Sony has added to its range of intelligent, IP-based cameras with the launch of its first megapixel designs - the SNC-DM110 and SNC-DM160, which are said to be suitable for semi-protected outdoor environments, and the SNC-CM120, which is Sony’s first fixed-position CS-Mount security box camera with megapixel resolution.
Designed to meet the needs of today’s security industry, each of these 1,3 megapixel cameras is said to use Sony’s complementary colour progressive scan CCDs with Sony ExwavePRO Technology and Light Funnel Function (binning technology).
Unlike conventional progressive scan CCD imagers, this complementary colour filter technology is designed to provide the increased levels of light sensitivity needed to achieve optimal performance from the camera optics of today’s fixed-type megapixel systems. Light Funnel technology can be activated automatically in response to surrounding light conditions or on a pre-specified time schedule, the company says.
"ExwavePRO and Light Funnel technologies give Sony’s fixed-type megapixel cameras the capability to output extremely clear and detailed images that deliver bright high resolution in even the most challenging lighting environments," explains Will Klopper, manager: professional products at Sony SA.
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Surveillance Cameras in Schools
Security is tight at Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High.
“The system we have allows us to know who is entering the building during the school day,” said
Cliff McClure the district’s superintendent.
That system is video cameras at each entrance.
“Before you even enter the building you're challenged.”
Cliff McClure...the superintendent here... Says the new technology is part of a safety crackdown.
Schools teamed up with police after a threat was written on a bathroom wall last year.
“The catalyst that prompted the safety audit was we had a situation that prompted a lockdown,” McClure said.
The cameras don't stop at the door. They are on all district buses. Kids are taped everyday.
“When there is an incident we can download the event and see if there 's an issue,” McClure said.
The question now is should there be more electronic eyes watching?
Some parents say it gives them peace of mind.
“I think it will also make the teachers jobs a little easier to keep control of their kids,” said Tara Potter a local parent. “As we all know classrooms sizes are too big.”
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Police introduce security camera policy
RACINE — Security cameras are
scheduled to be installed on five city street corners in the next few
weeks. Along with the cameras comes a new Racine Police Department
policy about how they will be used.
The policy states that the cameras, operated by the Police Department, will only observe areas that are in public view and will not record audio. The Police Department also will publicly notify residents before posting the cameras unless it is adding the cameras for extenuating circumstances such as an undercover investigation, Police Chief Kurt Wahlen said.
Wahlen approved
the policy in April. He presented it to the City Council on Tuesday
after 11th District Alderman Greg Helding asked for more information
about future plans for the cameras. Helding said he didn’t want to see
cameras going up around the city without talking about it first.
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City police seek surveillance cameras
Gaithersburg is considering installing surveillance cameras in some commercial districts, including Olde Towne and Market Square in Kentlands.
And the city’s 54 police cars have been equipped with dash-board cameras to aid in traffic stops and other investigations.
The city’s proposed fiscal year 2009 budget includes $220,000 for police to purchase portable and fixed surveillance cameras aimed at bolstering the city’s crime prevention efforts.
They could be installed in Olde Towne within the year, said Lt. Rich Elliott of the Gaithersburg Police Department, who is overseeing the plans. Market Square in Kentlands, which has experienced a number of nuisance crimes, is among other future sites under consideration, he said.
‘‘We’re going to have more public input before we move forward with any kind of purchase,” said Gaithersburg Police Chief John King.
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Security: Schools Frustrated by Budget, Staff Constraints
The 2008 results reverse last year's findings, in which the push for improved data security overwhelmed physical security efforts. This year, however, the proliferation of IP-based video surveillance and mass notification systems helped propel physical security drastically upward.
The study is unique as a benchmark for school safety covering data security, physical security, and emergency preparedness and provides a means for schools to compare themselves with a national average. This year's study polled more than 400 district IT and security directors and allowed them to rate their security on a scale of one to 100 using positive and negative indicators, each of which was assigned a certain value from which the final index totals were generated. The 2008 study polled 403 administrators, IT personnel, and security staff from schools around the country in urban, suburban, and rural districts. The study, conducted in April 2008, has a margin of error of ±5 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent.
The report also indicated that schools and districts efforts toward expanding security are being frustrated by budgetary constraints.
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Private Eyes Are Watching You
A 17-year-old walks into a liquor store, carries a 12-pack of beer up
to the counter and hands the clerk a flawless fake ID. Unbeknown to
him, the clerk need not even glance at the ID before turning him down.
His face gave him away. A facial recognition system placed behind the
store counter analyzes the teen's 17-year-old features and informs the
clerk of his illegal age. It's just one of a litany of uses for the
fast-evolving surveillance technology, a field that has security
experts salivating and privacy advocates bracing for a battle.
Computers that can pick out fugitives in a crowd, video cameras that scold people for littering, eyes in the sky that detect crimes as they're being committed. While these scenarios may sound straight out of George Orwell's "1984," they are becoming reality and could be headed for your corner store sooner than you think.
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Security cameras stolen from Taj Mahal
For most of the world, a visit to the Taj Mahal is a passage to India. And to reach this gem of architecture, tourists have to go through three layers of security and 34 cameras.
But not any more.
Fifteen of the security cameras watching the Taj have recently been stolen, posing a major threat to the 17th century monument, at a time when India is on high terror alert.
The news has angered the tourist industry.
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Kempsey CBD to get security cameras
The Kempsey CBD will soon be equipped with closed-circuit security
television (CCTV), as part of a campaign to reduce crime and antisocial
behaviour.
Mayor Betty Green says expressions of interest have been called for the cameras to be installed.
The council will today discuss the feasibility of installing the system at other CBDs throughout the Macleay Valley.
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Businessman proposes more video security
One downtown business owner is offering to give the
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office more "eyes" on the street at no
additional cost.
Mark Marques, president of Joytel Wireless, has begun shopping around an idea he calls Secure Jax. The plan calls for local companies to purchase and sponsor the maintenance of security cameras that would be monitored by the Sheriff's Office.
The goal is to have 86 security cameras monitoring nearly every corner in a square mile of downtown bordered by State, Washington and Broad streets all the way to the river.
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Panasonic takes on Olympian security task
Panasonic will be installing around 2,000 surveillance cameras at various venues for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
These will help ensure security at venues including the International Broadcasting Centre and Fencing Hall at the National Convention Centre, Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, and Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium in Tianjin City. Products used will include Super Dynamic III colour PTZ cameras
Panasonic has been an Official Worldwide Olympic Partner since The Olympic Partner Programme began in 1988.
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