The one rule
When unsure, say so.
The worst answer Vantage could give.
So Vantage is tuned to say no read long before it would risk a false clear.
Conditions
Where confidence drops, and what to do about it.
These are the conditions we see most. In each one, Vantage tells you in the reading itself.
01
Dense concrete, steel and deep debris
No readReadings cannot form through heavy, dense construction.
What to doSearch those rooms by hand.
02
Many people in one room
RangeIndividual counts blur together in a crowd.
What to doTreat the count as a range, not a total.
03
A still, silent person
ResolvingBreathing needs time and calm conditions to confirm.
What to doWait for the confirm, or treat the room as occupied.
04
Heavy movement nearby
Low confidenceMachinery, fans, moving water and other crews lower confidence.
What to doPause nearby movement when you can.
05
Animals
OccupiedLarge animals can read as occupants.
What to doTreat every reading as a lead, not a conclusion.
06
A building it has not read before
CautiousEvery structure is different, so Vantage starts cautious in a new one.
What to doExpect more low and no reads early on.
07
Below grade and flooded spaces
No readBasements and flooded rooms may not resolve.
What to doKeep them on the manual search plan.
08
Large, open buildings
CoverageCoverage is room-sized, not campus-sized.
What to doRead the rooms that matter most first.
Tuned toward caution
Being wrong costs more one way than the other.
When the evidence is weak, Vantage moves a room toward low confidence or no read, never toward clear. We would rather send your crew into an empty room than past an occupied one.
- Weak evidence lowers the state, it never raises it
- Unknown rooms stay on the search plan
- Thresholds are set per deployment, with your team
How we test
Every pilot ends with the misses on the table.
Results from a lab do not tell you how Vantage behaves in your buildings. So every evaluation runs where you work, against ground truth your team controls.
- In your buildings
We read the structures your crews actually enter, not a showroom.
- Ground truth you control
Your team places role players. The operator does not know where.
- Every miss reported
How often Vantage was right, how often it said no read, and every time it was wrong.
- Your decision
You decide whether it earns a place in your operations. Nothing is assumed.
Questions about limits
What skeptics ask. We welcome it.
Why not just show a best guess?
Because a guess that looks like a reading gets trusted like one. A no read keeps the room on your search list, where it belongs.
Can we see the numbers from our pilot?
Yes. Accuracy, no-read rates and every miss from your evaluation are shared with your agency in full.
Does Vantage ever get a room wrong?
Yes, as every system does. That is why each reading carries a confidence, why weak evidence pushes toward no read, and why crews still search and clear every room.
What does Vantage never do?
It never produces images, never records audio, never identifies anyone, and never opens a session without a recorded basis.
Vantage · limits
Limits, in public.
Ask us where Vantage struggles. It is the first thing we cover in every briefing.