Video Management.

Watch this video and then please read on.

Ok, so what does this prove.

Firstly, all local CCTV systems exhibit some flickering (image persistence) and the test you just completed was extreme, but it shows how impossible it is for a control room operator to maintain close vigilence of CCTV and pick up changes that could be affecting your, or your client's operation. We don't believe that a large video wall achieves anything in particular other than satisfy a need for "visual effect", a smaller smarter wall is much preferred.

Secondly, all remote CCTV systems have even more extreme issues that those you just encountered, the connection time, frame rate (typically <2FPS is the norm) and latency between the time the operator handles the alarm and the trigger.

Merlin3 solves this issue by providing a number of smart techniques for maintaining operator attention.

• Firstly, using Video Analytics meta data to bring to the attention of an operator something new they need to be aware of, our cogniscience algorithm will monitor alarms from all sources and filter out repeated or false events based on a number of criteria.
• Using fuzy logic we can define alarms from CCTV images and provide alerts to your team.
• We can autotrack individual targets using analytics and compatible PTZ cameras.
• We can set and unset system algorithm based on time and date and day type - to suit the circumstances.
  
• The system will also pattern match, defining new alerts as low priority and building priority status as an event matures using a number of key indicators.
• More modern DVR will provide triggers that are not based around sending an email (in our opinion if you are receiving alarms by SMTP or email you are asking for trouble).
• GoFetch collects images from the DVR and cameras at the point of trigger and even just before; you are not expecting your operators to view from CCTV maybe 30-180 seconds after the trigger (transmission time and queuing before operator intervention) - ask your ARC (alarm receiving station) for its acknowledge times for an indication of how efficient it is.
  
• Always specify autotracking PTZ cameras when remotely connecting to CCTV or only use static cameras ( the delay in remote telemetry makes it virtually impossible for the control room operator to reliably move the cameras).
  

The system will connect to existing cameras without replacing the PTZ control system or recording devices.

 

To find out more about smart Merlin please contact us.