Axis Communications launches six new network cameras based on ARTPEC-9 system-on-chip
The new dome and PTZ cameras offer advanced video and audio analytics, excellent image quality and zoom capabilities, even in challenging lighting conditions.
Axis Communications, the technology leader in network video, is launching a total of six new network cameras based on its proprietary ARTPEC-9 system-on-chip. The new models in the AXIS Q35 Dome Camera series are the first to feature an acoustic sensor for audio analysis while maintaining privacy. The new AXIS Q6355-LE and AXIS Q6358-LE PTZ cameras offer detailed image quality even in complete darkness thanks to a 31x optical zoom and a light-sensitive 1/2″ sensor.
The ARTPEC-9 system-on-chip is the latest generation of Axis Communications’ proprietary ARTPEC technology, designed specifically for the security industry. Compared to its predecessors, ARTPEC-9 offers faster image processing, lower bit rates, increased cyber security and improved features for AI-based video analytics. In addition, ARTPEC-9 is the first to support the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) AV1 video codec, a royalty-free and open-source standard for video encoding and decoding that enables smooth processing of video data, both locally and in the cloud, without compromising image quality due to data compression.
The AXIS Q35 Dome Camera Series: Video and audio analytics built in
The AXIS Q35 Dome Camera Series is a proven product range from Axis that is particularly suitable for protecting high-security areas in airports and critical infrastructure. With the new models – AXIS Q3546, AXIS Q3548, AXIS Q3556 and AXIS Q3558 – Axis is equipping the product range with the new ARTPEC-9 system-on-chip technology to enable analysis applications ‘on the edge’, i.e. in real time on the camera itself, via an integrated Deep Learning Processing Unit (DLPU).
For this purpose, AXIS Object Analytics is pre-installed on the cameras, an AI-based analytics solution that reliably detects, classifies, counts and tracks people, vehicles and vehicle types. AXIS Image Health Analytics is also pre-installed and ensures that users are notified if the image is blocked, blurred, tampered with or insufficiently lit.
The AXIS Q3556 and AXIS Q3558 models also feature an acoustic sensor for detecting and measuring sound waves, enabling edge-based audio analysis in real time without the need to stream or store audio files. The analysis, which runs through the pre-installed, AI-powered audio analysis solution AXIS Audio Analytics, instead provides audio metadata such as frequency information, volume levels in decibels or other types of non-personal data. Based on this data, alerts and other responses to security-related audio events – such as loud shouting, screaming or breaking glass – can be triggered automatically while protecting the data and privacy of everyone involved.
All new models also offer excellent image quality in 4 MP (AXIS Q3546 and AXIS Q3556) or 8 MP (AXIS Q3548 and AXIS Q3558), even in difficult weather or lighting conditions. In addition, an IR-shielded dome prevents infrared reflections. Axis Edge Vault, a hardware-based cyber security platform certified to the US cyber security standard FIPS 140-3 Level 3, protects the cameras from cyber threats and unauthorised access. Furthermore, the devices are certified to IK10, IP66, IP6K9K and NEMA 4X, making them ideal for outdoor use at temperatures ranging from -55°C to 55°C.
