A+ Technology & Security Solutions, Inc.

“Our development team has worked tirelessly for many years to make this product a reality and the patent is recognition for these efforts.”

HALO Smart Sensor has the unique ability to provide IoT sensing as event-based triggers to provide security in privacy concern areas where traditional security cameras and solutions are not practical.

As an environmental monitoring tool, HALO uses multiple sensors together in a single intelligent platform to learn, analyze and create event alerts.

Halo can detect flammables, hazardous chemicals, air quality, and changes in temperature and humidity, and is the only product on the market to detect vape and vape with THC.

In addition to spoken key word alerting, detect noise level fluctuations, and analyze room occupancy through light detection, HALO’s security features include gunshot detection.

(See this brief HALO gunshot detection in this demo, courtesy of IPVideo Corp and YouTube.)

“HALO has been taking the security and environmental monitoring industry by storm with its revolutionary use cases to combat the vaping epidemic as well as to make buildings safer and healthier,” says Frank Jacovino, VP of Engineering and Product Development for IPVideo Corporation.

Frank Jacovino, IPVideo VP of Operations and R&D
Frank Jacovino, IPVideo VP of Operations and R&D

“It is nice to have the patent validation to go along with the 35 industry awards HALO has received so far and the recognition from our customers that the product is making an impact in their environments.”

In addition to this new patent patent, HALO has also received UL and CE certification, FCC Certified, ROHS Compliant, WEEE Compliant, Plenum rated, and vandal IK10 rating.

To Learn More about the patented HALO Smart Sensor and IPVideo Corporation’s full line of products, please visit www.ipvideocorp.com/halo or call 631-969-2601.

IPVideo Corporation Takes Double Platinum in 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

Rick Cadiz (left to right); David Antar, President; Mike Madsen; AST Publisher, Frank Jacovino; and Jack Plunkett, CTO of IPVideo Corp accept One of Three 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards from Madsen at ISC East.
Rick Cadiz (left to right); David Antar, President; Mike Madsen; AST Publisher, Frank Jacovino; and Jack Plunkett, CTO of IPVideo Corp accepting an ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award from AST Publisher Mike Madsen at ISC East.

American Security Today’s ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards program is now in its Sixth Year and continues to recognize the Outstanding Innovations of top firms and agencies in the Homeland Security and Public Safety fields.

2020 has been a very challenging year for everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the much heralded AST ‘ASTORS’ Awards Winners Presentations and exclusive Luncheon at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC has been canceled and rescheduled for 2021 due to the virus.

Mike Madsen, Publisher, American Security Today
Mike Madsen, Publisher, American Security Today

However, the 2020 ‘ASTORS’  Homeland Security Awards Program was again a huge success and many new categories were added including a section for COVID-19 Detection and Innovation.

IPVideo Corporation (First of Two)

Best Alert Notification System

  • HALO SMART SENSOR 2.2

  • HALO SMART SENSOR 2.2 now includes sound alert incident management including alerts for spoken key words, advanced gunshot detection and includes chemical incident detection and can assist with the workplace return from COVID 19.

  • Individuals under duress can now utilize a spoken keyword to send instant alerts to security for help in privacy areas that cannot have a camera, areas like bathrooms, hotel rooms, patient rooms, dorm rooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, apartments, et al.

HALO IOT Smart Sensor is a multi-sensor capable of detecting vape, smoke, THC and sound abnormalities like gunshots and shouting in areas a camera cannot be placed. Additional sensors give HALO the ability to monitor air quality, temperature, humidity, hazardous chemicals and more!
HALO IOT Smart Sensor is a multi-sensor capable of detecting vape, smoke, THC and sound abnormalities like gunshots and shouting in areas a camera cannot be placed. Additional sensors give HALO the ability to monitor air quality, temperature, humidity, hazardous chemicals and more.
  • HALO SMART SENSOR 2.2 also includes chemical incident detection and can assist with the workplace return from COVID 19.Now a daughter in her dorm room, a hotel housekeeper, a patient under duress, a student in a hazing incident or your elderly parent living by themselves can alert security to an attack or emergency situation in real time by shouting a keyword like “HALO HELP”.

