Video analytic solutions often don't require high-resolution cameras. This is especially true when Deep Learning is involved.
Camera manufacturers across industries like to compete and market their products based on resolution. We see this is in mobile phones, DSLR/point-and-shoot cameras, and even in the surveillance camera industry. If HD was a gold standard once, we are way past that now to 4 and 8K.
But do you really need such high resolution? The answer obviously is "it depends." Larger resolution cameras can capture more detail, and that's a necessity in some scenarios. But one specific application that's still quite happy with low-resolution footage is video analytics.
Not all applications need high-quality video
According to Lee Shelford, Sales Engineering Manager at