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A little privacy with your surveillance
 The
average person in a major U.S. and Canadian city will have their image
captured on a surveillance camera 100 times per day. In the UK, it's
more like 200 times per day.
But there is a shift
happening in video surveillance occurring now with event-based and
object-based surveillance taking the place of people and pixel-based
surveillance.
Eptascape's MPEG 7 technology is shaping event-based security in
airports. Event based surveillance takes you out of the picture on
surveillance cameras, while security levels are raised as aberrant
events and behaviors are automatically flagged and control room
operators focus on the odd events and behaviors rather than race,
gender, and age factors among people. With event and object based
surveillance, individual privacy is protected and bias is removed from
from the monitoring process.
Suspicious events might include highlighting objects, such as a gun, or
something left behind, people trespassing or moving against the flow,
people crossing an access gate, or "tail-gating" behind another person.
If someone in a crowd were to pass off a briefcase from one person to
another, or if someone were to slip onto the tarmac at an airport, the
behavior would be categorized as suspicious and authorized personnel,
already monitoring a video screen with all components, except identity,
would automatically be alerted to the event. Only then would authorized
personnel with decryption keys be able to play back recorded video with
only the involved subjects unmasked.
View a video illustration at www.eptascape.com.
Casino Banks on IP Video
The
Gala Hotel and Casino complex in Douglas on the Isle of Man has
installed an IP Video solution to provide CCTV surveillance for its
gaming operation.
The system, installed by Zoom CCTV
Limited, uses IndigoVision’s Control Center enterprise video and alarm
management software. Control Center provides control, administration
and viewing of the live camera feeds and recorded video over the IP
network. Video recording is achieved using three 1TB stand-alone
Networked Video Recorders (NVRs). The Casino required a system that
could be easily and cost-effectively expanded to meet future needs. The
combination of Control Center and the IP network creates a virtual
matrix, which is flexible and fully scalable unlike an analog matrix in
a traditional cabled system.
Twenty-six
cameras from the casino's original installation were re-used by
connecting them to IndigoVision's transmitter/receiver racks. The racks
convert the analog camera feeds into 25fps, MPEG-4 high-quality digital
video for transmission over the network. Three channels of audio from
different areas of the casino are also transmitted over the network and
recorded on the NVRs alongside the video.
The
casino's original system was based on VCR recording technology and
required tapes from 20 recorders to be changed every three hours. The
three NVRs now record continuous 25fps high-quality video from all
cameras for 21 days. Control Center allows a specific recorded video
sequence to be quickly and easily located which speeds up the
resolution of potential customer disputes.
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The Mounting Pedestal from Safety Technology International
offers a convenient way to mount a variety of access control equipment
outdoors. This pedestal helps provide convenience for security and/or
access control equipment.
Two models are
available. The STI-9779 measures 60 inches (1524mm) high and is
designed to be anchored, cemented and buried into the ground. The
STI-9780 measures 42 inches (1067mm) high and is designed with a base
to mount to a concrete pad. This unit has a mounting flange cover plate
which helps protect the four mounting nuts from damage. Both models
have a durable anti-corrosive powder coat finish.
The heavy gauge steel pedestal can be used for: access control,
telephone entry, gate operators, parking control, card readers, push
buttons/switches, intercoms, fire access stations, keypads and much
more.
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Optex Technologies Inc. introduces ProSwing Elite, Door Mounted Safety Sensor for Automatic Swinging Doors
Optex will soon release a single sensor system that can be installed in
about an hour on a Swinging door that completely replaces traditional
systems requiring overhead presence. The ProSwing Elite uses reflective
Infrared technology to achieve presence detection throughout the entire
swing and threshold area during the entire open and close cycles as
well as full open and full closed. No additional overhead presence
sensor is needed to comply with ANSI/BHMA 156.10 2005. The ProSwing
Elite can be used for Single Swing, Simultaneous Pairs and Dual Egress
Swing Doors.
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Wall-mount LCD Standalone Embedded 8 Sensor & 8 Relay for 8 Video and 8 Audio with a Remote Controller.
Cyberview Technology of Montreal, the branch office of RapidOS Technology, Inc., has launched a standalone DVR product.
