Vidient

About Vidient

Vidient Systems, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, operated in the intelligent video surveillance sector, developing software for security, safety, and business intelligence applications. The company specialized in video analysis solutions, offering products like the SmartCatch video intrusion detection software. This system was designed to provide enhanced security at a lower cost compared to traditional sensor systems.

The company's core product, SmartCatch, was a behavior recognition and video analytics software used with CCTV cameras. It enabled real-time monitoring, detection, and notification for various security scenarios. The software could identify specific behaviors such as loitering, perimeter intrusion, and tailgating. Notable features included the ability to detect unattended objects, like luggage at an airport, and associate the person with the object to analyze for suspicious intent. Vidient also developed functionalities for the transportation sector, such as monitoring highway traffic congestion. Its systems were deployed in airports in San Francisco, San Diego, and Helsinki, among others.

Vidient's business model focused on providing its video analytics software to clients in industries requiring high-security monitoring, primarily transportation. The company raised a total of $25.8 million in funding over two rounds from investors including Blueprint Ventures, Canaan Partners, Hotung Venture Capital, and Trident Capital. After going out of business in 2010, Vidient Systems' assets were acquired by Agilence, Inc. in April 2011. Agilence, a provider of point-of-service video auditing solutions, planned to integrate Vidient's technology into its own platform for the retail and transportation markets.