CCTV Today articles from January 2004

CCTV Today archives from January 2004

Vision Link makes bid for No2 spot.(News)
January 1, 2004... IN AN audacious move which is set to stir the distribution industry, a team headed by Norbain-founder John Nicol has acquired distributor VisionLink. The company, re-named Visionlink plus, has ambitious plans fur expansion, and aims to be...

Videcon buys into networks.(News)
January 1, 2004... DISTRIBUTOR Videcon has bought into the developing IP market by acquiring IT systems solutions provider, Gulf Computers plc. The company supplies a wide range of IT equipment, including servers, as well as video conferencing and networking...

Mobile surveillance help for Sheffield police.(News)
January 1, 2004... A HAND-HELD CCTV monitoring device being used by Sheffield city council to tackle street crime was officially launched by education minister Ivan Lewis recently. Members of the Sheffield First for Safety scheme, a local crime and disorder...

Security Industry Authority.(People)
January 1, 2004... Peter Hermitage who joined the board of the Security Industry Authority last April, has token over us acting chairman of the licensing body. The move follows Molly Meacher's recent resignation. A permanent replacement for Meacher will be...

Petards Vision.(People)
January 1, 2004... Petards Vision, part of the Screen Group, has strengthened Its management teem, naming John Bunce as MD. He replaces Malcolm Wright, who had been acting as interim MD after the departure of Mike Williams lost rear. Camilla Shaughnessy has taken...

Manufacturer Synectics.(People)
January 1, 2004... Manufacturer Synectics has expanded Its sales team with the arrival of on area sales manager, Karen Dudling. She's tasked with providing enhanced support for the company's customers in the north of England end Scotland.

Remas.(People)
January 1, 2004... Remote management end security provider Remas has recruited o surveyor to handle its growing order book for remote CCTV and access control networks: David Willetts Joins the Midlands based firm from ADT.

Quick Solutions.(People)
January 1, 2004... Quick Solutions has appointed o new software designer, Aparna Garg, from the science end technology university UMIST. Garg will oversee the development of real-time systems including complex Imaging requirements and the company has plans to...

March Networks.(People)
January 1, 2004... Canadian digital video company March Networks has promoted Peter Strom to become chief operating officer, reporting to CEO Terry Matthews, Strom's industry experience includes spells at Gyyr, Sensormatic, Honeywell and Mosler. Also at March...

Andover Controls.(People)
January 1, 2004... Security and building management system specialist Andover Controls bus promoted John Nicholls as managing director--integrated products and Peter Richardson as managing director--systems Integration.

Samsung Techwin.(People)
January 1, 2004... Simon Shawley has been appointed us UK sales manager for the CCTV division of Samsung Techwin. Simon has been working within the electronic security industry since 1963, woe until recently, business development manager for Bewator.

Facial recognition: the jury's still out.(News)
January 1, 2004... A FACIAL recognition research project to help identify suspects from CCTV footage, commissioned by the FBI, could help prevent future miscarriages of justice, it's claimed. The two year, $1.13 million Computer Assisted Facial Recognition...

Baxall scoops manufacturer of the year title.(News)
January 1, 2004... Investment in R&D is one reason that Baxall has attributed for its success as 'manufacturer of the year' at the recent European Electronics Industry Awards. Backing up its claim, the company, was also short-listed in the R&D category. The...

AB-FAB Training Award.(News)
January 1, 2004... Scottish installation firm Pointer has received a commendation at the National Training Awards for its training programme. In addition to being one of 58 national award winners (out of over 1000 entrants), the company was one of 20 singled...

Ghosting or ghostly images at palace?(News)
January 1, 2004... DRESSED in period costume, a ghostly figure has been caught on CCTV at Hampton Court Palace. The palace, once home to Henry VIII, is famous for its unusual sightings but nothing has been captured on video, until now. On several occasions...

IP video surveillance 'first' for S Wales major roads.(News)
January 1, 2004... THE GROWING IP video sector has been boosted by what's being described as the UK's first IP-based traffic CCTV system for motorway and road traffic surveillance. Tyco Integrated Systems (TIS), working with Atkins, has designed, programmed...

