New Dome Surveillance Cameras From Cohu
Story link: New Dome Surveillance Cameras From Cohu by Brian Turner
Cohu Electronics has incorporated Pixim Inc’s Orca Chipset in its new family of box and dome day/night wide dynamic range (WDR) surveillance cameras.
Pixim’s patented Digital Pixel System® (DPS) technology has been integrated into Cohu’s 1000 Series High Resolution WDR surveillance cameras. The range includes six configurations of colour box and dome cameras, with day/night [...]
TransVu mobile digital CCTV system tested at Le Mans
Story link: TransVu mobile digital CCTV system tested at Le Mans by Brian Turner
Dedicated Micros successfully tested its NetVu Connected wireless CCTV solution in a contract with the RML sportscar team which won the LMP2 prototype class at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The CCTV equipment provided for the Le Mans 24 Hours monitored the race truck used to transport the team’s MG Lola EX264 racecar and associated equipment [...]
Bosch Security Releases New Flexidome CCTV Cameras
Story link: Bosch Security Releases New Flexidome CCTV Cameras by Brian Turner
Bosch Security Systems has upgraded its Flexidome CCTV cameras with the inclusion of advanced 15-bit imaging technology.
The technology, which is already used in the company’s DinionXF cameras, fully utilises advanced imaging chips and supports a number of additional functions, enabling the new dome cameras to meet demanding surveillance requirements and extending the range of [...]
Surveillance Increase on Transportation and in City Centres
Story link: Surveillance Increase on Transportation and in City Centres by Brian Turner
Dr Ken Sutherland, the corporate director for surveillance solutions at Telindus Surveillance Solutions, has predicted that the surveillance technology market will grow in two main areas in 2007 – transportation and city centres.
Growth in surveillance technology has been prompted by terrorist attacks such as the September 11th attacks in the USA in 2001 and the [...]
Axis Introduces 243SA Video Server
Story link: Axis Introduces 243SA Video Server by Brian Turner
Axis Communications has launched the AXIS 243SA Video Server – the first one-channel video server that supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
The IPv6 internet upgrade expands IP addresses from 32 bits to 128 bits, effectively increasing the amount of IP addresses available from 232 to 2128. The AXIS 243SA provides de-interlaced video at full [...]
Innovative Artificial Intelligence System for Monitoring CCTV Footage
Story link: Innovative Artificial Intelligence System for Monitoring CCTV Footage by Brian Turner
Rama Chellappa, a professor at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering, is developing a real-time computer monitoring system to monitor surveillance images and detect suspicious movements or individuals. The system alerts human security personnel if it detects any suspicious activity.
The use of surveillance cameras is growing rapidly, but using [...]
Mobotix M12 IP surveillance camera
Story link: Mobotix M12 IP surveillance camera by Brian Turner
Paqworks is releasing the latest generation of Ethernet IP surveillance cameras from Mobotix. The Mobotix M12 digital surveillance camera provides excellent image quality, technical specification and cost effectiveness.
Power is provided over Ethernet cable using PoE (Power over Ethernet). The camera includes an image management system, which can be accessed via any standard web browser. High [...]
CCTV Lighting Improves Night Time Surveillance at Eggborough
Story link: CCTV Lighting Improves Night Time Surveillance at Eggborough by Brian Turner
Eggborough Power Station has installed infra-red illuminators supplied by CBC (Europe), to improve the night time surveillance of camera images monitoring its site. The 2GW coal-fired power station, which is operated by British Energy, is located in Selby, North Yorkshire.
The Ganz IR/500 series long-range infra-red LED illuminators supplied by CBC, were installed to support 13 [...]
Axis Launches Network Camera Specially Designed For Buses and Trains
Story link: Axis Launches Network Camera Specially Designed For Buses and Trains by Brian Turner
Axis Communications has announced the AXIS 209FD-R Network Camera, the first network camera designed specifically for use in buses and rail vehicles.
The AXIS 209FD-R is a rugged camera designed to resist the vibrations, dust and high humidity often found in mass transit vehicles. It measures less than 1.6 inches high and provides crisp digital [...]
New DV-IP Server From Dedicated Micros
Story link: New DV-IP Server From Dedicated Micros by Brian Turner
Dedicated Micros has launched a DV-IP server specifically designed for 24 hour CCTV video surveillance.
The server features integrated hard disk recording and the ability to use new or existing video over IP networks to record and distribute video from a site’s CCTV cameras on demand. The server can also be described as a [...]
Concerns About Legality of Number Plate Cameras
Story link: Concerns About Legality of Number Plate Cameras by Brian Turner
The chief surveillance commissioner, Sir Andrew Leggatt, has advised that automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras could be operating illegally and the Home Office is now reviewing their legal status.
In his annual report to the Prime Minister and Scottish Ministers, the chief surveillance commissioner warned that ANPR cameras could be considered as covert surveillance, [...]
CCTV Fitted to Police Bicycles
Story link: CCTV Fitted to Police Bicycles by Brian Turner
Tayside Police is trialling digital CCTV for cycle patrol officers. The system is fitted to a bicycle, enabling cycle patrol officers to record crimes in areas that cannot be covered by cameras fitted to patrol cars or conventional CCTV.
The system has been developed and supplied free-of-charge by Scottish Communications Security Technology.
Tayside Police [...]