Axon says its new body-worn cameras bring more artificial intelligence processing into police work in the field, with added memory intended to support several tools at once.
The company announced Axon Body 5 and Axon Body 5 Pro on Saturday, Oct. 24. Axon says their computing architecture delivers 25 times the AI processing power of earlier Axon body cameras. It also claims battery life is 20% longer than in the previous generation, but did not identify the comparison model or battery test conditions.
Axon says the models improve low-light recording, connectivity in urban and remote settings, and location precision. The company did not provide measurements for those improvements.
Axon says the near-focus scanning lens is a Body 5 Pro feature that can read a driver’s license, check its status and search for wants or warrants. Axon says information from the process can be sent to Axon Fusus for use in real-time operations.
Axon says Body 5 Pro has four additional front-facing speakers intended to make Axon Assistant translations easier to hear amid traffic or crowd noise. Axon says additional memory in Body 5 Pro is intended to let it run several AI tools at once.
Axon’s AI Era Plan guide says Smart Detection can analyze video after it is uploaded from Axon Body 3 or Axon Body 4. The guide also says Axon Assistant can translate conversations on Axon Body 4. Axon says it will add more AI functions to Axon Body 5 Pro through the plan as they become available.
“Officers shouldn't have to choose between getting information and watching the scene,” Axon founder and CEO Rick Smith said.
