Parking wardens fitted with head-mounted cameras
Story link: Parking wardens fitted with head-mounted cameras by Jan Harris
Parking attendants in Greater Manchester are the first in the country to be equipped with head-mounted video cameras.
Under the 2006 Clean Neighbourhoods Act, which was introduced in 2006, the 20 parking attendants, who work for NCP Services, will not only be able to issue parking tickets but will also have the authority to issue on-the-spot [...]
Merseyside police test surveillance drone
Story link: Merseyside police test surveillance drone by Jan Harris
Merseyside Police have tested an airborne surveillance drone fitted with a closed-circuit TV camera which resembles a miniature helicopter.
The drone, which can be used to track criminals and record anti-social behaviour, can be operated by officers using a remote control and can record images from a height of 1,500 feet.
The images are available [...]
New laser device offers video alternative
Story link: New laser device offers video alternative by Jan Harris
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a surveillance technology suitable for use where video would be unacceptable.
The Laser-Based Item Monitoring System provides high-resolution monitoring but because it does not use video, confidentiality and personal privacy are maintained.
The system uses low-cost reflective tags placed on objects to map [...]
IP CCTV solution for St Pancras International
Story link: IP CCTV solution for St Pancras International by Brian Turner
A highly sophisticated surveillance solution has been applied to the refurbishment of St Pancras International station, involving more than 450 cameras, and with IP CCTV running at its core.
The refurbishment and extension of St Pancras International is part of High Speed 1 (HS1), formally known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the main rail link [...]
GeoVision introduces new products at IFSEC
Story link: GeoVision introduces new products at IFSEC by Jan Harris
GeoVision plans to introduce a number of new and enhanced security products at IFSEC, the security industry event which will be held at the NEC Birmingham from 21 to 24 May 2007, including:
• GV-Control Center V2, which contains an IP Matrix Controller allowing nearly 3,000 cameras to be viewed on a large IP Matrix screne. [...]
Axis Video Server converts analogue to MPEG-4
Story link: Axis Video Server converts analogue to MPEG-4 by Jan Harris
Network video company Axis Communications has launched the ultra-compact Axis 247S Video Server.
The server, which is ideal for space-restrictive video surveillance applications, converts one stream of analogue video into high quality, full frame rate Motion JPEG or MPEG-4 video.
It is powered via Power over Ethernet (PoE) and also supplies power up into analogue cameras [...]
Information Commissioner warns on CCTV microphones
Story link: Information Commissioner warns on CCTV microphones by Jan Harris
Speaking at a Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry in London, Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said that fitting microphones to CCTV cameras in the street was unacceptable.
Mr Thomas also said that he opposed the installation of small hidden cameras in public places and questioned the use of loudspeakers that tell people to stop anti-social behaviour. [...]
LogicaCMG facial recognition trials successful
Story link: LogicaCMG facial recognition trials successful by Jan Harris
LogicaCMG achieved an 85% success rate in facial recognition technology trials at a major airport.
The company found that faces could be successfully identified in a crowd, from a distance of several meters over CCTV technology, 85% of the time, even when volunteers disguised themselves.
During the trial, volunteers’ photographs were put on a database’s suspect [...]
Acam Technology Launches Portable Surveillance System
Story link: Acam Technology Launches Portable Surveillance System by Jan Harris
Acam Technology, the digital CCTV specialist, has launched a Portable Surveillance System which stores neatly in its own, secure briefcase, making it ideal for applications requiring a temporary, moveable CCTV solution.
The system comprises a DVR with a built-in screen and is available with either a single camera or 4 cameras. It is simple to [...]
Report warns on misuse of CCTV
Story link: Report warns on misuse of CCTV by Jan Harris
A report from the Royal Academy of Engineering warns that surveillance and the collection of personal date could endanger privacy and even put lives at risk.
The ‘Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance’ report suggests that there are now so many CCTV cameras in Britain that installing any more should be halted until their need is proven. [...]
