IP video surveillance is actively invading our lives.
Today, the security of any facility — be it a company office, a bank or an industrial enterprise — is unthinkable without a modern video surveillance system.
If you do not look into the distant past with sentries on guard towers, then security surveillance appeared with the invention of the TV camera and television.
Progress does not stand still, and now no one is surprised by a modern video surveillance system with extensive video analytics functions.
What explains the recent boom in video surveillance?
After all, problems with intruders, theft and dishonest behavior of personnel existed before.
The reason for the widespread implementation of surveillance systems is that in the conditions of increased competition, the management of each enterprise strives to increase the efficiency of its business by minimizing possible losses (theft, fraud, information leakage, etc.)
This goal is easily achieved with the help of continuous automated control over everything that happens at the facility.
No one doubts the need for video surveillance anymore, but in recent years the pressing issue of “analog or IP”, to be or not to be “IP revolution” has been on the agenda.
The «IP vs. analog» debate is a trap that often prevents you from focusing on the tasks of compliance with the client's security strategy.
Both types of systems have their own advantages and features.
Analog video surveillance systems have many advantages.
They are well-studied, reliable, inexpensive, and obviously durable — and therefore ideal for single objects.
IP systems, in turn, have greater flexibility in all matters related to storing, viewing, and processing data.
Their installation and maintenance technology has long been proven:
- all devices in the system are compatible,
- there is a wide choice of equipment,
- low cost of analog systems
- high image detail
- wide analytical capabilities
- flexibility in all matters related to storing, viewing and processing data
Analog systems are still strong in small businesses, especially in trade.
Let's take a closer look at objects that are an ideal site for installing an analog video surveillance system:
Trade and small business
In companies where it is necessary to install a simple, intuitive «user» system, it is recommended to use an analogue.
The owner of a small store does not need to overpay for the extensive functionality and analytical capabilities of IP cameras.
The Acumen company offers the Ai-LISA kit for small businesses.
The kit is fully formed and ready for installation, which even an inexperienced user can handle.
The kit includes all the components necessary to ensure security:
- Ai-D541 recorder. The recorder is the «brain» of any video surveillance system. The 4-channel Ai-D541 recorder has a remote access function, which will allow you to control the facility remotely from anywhere on earth where the Internet is available.
- two all-weather cameras Ai-WP43. A unique feature of all-weather cameras Acumen is the operating temperature range: from -55 to +55 degrees Celsius. And also the operating humidity level of 100%. Also, an undeniable advantage of the camera Ai-WP43 is the presence of built-in IR illumination. The camera Ai-WP43, when the minimum illumination level is reached, switches to black and white mode and the IR illumination is automatically turned on. The range of IR illumination in this model is 30 meters. The camera Ai-WP43 has a resolution of 480 TVL.
- two cylindrical cameras Ai-BU45S. The camera in a compact case Ai-BU45S is sealed and, like all-weather cameras, is not afraid of extreme temperatures, the operating temperature of the camera is -55 ° C ~ + 50 ° C, and the humidity level is up to 90%. Due to these indicators, the camera can be used in unheated rooms. The compact case and stylish corporate design of the Ai-BU45S camera will easily fit into any space and interior.
- 500 GB hard drive. The presence of a 500 GB hard drive will allow you to store recordings from surveillance cameras for up to 1 month.
- power supply, cable trunking, terminals.
Casino
In a casino, preference is usually given to analog cameras.
Digital data is relatively easy to replace, erase, edit — with an analog recording this is much more difficult to do.
In many European countries, this is reflected in the legislative norms regulating the gambling business.
Casinos are objects with a complex level of illumination: constantly changing lighting, a large flow of people — all these parameters require a special approach when building a video surveillance system.
Acumen recommends using cameras with a wide dynamic range.
You will be able to get a balanced image, more detailed and clear than usual.
As if you see everything with your own eyes.
Acumen offers a wide range of cameras with a wide dynamic range, including: dome, high-speed, standard.
House, cottage
Similar to small businesses, the user of a home video surveillance system does not need to use the extensive analytical capabilities that an IP system provides.
As a rule, the customer wants to receive a high-quality image and clear control that he can handle independently.
Experts definitely recommend using IP video surveillance at large-scale facilities.
A video surveillance system built on IP, thanks to its wide analytical capabilities, allows you to solve a large number of problems.
Advantages of an IP system.
The systems are much easier and more efficient to scale:
- the ability to make automated decisions based on the content of the video signal (recognition of faces, car numbers, wagon and container numbers, displaying statistics on traffic flows);
- flexibility and focus of the user interface on a specific task;
- the ability to link systems to site plans or GIS;
- easy organization of priority access to PTZ camera control;
- easy integration with all kinds of automated control systems (process control, home automation, operation of monitoring control centers, etc.) and, in general, with any systems that have a computer user interface.
Acumen is constantly expanding its line of IP cameras.
The Acumen IP line includes all-weather and vandal-proof cameras, as well as high-speed, dome, standard and megapixel ones.
The new Ai-IC39, which is only planning to enter the Russian market, has wide functional and analytical capabilities. Adaptation to the needs of the direct user is the main advantage of the model.
The camera supports 3 most popular compression algorithms: H.264, MPEG-4, MJPEG. This allows the user to independently, depending on the task at hand, decide: to focus on a good level of quality while saving memory space, or to focus on image detail.
The two-megapixel Ai-IC39 camera uses a Micron CMOS Size 1/3.2 sensor. The effective resolution of the camera matrix is 1600*1200 pixels. This increases the degree of detail in the display of an object and makes it possible to cover larger areas of the territory with one camera. The camera is capable of transmitting a stream with a bit rate of up to 5 Mbps, with a resolution of up to 1600*1200 pixels per inch, with an image transmission rate of 15 frames per second.
At the moment, a hybrid video surveillance system is becoming more and more widespread, combining the advantages of both an analog and an IP system. Acumen strives to meet the needs of the security systems market and presents a new product — a hybrid camera Ai-IC38. The camera is recommended for use to expand the capabilities of an analog system. The camera can function both within an analog and an IP system.
P.S. Both analog and IP systems have their advantages and features.
Security professionals are still more comfortable working with analog video: the new technology requires more advanced installers, and they are still in short supply.
But progress does not stand still.
Newly constructed facilities are an ideal environment for the implementation of IP, since video surveillance here is just one of many systems using the communications infrastructure.