INFOKRAUSE announces a new IKFace Edge capability for receiving, processing, and distributing ONVIF events generated by intelligent cameras from multiple manufacturers.
New capability
The intelligence is already in the camera. The challenge is making it useful.
Organizations increasingly invest in cameras with built-in video analytics. These capabilities are often underused when the primary monitoring platform or corporate VMS cannot receive, interpret, or act on the events generated by the devices.
IKFace Edge acts as an interoperability layer between ONVIF cameras and an organization’s security systems. The camera keeps its analytics role; IKFace Edge turns the result into an event that reaches the environment where decisions are made.
Using installed intelligence
Analytics events available to operations
IKFace Edge can receive events generated by ONVIF-compatible cameras, including these categories and other analytics exposed by the device.
People detection
Presence or classification events generated by analytics built into the camera.
Vehicle detection
Alerts associated with cars or other classes available for the camera model.
Line crossing
Notification when objects cross a line or boundary configured on the device.
Intrusion
Detection of entry or dwell in restricted areas defined in the camera.
Camera tampering
Tampering, obstruction, or scene-change events when published by the device.
Other analytics
Additional events exposed by the manufacturer’s specific ONVIF implementation.
From event to action
An Edge layer that receives, validates, and distributes
The integration does more than listen for a notification. IKFace Edge maintains communication with the camera, verifies the required resources, and delivers the event with the operational context required by its destination.
The camera publishes
The device generates an analytics event through its ONVIF service.
IKFace Edge receives
It connects to alerts, receives each event, and keeps communication active.
Validates and processes
It correlates the event, camera, type, date, and available evidence.
Distributes
It sends information to the VMS, messaging, email, or a custom integration.
Open ecosystem
Integration with third-party platforms
Captured events can be sent automatically to different destinations without replacing existing analytics hardware or depending exclusively on each manufacturer’s integrations.
Genetec Security Center
Events and evidence delivered to the security operations environment.
Nx Witness
Event visualization and management inside the VMS used by operators.
VIVOTEK VSS
Integration of alerts from compatible analytics cameras.
Automatic notifications with event information and evidence.
Telegram
Immediate alerts for mobile teams and operational channels.
Third-party systems
Custom integrations through APIs and customer-defined workflows.
Functional compatibility
Compatible ONVIF profiles
Final compatibility is confirmed according to the functions actually implemented by each camera.
Profile T · Recommended
Recommended for new video, metadata, and event integrations.
Profile S · Compatible
Compatible with the video and event functions implemented by the camera.
Profile M · Validation required
Depends on the camera model and the event type to be used.
Supported services
From discovery to evidence
IKFace Edge combines connection, media, and event services to verify that the camera can participate reliably in an operational workflow.
Discovery and media
- Automatic discovery of ONVIF cameras
- Video access through Media1 and Media2
- RTSP streaming in H.264, H.265, and MJPEG
- Image captures for evidence
Events and subscriptions
- Reception of ONVIF events
- Automatic subscription to camera alerts
- Continuous reading of new events
- Automatic connection renewal
- Evidence captures associated with the event
Active validation
The ONVIF logo alone is not enough
Implementations can vary across manufacturers, models, and firmware versions. IKFace Edge actively validates that the camera can sustain the required functions before it enters a production workflow.
Platform evolution
A new interoperability layer for electronic security
IKFace Edge extends beyond facial recognition and its own analytics. It can turn ONVIF analytics cameras into intelligent sensors fully integrated with the corporate security ecosystem.
IKFace Edge is not intended to replace the organization’s VMS. Its role is to connect existing capabilities, normalize information, and deliver each event to the operator, application, or process that must act.
If a camera can generate an ONVIF event, IKFace Edge can capture it, process it, and deliver it where it is actually needed.
Bring your camera analytics into operations.
Try IKFace Edge for 30 days or request a compatibility assessment for your camera models and destination platforms.