Hikvision Bringing AI Video Search To SecTech Showcasing The Multimodal AI AcuSeek NVR.
Hikvision Bringing AI Video Search To SecTech – Hikvision will bring its latest AI-driven video search technology to SecTech 2026, showcasing the new AcuSeek NVR, a platform built around large multimodal AI models designed to fundamentally change how operators interrogate video.
SecTech opens in Brisbane on 12 May, followed by Sydney on 14 May, Melbourne on 19 May, Adelaide on 21 May and Perth on 26 May, with Hikvision expected to lean heavily into the AI capabilities of AcuSeek during demonstrations.
At the core of the platform is natural language search, allowing operators to query video using descriptive phrases rather than relying on manual review or rigid metadata filters. The system is designed to recognise and retrieve a wide range of subjects and conditions, including people, vehicles and non-motorised objects, while also supporting more specific queries such as wheeled suitcases, small carts or anomalies like individuals not wearing helmets where required.
More detailed descriptions can also be processed, with the system capable of interpreting queries such as ‘person wearing a hat and black clothing’ or ‘child carrying a backpack’, aligning visual features to reduce false detections. This ability to handle open-ended, descriptive inputs shifts video search away from predefined categories towards a more flexible, investigative model.
Response time is another focus, with AcuSeek designed to return results within seconds, even across large video datasets. The interface supports simplified search workflows through shortcuts such as ‘Find People’, ‘Find Vehicles’ and ‘Find Pets’, alongside custom search phrases, reducing the need for specialist training.
Hikvision is positioning AcuSeek as a response to a long-standing operational problem, where security personnel are required to manually review footage frame by frame during investigations. By applying large-scale AI models, the platform aims to reduce that process to targeted search and rapid retrieval.
The technology is being delivered across multiple tiers aligned to different deployment requirements. Entry-level implementations are aimed at smaller sites, focusing on core categories such as people and vehicles, while higher-tier systems introduce open-vocabulary object detection, allowing users to search for items that the system has not been explicitly trained to recognise, such as ‘a black toolbox’ or ‘a red ladder left in the hallway’.
This tiered approach reflects varying operational needs, from retail and small commercial environments through to larger, more complex deployments requiring broader investigative capability.
Hikvision’s positioning of AcuSeek highlights the industry-wide shift from passive recording to active interrogation of video data, with AI enabling faster, more flexible and more precise search to deliver real time situational awareness and faster response times.
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“Hikvision Bringing AI Video Search To SecTech Showcasing The Multimodal AI AcuSeek NVR.”
