The Alarm.com platform can now monitor video streams in real-time and alert property owners about important events, while it is designed to ignore routine movement.

Alarm.com's video analytics engine is optimised to address a wide variety of smart security applications with cost-effective video cameras on the edge. Alarm.com's computer vision research team trained the AI engine with millions of frames of video donated from field-deployed cameras, and extensive feedback from service provider partners and beta programme participants.

"Alarm.com's AI architecture and video analytics programme are defining the next generation of smart home and business innovations," said Dan Kerzner, Alarm.com's Chief Product Officer. "We've been able to rapidly grow our data analytics programme, thanks to the scale of our platform and the depth of our research and development efforts. Alarm.com's commitment to AI will enable our service provider partners to continue to deliver an unmatched smart home and business experience to millions of subscribers."

Alarm.com's video analytics engine provides an intelligent new layer of security and awareness for home and business owners. Object classification and object tracking technology can distinguish between people, vehicles and animals, determine an object's direction of movement, and measure the duration of activity. Alarm.com subscribers can selectively control and manage notifications and assign virtual zones and multi-directional "tripwires" so they can monitor their properties for highly specific activity.