Factoring in CCTV: the insurers' perspective.(BSIA)
January 1, 2004... RISK MANAGEMENT In the current security-conscious climate, the presence of surveillance cameras could be a key component by which insurance companies gauge a site's level of risk. Adam Wiseberg chairman of the BSIA's CCTV section, offers...

Pest or protection?(User Group)
January 1, 2004... PUBLIC OPINION IS A FICKLE THING The huge investment in CCTV during the 1990s was matched by a lack of assessment into its effectiveness. Finally, there is a change in attitude, but the future role of surveillance to be judged carefully....

Trading-up in Herefordshire: the need to move the control and monitoring of cameras from a police station to a purpose-built control room enabled a local council to improve its surveillance offering. Mike Constant reports on a successful partnership between user, installer and control room operators.(Control Rooms)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2004... With every problem there's an opportunity, An optimistic view of life perhaps, but Herefordshire County Council is proof that this positive approach can reap rewards And the problem? Police officers at Hereford simply did not have the resources...

Digital in Denmark: incidents of vandalism have prompted a Danish municipality to embark on a wide area surveillance programme for its public buildings. And, overcoming a national anxiety of Big Brother-style intrusion, the council has gone down the IP video route.(IP In Action)
January 1, 2004... For the country which invented the Lego phenomenon, literally translated in Latin as 'I put together', the idea that vandalism exists in some regions of Denmark could appear somewhat ironic to some. By 2002, incidents of vandalism and...

On the grape vine.(IP In Action)
January 1, 2004... IP is not just for video. A well known off-license chain is piloting video over networks linked to an intruder alarm system in a bid to boost security, while cutting down on false alarms Specialist drinks retailer, Thresher Group, whose...

Pioneers of the west: because of the established nature of public space CCTV in the UK, IP was always going to take some time to reach our towns and cities. But one county council seems to have got there already, and may claim the title of the first networked video town centre scheme.(Town Centre IP)
January 1, 2004... A series of small towns in south-east Wales may not be the first place you would think of as being in the vanguard of the brave new world of video over IP networks, But just as everyone was saying that it would take some time for the new IP...

Watching the detectives: you like the idea of running your surveillance system over your wide area network but you haven't got the IT resources to help you out. One option is to outsource the management of your network, says John Albert IP surveillance expert at Vanguard MS.(Managed Systems)
January 1, 2004... In the great scheme of things the function of CCTV will always remain the same: monitor and wherever possible, prevent breaches of security from taking place. However the means by which you undertake this activity has changed and arguably has...

Etrinsically secure.(IP Round Up)
January 1, 2004... Active Communications has installed two digital recording network cameras at Birmingham firm Etrinsic, after the client was so impressed with the first one. The Mobotix camera, distributed in the UK by Batt Networks, offers a complete CCTV...

Small but powerful.(IP Round Up)
January 1, 2004... Claiming it to be the world's smallest, high performance network camera with a built-in web server, Axis has launched its 205 Network Camera. Said to provide small businesses and professional home users with high image resolution (640 x...

Council's tight timetable.(IP Round Up)
January 1, 2004... West Lancashire District Council had just three months to roll out a 35-camera system to service a 150 square kilometre area of the county. This new phase of the system is set to cover Ormskirk, Burscough, Skelmersdale, Aughpon and Parbold. ...

Calling all network cameras.(IP Round Up)
January 1, 2004... Now you can view remote images through your PC and a compatible mobile phone with Panasonic's new network cameras, the KX-HCM10, for use indoors, and the KX-HCM230, for outdoors. Described as small and lightweight, the network cameras have...

Switching on to IP surveillance in Canada.(IP Round Up)
January 1, 2004... Rogers AT&T, Canada's national wireless network operator, is making use of IndigoVision's VideoBridge technology to provide remote monitoring and surveillance of its cellular switching sites. The Canadian company operates three separate...

Mind the gap.(Comment)
January 1, 2004... The potential of video over IP is huge, with cost and flexibility benefits for the end user and the security industry at large. But the knowledge gap in some areas of the industry means it must work together in order to reap the rewards of this...

