Smart CCTV has completed a retail traffic survey in a well known High Street named branch.

We looked at the number of people accessing the aisle relating to a specific product type, how long they stayed in the area and if they reached into the gondola to remove an item. This data was then used by the retail market research specialists to compare how the store was operating against the expected norms.

Smart CCTV has completed a series of 7 day traffic surveys across an English National Park.

Due to the sensitive nature of the environment great care had to be taken to ensure that there was minimal environmental impact. Our CCTV and Radar based survey equipment had to be battery powered for the full length of the surveys both to reduce the carbon footprint due to site visits and to minimise the environmental impact of vehicles stopping at the survey sites.

High Mast Video Partner with Smart CCTV for NHS Trust car park survey

In conjunction with one of our Partners High Mast Video Ltd, we have completed a major car park survey for a NHS Trust. Based around our Smart ANPR camera technology, we were able to measure the average stay lengths in the hospital car parks. This data will be used by the trust to better understand how their facilities are being used.

EnterpriseMouchel Ltd appoint Smart CCTV as a subcontractor under the Highways Agency Area 3 Managing Agent Contractor (MAC) Contract

EnterpriseMouchel have appointed Smart CCTV as an official Traffic Survey partner of work in the Highways Agency Area 3 region.

Smart CCTV’s ability to automatically enumerate traffic data and journey times from video information offers EnterpriseMouchel a more reliable and cost-effective method of obtaining “before and after” traffic flows when implementing projects on the road network.

Business Excellence Awards

Smart CCTV was delighted to win the Small Business of the Year Award organised by the Portsmouth News and sponsored by the University of Portsmouth.

The judges were apparently impressed not only by the company’s financial performance but our commitment to staff training where despite the economic downturn we have increased our investment to ensure that as we come out of the recession we have a more skilled and therefore productive workforce.

For more information please see: Business Excellence Award Winners 2009

Pay per mile for drivers could be here in 2020

Published Date: 13 November 2009
By Sion Donovan
The government could use sat navs to impose a pay-as-you-go tax on car owners, a Portsmouth conference was told.

Transport experts who gathered at the city's university were told the continuing development of in-car technology meant that levying motorists for the number of miles they drive could become a reality by 2020.

Frederic Bruneteau, one of the speakers at the Intelligent Transport Systems conference, said that increasingly over the past 18 months motorists have been buying sat navs or smart phones with a two-way connection.He said the devices, which allow drivers to receive and send information about traffic and weather, were still relatively expensive today.

But, he said, by 2020 it is predicted they will be the norm, which could allow governments to charge motorists variable road tax depending on how far they drive.

Mr Bruneteau, who is managing director of Brussels-based navigation consultancy Ptolemus and who formerly worked for Vodafone and sat nav firm TomTom, said the 'e-tolling' technique was already being used in long- haulage trucks in Europe.

He told the conference that the same could apply to private cars if governments were serious about cutting down road journeys and slowing climate change.

Mr Bruneteau said: 'Instead of everyone paying the same road tax, drivers will pay depending on how far they drive. So if you drive less, your road tax will be lower. People can then see a real financial gain which should encourage people to drive less, which is better for the environment.

'Road haulage trucks in Europe already do this. There are projects looking at it for cars in Sweden and France. In the Netherlands there are 200 people in the government working on it.'

But while the technology will be widespread by 2020, and European nations are exploring its uses in the run- up to the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, Mr Bruneteau said moves towards e-tolling in the UK were slow. He said: 'There's no certainty it will happen. Such a system would need to be robust if it's to be done on a wide scale.

'But the technology is there. 'It's whether there will be the political will to do so. Britain is lagging behind many European countries for the moment.'

HI-TECH

Hi-tech CCTV that is being used to spot criminals before they strike could be used to ease motorway traffic jams before they become a problem.

The technology is being used in Portsmouth's CCTV control room and is programmed to watch out for certain suspicious behaviour or incidents.

This could include a car being driven at excess speed, someone loitering for longer than normal in a car park, or people coming together in known drug-dealing areas.

The Perceptrak system, produced by Smart CCTV Ltd of Havant, then sends out an alert if it records something suspicious.

Speaking at the Intelligent Transport Systems conference at the University of Portsmouth, the firm's managing director, Nick Hewitson, said such technology could be used to ease congestion on motorways, including the M27.

Mr Hewitson said: 'If the system sees a car break down on the hard shoulder then a call can be sent to the AA for a recovery vehicle to remove it before it slows down too much traffic.

'It's done automatically, rather than depending on human observers who get bored watching hours and hours of CCTV. The technology won't stop congestion but it will reduce the length of time people are stuck in jams.'

Smart CCTV expands into new offices

In order to cope with the planned expansion Smart CCTV has moved into new two storey offices on the Brambles Business Park in Waterlooville which is just north of Portsmouth and close to both the A3M and M27 Motorways.

This gives us almost three times the space over our old facility in Havant which will allow us to meet the demands of both the identified traffic management projects and to allow for the expected growth in demand for video analytics in the security and retail market research areas.