The
RS-1240RH, is a wall-mount standalone with an eight inche LCD intended
for multi-tasks such as simultaneous audio and video monitoring,
recording, playback and remote monitoring. Unlike the traditional
design of standalone which looks like IPC style, the heavy and desktop
type, RS-1240RH is a wall-mount type embedded LCD to eye-catch users'
attention. It offers shop owners — especially those who have to
consider the space and rental cost — a space-saving and trendy choice
on top of security functionality.
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DVRs
that perform incredibly with many outstanding features; the SHR-2000
series consists of 4/8/16 channel digital video recorders capable of a
real-time recording rate with 4 channel or a 120ips recording rate in
CIF mode with 8/16 channel options. Each channel provides a variable
image compression setting to save HDD consumption. The series also
records 4-channel synchronized audio. The external interface method is
USB 2.0 and the built-in CD-RW options available.
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| Calendar of Events |
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June 12-14, 2006 SIA's Government Sales and Marketing Summit. Washington, D.C. www.siaonline.org
June 19-21, 2006 Infosecurity Canada Conference & Exhibition. Toronto, Ont. www.infosecuritycanada.com/advance
June 22, 2006 Security Canada Conference Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. www.canasa.org
June 27, 2006 ONTARIO Chapter Members' Meeting
What has CANASA Been Doing for Its Members, Markham, ON www.canasa.org
June 25-27, 2006 The Intelligent Buildings Leadership Forum. Hosted by CABA. Dallas, Tex. www.caba.org/leadersforum
June 25-28, 2006 BICSI'S 2006 Workshop. Chicago, Ill. www.bicsi.org
July 18-20, 2006 Americas' Fire and Security Expo 2006. Miami, Fla. www.americasfireandsecurity.com
July 20, 2006 ASIS International, Toronto Chapter, Golf Tournament. Lionhead Golf & Country Club. www.asistoronto.com
September 14, 2006 ADI Expo. Montreal, www.adilink.com/expo/calendar.php
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March Networks Offer to Acquire Trax Retail Solutions
March Networks announced June 6 that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire the assets of Trax Retail Solutions, Inc. and its
affiliated company. Scottsdale, Arizona based Trax is a provider of
enterprise software for loss prevention, store operations control and
profit optimization solutions within the retail sector.
The agreement calls for the payment by Ottawa-Ont.-based March Networks
of cash and common shares for a total purchase price of approximately
$7.5 million USD plus an earn-out component. Under terms of the
agreement, March Networks will pay $5.0 million US in cash and have the
option of paying the remaining amount in cash or common shares. The
agreement is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to
close by the end of June 2006.
March Networks plans on maintaining a presence in Scottsdale and retaining many of the approximately 50 Trax employees.
Shrinkage
(inventory loss primarily caused by theft) is a significant problem for
retailers throughout the world. Market research estimates that $46
billion USD is lost annually in the United States because of shrinkage.
For fiscal year 2007, March Networks expects that the Trax acquisition
will contribute less than five per cent of the total revenue of the
company.
Stanley Security Solutions Announces Formation of Stanley Security Products
Stanley
Security Solutions, Inc., has introduced the Stanley Security Products
Group (SPG) chartered to lead Stanley Security Solutions' reseller
strategy focused on distributing its products and services through a
network of Stanley authorized dealers and resellers. The new business
unit is designed to drive growth, better serving existing and new
customers through dealer and reseller distribution channels.
The strategy will deliver products through multiple channels and increase operating efficiencies.
Initially, the distribution channels will consist of security dealers,
as well as a continuing original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
relationship with Bosch Security Systems Inc., and Stanley Systems
Integration. They will immediately benefit from increased access to
Regional Sales Managers able to train and assist in customer
demonstrations of both Stanley VIP NVR and DVR solutions and Stanley
PAC Access Control and Security Solutions.
The acquisition of PAC International, a 30-year pioneer in access
control and Intivid is the entry point for SPG in the U.S. security
market. The combination integrates two healthy, profitable companies
with similar cultures and values.
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On Deck - What's Coming Up in SP&T's June/July, 2006 Issue
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Home automation
- The coming of age of home automation technology and how the security industry stands to benefit.
No two ways about it
- An examination of the pros, cons, and promise of two-way voice security
Product focus
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SP&T's regularly featured departments, such as News Bites, Product
Previews, People in the News, The Big Picture, as well as SP&T's
regularly featured columnists: Ivan Spector (Tales from the Trenches), Lou Sepulveda (Selling Security) and Jeffrey Zwirn (Alarm Science)
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