  • The audio is still not being recorded maintaining privacy, but the alerts are automatically sent to security for immediate response. To help diffuse situations, the alerts can also trigger an audible message that an emergency has been declared and security has been notified.

  • Another new feature is the addition of machine learning capabilities to establish audible level “normalcies”. Advanced gunshot detection audio analytics can trigger a facility lock-down and an emergency call response via the integration of third-party security applications when detected.

(HALO IOT Smart Sensor 2.0 New features include gunshot detection, key word alerting, air quality monitoring and more. Courtesy of IPVideo Corp and YouTube.)

IPVideo Corporation (Second of Two)

Best Sound and Chemical Incident Detection System

  • HALO SMART SENSOR 2.2

  • Additional new features of the award-winning HALO IOT Smart Sensor also now include air quality monitoring, BACnet integration and cleaning chemical signature verification.

  • The multi-sensor is now a vape and THC detector, gunshot detector, security device for privacy areas, chemical detector, air quality monitor and a smart building guide in a single device, all the more valuable as air quality and air filtering is of great concern with the return to work and school.

HALO Smart Sensor Releases New Features Including Monitoring for Air Quality Conditions That Promote Disease and Validating Cleaning Measures
  • HALO will now monitor and send alerts based on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) measurements and will report the Air Quality Index (AQI), based on the EPA’s regulated standards, for the indoor environment.

  • It will identify if the environment is in the danger zone for the spread of disease at the location of each sensor.

  • The integration with BACnet will allow communication of building automation and control systems for applications such as heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning control (HVAC), lighting control, access control, and fire detection systems and their associated equipment. HALO alerts and sensor readings can now communicate to these varied control systems to address and make improvements in response to the alerts received.

  • *IPVideo Corporation was also recognized in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program.

An industry pioneer since its introduction of one of the first network-based surveillance recording solutions in 1996, IPVideo Corporation is now at the forefront of developing unique, innovative solutions that harness the power of IP video technology.

IPVideo Corporation leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning through the Internet of Things (IOT) products and professional services.

IPVideo CorporationA commitment to an open-standards philosophy and delivering best-in-class performance and value underlies all offerings―from physical security solutions to purpose-built HD audio/video recording solutions for education, law enforcement, healthcare, and training purposes to groundbreaking weapons and theft detection systems.

Today, the company’s systems are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and municipalities, utilities, healthcare facilities, school districts, religious institutions, and leading universities worldwide to mitigate risk while protecting people and properties.

To Learn More, please visit www.ipvideocorp.com.

The 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program was sponsored by ATI SystemsAttivo NetworksAutomatic Systems, X.Labs and Reed Exhibitionsevery one a returning Sponsor from 2020, 2019 and More.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards at https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-awards/.

Comprehensive List of Categories Include:

Access Control/ Identification Personal/Protective Equipment Law Enforcement Counter Terrorism
Perimeter Barrier/ Deterrent System Interagency Interdiction Operation Cloud Computing/Storage Solution
Facial/IRIS Recognition Body Worn Video Product Cyber Security
Video Surveillance/VMS Mobile Technology Anti-Malware
Audio Analytics Disaster Preparedness ID Management
Thermal/Infrared Camera Mass Notification System Fire & Safety
Metal/Weapon Detection Rescue Operations Critical Infrastructure
License Plate Recognition Detection Products And Many Others!
COVID Innovations And Many Others!

 

Don’t see a Direct Hit for your Product, Agency or Organization?

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Local transmission of the disease has occurred across all fifty states in the America.

With the unprecedented occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of the safety and security industries has realized the need to increase innovations to address the daily growing challenges.

As such AST aims to make sure these firms and professionals are reflected in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, so we’d like to encourage you to submit appropriate categories recommendations and include COVID-19 Frontline Professionals in your Nominations to see that these Professionals, Facilities, and Vendors receive the Recognition they Deserve!

Submit your category recommendation for consideration to Michael Madsen, AST Publisher at: mmadsen@americansecuritytoday.com.

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