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Raytec IR lighting enables night time video analytics
Raymax infrared LED lighting has been installed at the heart of an advanced CCTV security solution featuring the latest intelligent scene analytics.
Raymax infrared LED lighting has been installed at the heart of an advanced CCTV security solution featuring the latest intelligent scene analytics.
The lighting scheme was designed and installed by CCTV specialists ‘The Wire Guys’ based in Toronto – Canada. Deploying lighting allowed the CCTV system to deliver intelligent security at a previously vulnerable 3 acre construction storage yard in East Pennsylvania, USA. No light means no video analytics.
Used in conjunction with smart HD/megapixel camera technology from Video IQ, the IR lighting allows the analytics of the CCTV system to work to the highest of standards at night. The RM200 Platinum units provide crisp clear images with an even spread of illumination, so that the camera system can automatically detect people and vehicles up to 300m away and trigger an alert whenever a target object enters the protected area. Crucially, the addition of
lighting also helps to eliminate false alarms.
Video IQ megapixel cameras differ from traditional cameras because they have inbuilt video analytics and storage. They are designed to only detect 3 objects - people, vehicles and boats. With a very noisy image caused by insufficient light on scene, the camera system may struggle to detect and differentiate between objects.
“Reliability and problems with false alarms have long been drawbacks with this kind of intelligent video systems”, says Michael Miller, Director of The Wire Guys. “The analytics work so well in this instance because of the high definition images captured by the camera system using the high performance Raymax infrared lighting”.
“There are further smart advantages if the user wishes to integrate Video IQ cameras with Raytec white-light illuminators at night for colour CCTV”, comments Michael Miller.
The cameras detect objects based on size, shape and colour. When using white-light LED technology, all three search criteria are possible and it becomes easy to find target objects – such as a red car or a man with a blue jacket.
“At this site we have really harnessed the full potential of smart CCTV, making use of the latest camera and lighting technology. This enhanced level of detection capability, and resistance to false alarms, has really improved security and safety for the construction company, putting the site owners fully in control”, adds Mr Miller.
“CCTV systems such as Video IQ installed by specialists like The Wire Guys, are now are getting much smarter and better at protecting people – and Raytec LED lighting allows these systems to remain smart during the vulnerable hours of darkness”, comments Kristen Seguin, National Sales Manager, Raytec Americas.
Hybrid DVR provides flexible, scalable solution for Analogue to IP Migration
Rapid Eye™ Hybrid HD DVR Provides Reliable Access Remotely, Locally and at Limited Bandwidth
Honeywell (NYSE:HON) has announced the launch of its Rapid Eye™ Hybrid HD digital video recorder (DVR). With 16 channels capable of supporting images from analogue and IP surveillance cameras, the hybrid nature of the DVR makes it an ideal solution for customers at all stages of their journey from analogue to IP, providing a flexible, scalable offering that allows them to migrate at their own pace. Additional IP cameras can be installed without the need for extra licences and Rapid Eye Hybrid HD will automatically identify their dynamic address on a network.
Rapid Eye Hybrid HD can record, search and transmit video, audio and data transactions while simultaneously providing users with both live monitoring and post-event playback operation. Significantly, the product’s highly interactive user interfaces – complete with PTZ
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mouse control - are available remotely, locally and at a limited bandwidth, offering customers increased ease of use and flexibility of operation which in turn reduces training time and boosts employee productivity.
The Rapid Eye Hybrid HD has the added benefit of full integration with the suite of Honeywell security products including MAXPRO® VMS, WIN- PAK® and Pro-Watch® access control platforms. This robust access control integration, combined with its strength as a loss prevention analysis tool with an in-built, PCI compliant, data capture capability makes Rapid Eye Hybrid HD DVR a perfect application for retail deployments in particular.
The range of data storage options offered by Rapid Eye Hybrid HD runs from 500 GB to 4 TB. In order to optimise its storage capacity, the product uses H.261/263 proprietary codecs to compress images providing better picture quality, lower file sizes and more video storage volume than an MPEG-4 model.
Other features that boost the product’s effectiveness include Rapid Clip – which simplifies, speeds up and protects remote clip generation to a USB device or internal DVD-RW – and the Rapid Eye with Active Alert® option which incorporates eight channels of intelligent video analytics and standard Rapid Eye functionality to enable false alarm reduction.
“There is a general acceptance across the industry that the ubiquitous adoption of IP is a case of ‘when, not if’, however customers across different sectors and geographies are not all in a position, financially or otherwise, to migrate today,”said Redo Bezzo, Product Manager EMEA at Honeywell Security Group. “Not only does the Rapid Eye Hybrid HD DVR deliver impressive functionality in a range of scenarios, it also provides our customers with choice. This is a valuable commodity in today’s business environment.”
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