Vision IQ's Poseidon Technologies unit brought the
first application built on the company's Computer Aided Surveillance
technologies to market in 2000. Poseidon, the world's first computer-aided
drowning prevention system has been the subject of exceptional media
coverage and is recognized by the industry as a computer vision
technology breakthrough.
Poseidon represents a number of firsts, among them
the first computer vision application to save a life. Like fire
detection systems and airbags, Poseidon is rapidly becoming a "standard
of care" security product that will be installed in all professionally
run swimming pools. With over 200,000 pools in the U.S. alone this
represents a market opportunity of over $10 billion.
Find out more at http://www.poseidon-tech.com
Poseidon addresses a real need to help lifeguards maintain a vigilant
watch over the swimmers in the pool. Despite the presence of lifeguards,
over 400 drowning accidents occur in the U.S. every year, primarily
because lifeguards do not detect trouble within the few seconds
that it takes for permanent injury or death to occur.
Poseidon consists of a network of cameras placed in and around the
swimming pool, connected to a PC that executes Vision IQ's CAS software.
The system analyzes, in real-time, the images from the cameras,
follows the trajectories of the swimmers in the pool, and when a
suspicious situation is detected, sounds an alarm, directing lifeguard
personnel to the location of the incident.
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