Converging on IIPSEC: interactive workshops, topical seminars, IP awards and a new Convergence Conference all await visitors to this year's IIPSEC.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... With the emergence of lower-cost networking solutions, organisations are beginning to realise that they have to make fundamental changes to the way they service their business needs, According to the organisers of this year's IIPSEC event,...

A real chip off the old block.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... IndigoVision will be launching the completed VideoBridge 8000 range of MPEG-4 products for IP-Video applications. The range is powered by IndigoVision's new custom ASIC chip, which provides MPEG-4-based motion detection. By implementing the...

IP opportunities.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... Visitors to Vicon's stand will be shown how the company's ViconNet software platform makes it possible to have complete remote control of a multi-sited CCTV system over a dedicated network or a corporate-wide WAN infrastructure. ViconNet...

Digitising analogue signals.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... Available from Visimetrics, the Network Video Module (NVM) is a network camera server which captures analogue CCTV video camera signals, before digitising and compressing them for transmission over standard Ethernet network links. Each NVM...

Family viewing.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... Bosch are showing its family of NetCam IP-based CCTV cameras and NetServers, suitable for networked or remote surveillance, The NetCam-2 is a high-resolution colour camera with a built-in 2-channel server, ready for direct connection to an...

Third generation DVR.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... First-time exhibitor PI Vision will be demonstrating its new Universal Video Management System (UVMS), the third generation DVR solution, which builds on the company's 2nd Eyes Enterprise DVR. End users and system integrators will be able...

Raid addition.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... IDCS will be launching an addition to its V2000 video recorder-server range for IP cameras. The V2000 Raid networked video-recorder and server connects up to 32 IP cameras and has a number of characteristics, Features include: digital...

Video and audio.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... Packed with a host of features, the Axis 230 is an infrared-sensitive camera that is able to provide colour video during daylight hours and black and white video at night. The camera is therefore suitable for installations that require video...

Anywhere, anytime.(Exhibition & Conference Preview)
January 1, 2004... As part its digital surveillance solutions. Computer Network Limited (CNL) is launching an IP Surveillance service. IPVideoCenter allows any IP or network-attached camera to be viewed from anywhere in the world. It is easy to set up and...

Network views: as part of our network video special issue, we asked the team at Tavcom Training to turn their attention to the growing range of IP cameras on the market. Although performance was generally not as high as analogue cameras, our experts conclude that the IP versions do open up a host of possibilities for transmitting pictures on existing networks.(IP cameras)
January 1, 2004... HAVING BEEN ASKED to carry out impartial bench testing of 'traditional' analogue CCTV cameras for many years, we were keen to address the task of evaluating a crop of 'cutting edge' IP (Internet Protocol) cameras. As with any emerging...

Industry feedback to steer IP content for 2004: building on IFSEC's high quality IP content last year, organiser CMPi will be using research it is gathering from the show's visitors to help shape its biggest ever commitment to the sector in 2004.(IFSEC 2004)
January 1, 2004... If a week is a long time in politics, then it could equally be true of the security industry, where Internet Protocol (IP) or network video products have exploded onto the market in the lost two years. At last year's IFSEC, IP surveillance...

One for the history books.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) in Clerkenwell is home to nearly 900 years of London history. Previously, access to some of the older and more fragile texts was restricted in order to preserve their physical condition. But the Corporation of...

Digital show of strength at Arena.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... The security system at Newcastle's Telewest Arena has been overhauled, with CCTV system consultant and installer, Integrated Electronic Security, taking the opportunity to address a particular problem at the venue. The 11,000 seat arena...

TeleEye expansion.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... TeleEye Group, which supplies video surveillance systems, has relocated its Hong Kong HQ as part of a company expansion. I he move means more office and warehouse space that TeleEye believes will result in better services to its customers. ...

Tactile response to new keyboard.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Baxall's Pyramid 2 keyboard is being used by a number of local authorities, including East Renfrewshire and Kirklees, as part of upgrades to their CCTV systems. East Renfrewshire council's extended system now includes 55 cameras, which are...