COE Group Trials Surveillance System
Story link: COE Group Trials Surveillance System by Jan Harris
COE Group Plc, which provides the video network for London’s congestion charging scheme, is planning to trial a system which uses CCTV technology to provide real-time information on trains and at stations.
The trial will take place this summer at Clapham Junction railway station in south London.
Video surveillance technology will be tested that can identify [...]
Goldeneye to monitor US sites from UK
Story link: Goldeneye to monitor US sites from UK by Jan Harris
Goldeneye UK Ltd has secured a contract with Florida-based Video Verification Security, to remotely monitor up to 200 IP surveillance systems at sites throughout the USA.
The contract demonstrates how IP technology can allow companies to centralise the management, control and monitoring of their security systems across the world, resulting in significant cost savings and [...]
CCTV Drones monitor Merseyside from the sky
Story link: CCTV Drones monitor Merseyside from the sky by Jan Harris
Merseyside police are to use remote-controlled CCTV drones, which look like model helicopters, to monitor events such as football matches and trouble spots from the sky.
Police will take delivery of the drones shortly and hope to start using them by the summer.
The unmanned devices will be able to hover over trouble spots, record [...]
Neugent provides IP video surveillance with analog cameras
Story link: Neugent provides IP video surveillance with analog cameras by Jan Harris
Neugent Technologies Inc is launching the innovative NX-5000 series of Network Video Servers.
The NX-5000 Series converts analog video into IP-MPEG4 streams and transmits the video images to remote clients over an IP network, such as a LAN, intranet or Internet.
This allows live images from existing analog CCTV cameras to be viewed with any standard [...]
Harmony CCTV Server announced by Domia
Story link: Harmony CCTV Server announced by Domia by Jan Harris
Domia has announced a new Harmony brand CCTV server application, which is available for £65.00, or bundled with a 4 channel DVR card for £160.00.
The PC based CCTV Surveillance system allows real time video footage to be recorded and viewed. The system uses the latest codec’s such as DIVX, requiring much less storage when [...]
GE Security announce next-generation dome cameras
Story link: GE Security announce next-generation dome cameras by Jan Harris
GE Security, Inc., a subsidiary of the General Electric Co., has announced the availability of the DR2 and DM2 analog, fixed-dome cameras.
The surveillance cameras provide multiple features previously not available in single cameras, and can be installed in locations where multiple cameras would have previously been required, significantly reducing both hardware and installation costs. [...]
Datastrip provides surveillance camera connectivity
Story link: Datastrip provides surveillance camera connectivity by Jan Harris
Datastrip, a provider of biometric verification devices, has enhanced its DSVII-SC handheld biometric/ID card reader with wireless visual intelligence technology from AirVisual.
The DSVII-SC card reader, a handheld device which combines a reader for reading ID cards, a fingerprint sensor for instant matching to a biometric template, and a large color touch screen display, can [...]
IP CCTV system helps cut crime in Lanarkshire
Story link: IP CCTV system helps cut crime in Lanarkshire by Jan Harris
A £1.3m internet protocol-based (IP) CCTV system, developed and installed by ntl:Telewest Business, has helped North Lanarkshire Council significantly reduce crime and anti-social behaviour.
The system, which is one of the largest of its kind in Europe, enables the viewing, management and recording of multiple CCTV schemes throughout North Lanarkshire.
Cameras have been installed at a [...]
Lancashire firm launches new CCTV technology
Story link: Lancashire firm launches new CCTV technology by Jan Harris
Windsor Digital Surveillance company has launched ‘Crime-Seen’ - a multi-functional PC plug and play digital video recording system which allows users to connect any CCTV cameras to protect their premises.
Crime-Seen is a low-cost, security solution, which is installed by simply plugging it into the USB port of a home or business computer.
Premises can then [...]
Linksys WVC54GC-UK Wireless Webcam
Story link: Linksys WVC54GC-UK Wireless Webcam by Jan Harris
Linksys has released the WVC54GC compact wireless webcam - an updated version of the WVC54G which was released in 2006.
The webcam functions as a surveillance camera and include a range of security features including motion detection which can record images to a PC when activated.
These images can then be sent via email as half-a-meg [...]