Detektor International No 3

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Vivotek launches four UHD cameras

Marketed as an industry first,

Genetec

Security Center Autovu

Automated License Plate Recogni-

tion (ALPR) solution now enables

parking enforcement organisations

to view video evidence taken by a

body-worn camera and automati-

cally correlate it with the license

plate data associated with an

infraction or altercation.

"Parking enforcement officers

are frequently threatened and

harassed during their day-to-day

duties," explains Robert Amante,

Autovu Product Manager. "These

altercations can lead to officer

injuries, staff demoralisation, and

increased turnover. By equipping

their officers with body-worn

cameras -rather than more threaten-

ing tools such as batons or pepper

spray-parking organisations can

help protect their staff without

escalating confrontations. Should

an altercation occur, organisations

now have access to both video

and ALPR evidence for ensuing

investigations."

With the simple press of a

button on a body-worn camera, an

officer can trigger a video record-

ing. Autovu associates ALPR-

equipped vehicles with specific

body-worn cameras, and ties video

clips to ALPR metadata such as

plate reads, GPS coordinates and

timestamps. When video evidence

from body-worn cameras needs to

be retrieved, users can easily search

based on plate number, time range

or by using maps.

Through this integration, park-

ing enforcement organisations can

deploy body-worn cameras as an

addition to their existing Genetec

ALPR system. Previously, custom-

ers had to deploy a standalone

solution to equip their officers with

body-worn cameras, a process that

was time-consuming and costly.

Support for body-worn cameras in

parking enforcement will be avail-

able from Genetec Autovu channel

partners by August 2018.

Building on one of the indus-

try's biggest ecosystems of parking

partners, Genetec has added

support for two new companies

to further enhance access to its

parking systems: Netpark, a cloud-

based point of sale and revenue

management software service

used to manage valet or self-park

operations; and Yourparkingspace

a web-based service that matches

drivers to available privately and

commercially owned car parking

spaces.

Vivotek

has recently released four

4K cameras. These new ultra-HD

cameras provide 3840 x 2160

resolution at 30 frames per second

and 1920 x 1080 resolution at 120

frames per second.

Compared to other devices

with standard 1080p resolution,

the video quality in these cameras

has seen significant advancement,

delivering images of four times

the resolution to viewers. Taking

into account security as well as

image quality, these four flagship

cameras have Trend Micro's anti-

intrusion software embedded to

provide users with higher levels of

network protection. The result-

ant combination means that this

series of cameras are well suited for

city surveillance, transportation

and industrial monitoring due to

their image quality and ability to

accurately render fine detail.

Thanks to the unique combina-

tion of H.265 compression and

Smart Stream III, video compres-

sion of these four cameras has been

brought into a new generation,

enabling savings on both band-

width and storage consumption of

up to 90%. This means that users

can enjoy engaging and detailed

imagery while compression tech-

nology reduces the size of recorded

data to a level below that of a

2 megapixel camera. Moreover,

Vivotek has launched four network

video recorders capable of support-

ing outstanding 4K imagery to

offer a total solution for users.

Under the strategy of "See