'Pictorial' motorway signs monitoring.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... A networked motorway CCTV system to monitor the effectiveness of new variable message 'pictorial' signs is being supplied to the Highways Agency by Tyco Integrated Systems. The signs, called MS4s are being used to improve information to...

Council depot's remote protection.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Pendle borough council's efforts to combat attacks on its Nelson vehicle depot have been helped by remote monitoring services provided by Remguard Visual Management. The depot houses some 110 vehicles, ranging from small vans containing...

US law school's theft prevention.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee, has installed a digital surveillance system to prevent theft and provide heightened security on its grounds. After experiencing several thefts, the law school installed 14 DM 1500 fixed...

Sage move for office complex.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Due for completion in 2004, the Newcastle Great Park office complex being built for accountancy software provider Sage will be protected by over 100 domes supplied by Gardiner Security. M&E sub-contractor Balfour Kilpatrick's specialist...

CCTV answers abbey's prayers.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Buckfast Abbey in Devon has deployed a CCTV system to deter and detect shoplifting in its gift shop. The Abbey, which is the home of a community of Benedictine monks, was founded in 1018. With over half a million visitors a year, the gift...

Remote eye over ScotRail stations.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Remote monitoring equipment and audio links covering 26 railway stations in the Strathclyde and south west Scotland district have been installed for ScotRail by Photo Scan. The 500,000 [pound sterling] contract includes ptz and fixed colour...

Resorting to surveillance upgrade.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Completed in time for its busy summer schedule, the Butlins resort in Skegness has received a 90,000 [pound sterling] upgrade of security systems and associated technologies, thanks to Reflex Systems. The company was asked to design and...

On the digital recording trail.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... A Comet electrical store in Hendon, north London, is now using an Octar digital video recording system, as part of a 12-camera CCTV installation Completed recently by Antron Security. The Octar system, supplied by Visimetrics, is already in...

Hull's 3m [pounds sterling] city surveillance upgrade.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... A 3 million [pound sterling] expansion of the CCTV system in Hull, comprising 240 cameras, is currently being provided by Optilan UK. Some of these will be transportable and supported by a city-wide radio network. The contract also...

Pointers move.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Describing itself as a specialist in integrating security technologies from Europe, Japan and the US, Pointer has notched tip a 10-fokt increase in business throughout the Yorkshire and Humberside region since first setting up a Leeds office in...

Going to town on picture quality.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Synectics claims its Time-Lapse Later technology addresses a number of compromises that often have to be made in recording images from cameras in town centres, including lower quality pictures, or using event-based recording such as motion...

Colour board camera module.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... A colour pcb camera module has been added to Stortech Electronics' Pecan range of CCTV equipment. It's said to offer improved picture quality, reliability and versatility. Based around a 1/3-inch CCD, the CB60HVAI has an aperture of f1.5...

In the replacement field.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Sanyo has introduced into the UK a single-channel DVR targeted at the VCR replacement market. According to the company, the DSR-300P offers 520 TV lines simultaneous recording and playback at 50 fields per second recording, using the...

Multiplexers under keyboard control.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Ademco Video's new series of keyboards can control all of the company's multiplexers and DVRs. The AKJX8AMX keyboard controls all multiplexer functions and permits camera control, access to features such as presets, tours, remote reset,...

Intelligent scene analysis allows systems to 'think'.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... An image processing technique designed to improve the efficiency of CCTV by enabling camera systems to 'think' has been unveiled by Roke Manor Research, the electronics research and development business owned by Siemens. The intelligent...

Unit offers twice the storage.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Remote access digital video recorder, the Adpro FastTrace from Vision Systems, now offers increased storage capacity. All new Adpro FastTrace units will now be tilted with a standard hard disk size of 160Gb--double the previous 80GD...

Not making an alarm out of a crisis.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... An integrated emergency communications system called Angel has been produced by Drax (UK) to provide essential event-based information in a crisis. Designed to allow quicker identification of emergencies and more effective action to be...

Quick DVR capabilities.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Quick Solutions has introduced a new digital video recorder into its range of DVR 16-camera systems. The Hawk VS168 digital video recorder records at 25 frames per second and comes with a hard drive capacity which ranges from 40 to 80Gb....

A video transmitter whatever the weather.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... A new video transceiver from Genie CCTV, with built-in screw terminals incorporating a 25cm mini coax cable, can transmit full motion monochrome video signals up to 600m and colour video signal up to 400m over unshielded twisted pair cable. ...

Outdoor day/night dome.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... TeleEye Group has added an outdoor day/night speed dome to its range. The DM869 model is said to have daytime light sensitivity as low as 0.04 lux (f1.6). In mono mode, the unit's minimum illumination can be down to 0.002 lux, the firm...

Lens calculation software upgrade.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... The LensCalc lens calculation software package has been upgraded to a 32 bit version, making it available to Window XP users and resolving what supplier Constant Consultants calls an infrequent problem with Windows 2000. The tool is...

Zoom lens for border patrol.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Users responsible for large perimeters, such as military bases and airports, will find the 12~660mm motorised zoom lens with auto iris a superb border patrol asset, says manufacturer Pentax. The lens was first developed for US bolder police...

Entry level DVR.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Siemens Building Technologies' fire & security products division has launched a digital video recorder called Sistore AX4, described entry level unit designed to operate either as part of a network or as a standalone system. The device...

A bit of a looker.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Suitable for environments where aesthetics are important, such as hotels and banks, Samsung Techwin has introduced to the UK a high resolution camera with a built in 25x varifocal lens. Featuring backlight compensation, sharpness control,...

Turning disks into a storage system.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Following the launch of its DTL range of digital video recorders, Baxall has introduced the MDAe (multi-disk array) digital video storage system. Designed to work with the DTL960e hard disk recorder, the MDAe maintains up to eight hard...

Viewing in colour quality.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... A high resolution colour PCB camera module has been added to the range of Pecan CCTV cameras from Stortech Electronics. Based around a 1/2-inch CCD, the compact CB60HVAI has an aperture of F1.5 and is supplied with on integrated, varifocal...

Seeing far into the night.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... A new long-range camera for surveillance and tracking applications is available from infrared and surveillance specialist CEDIP infrared Systems. The JADE camera Is based on its 320x240 MWIR focal plane array detector and incorporates...

Ramming home the ad-Vantage.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Recently introduced Vantage E series cameras in distributor Gardiner Security's range combine features such as DSP technology, auto iris, direcl drive, auto shutter. CS or C mount and backlight compensation. The mono cameras' resolution is...

New facial recognition standard.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... NEC Corporation and Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology (SAID have reported that the MPEG Committee is adopting their jointly proposed face recognition technology for the forthcoming MPEG-7 standard, due to be published in the spring....

Domes range happy indoors or out.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... Available in external and internal variations, Juno domes from Gardiner Security's Vantage range come in a choice of four external and three internal models. The Juno range's lower acrylics are optically perfect, claims Gardiner, and are...

Flexible conduit system options.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... A new eight-page guide on its range of flexible conduit systems is available from Adaptaflex. Among the company's new product developments are Adaptalok, which now has a high-visibility insert seal that takes the standard IP66 ingress...

Fibre-ready domes.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... A video transmitter and data receiver designed for Ultrak dome cameras has been launched by International Fiber Systems. The VT1500WDM unit mounts directly into the dome's power supply enclosure, replacing the conventional power, data and...

Picture perfect.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros has introduced 100 picture per second recording capability into its range of DVRs, with the launch of the DS2 Plus and new improved BX2. Effective immediately, all BX2 models will have a maximum record rate...

Built-in privacy protection.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... To help compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998,the SCC B2305 range of day/night video cameras from Samsung Electronics features eight in-built privacy zones. As well as allowing eight zones of the monitored area to be masked out, the...

Managing your digital images.(Products & Services)
January 1, 2004... New management systems for its EDR and EDSR digital video recorders have been launched by EverFocus. PowerCon Station EPS 3000 provides the ability to monitor up to 16 images from more than one recording system simultaneously. Single images...