Smart CCTV and Capita Symonds teaming agreement

Smart CCTV Ltd and Capita Symonds Ltd will look to work together wherever possible.

Smart CCTV will be a preferred supplier of advanced video incident detection solutions for highways projects designed or managed by Capita Symonds and for the provision of automatically enumerated video traffic survey data required by Capita Symonds to meet project requirements.

Capita Symonds will provide Engineering Design consultancy to Smart CCTV where required and can supply Smart CCTV with experienced staff to supplement Smart CCTV’s workforce to ensure that projects are managed in an effective manner.

Atkins Ltd and Smart CCTV conclude Highways Agency Area 6 Subcontract

Atkins Ltd has appointed Smart CCTV Ltd as an official subcontractor under their Highways Agency Area 6 Managing Agent Contractor contract.

Smart CCTV will be responsible for supplying and maintaining CCTV equipment in the East Anglia region on behalf of Atkins Ltd.

Smart camera study begins on the M1

Smart CCTV Ltd has won a new contract to supply smart cameras to traffic management experts Clearview Traffic Group Ltd for a study commencing in September 2009.

It follows completion in July 2009 of a successful six-month journey-time study on the M5 at Junction 1 undertaken by Golden River, a division of Clearview Traffic.

The new implementation will be for an innovative automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system at Junction 40 on the M1, with a similar specification to the first project.

The solution advised by video analytics specialist Smart CCTV will comprise 15 battery with solar-powered assistance smart cameras sending data via 3G mobile communications to Clearview Traffic's MCentre management application.

The cameras are installed quickly and easily, using non-invasive mountings, providing a temporary study method for the road. The system provides more accurate, timely and comprehensive data and is more cost-effective than traditional onsite and video survey techniques.

The main aim of the new study will be to provide detailed reports for journey time analysis, measured by reporting individual number plates between given points on six journeys on and off the motorway.

Ultimately the detailed data reports from the MCentre are used by Atkins, consultants to the Highways Agency, to improve traffic flow, ease congestion and improve the interface between the motorway's traffic signalling system and that of the local authority on the roads leading to the junction, in order to maximise the junction's capacity.

Kevin Adams, chief executive officer for Clearview Traffic Group Ltd said: "Smart CCTV responded with the equipment we wanted at a competitive price and were able to install it within the desired timescale. This will enable us to provide an innovative solution to the client."
The study will begin in September and is anticipated to last for two months.

About Smart CCTV Ltd
Smart CCTV Ltd is a specialist in automatic incident detection using video analytics. The company is a value added reseller and systems integrator of security, traffic and retail applications that allow CCTV operators and highways managers to become more proactive in their work.

Smart CCTV promotes the use of cost-effective technology that embeds a large part of the algorithm into smart cameras. This frees up network bandwidth and allows a central server to coordinate many cameras and to provide the system command and control. Only pre-determined data, images or video are sent to an operator's PC from the smart camera, negating the need to transmit or save video without any useful information in it. The technology can be implemented in traditional applications such as open space/town centre CCTV, automatic number plate reading (ANPR), traffic surveys and highways management, and retailer visitor behaviour analysis.

City gets 'crime-detecting' CCTV

By Dan Whitworth Newsbeat technology reporter

Anti-social behaviour has become a familiar site in some towns and cities across the country.
Now there's a new weapon in the fight against it called Smart CCTV.
Portsmouth City Council is the first, and so far only, local authority in the UK to try out the new system.

It's a computer programme that has been integrated into the city's existing network of 152 cameras and has been programmed to spot unusual behaviour in places and at times when it's not expected.

For example, a speeding car being driven around an empty car park could be a joy rider or someone running through a deserted shopping precinct late at night might be a vandal.
When those and similar scenarios are 'spotted' by the software, using special parameters from programmers, an alarm is sounded which alerts CCTV operators to that particular camera.

Ray says Smart CCTV takes some of the strain off human operatorsThey then make a decision about whether or not to call the police.

Ray Stead runs the CCTV operation for Portsmouth City Council.

He said: "With the total number of CCTV cameras that we have, 152, the operators cannot see all of those cameras or monitor them live.

"So this software programme will actually help the operators become more effective."
It's already been used in parts of seven cities across America, in places like New York and Washington DC, where the feedback has been positive.

Nick Hewitson helped design the version Portsmouth City Council is using.
He said: "It filters out all the rubbish video that you don't want and lets you see the stuff that you do want.

"So you're using human beings for doing what they do well, making subjective decisions on incomplete data.

"And using computers to do what they do well, process tonnes and tonnes of boring data."
But not everyone in Portsmouth is as convinced by the new system as Ray Stead and Nick Hewitson.

Similia thinks the system is too much of an invasion of privacySamilia Narcho, 19, told Newsbeat: "They are lurking a bit too much into people's business. It's a bit unfair on people who aren't doing anything wrong.

"It's a bit too much invasion of privacy. Big Brother going a bit too far."

But 18-year-old Chris isn't worried about being watched.

He said: "It doesn't really bother me because I'm not doing anything wrong, so I've got nothing to worry about."

Berry, who's 24, and 21-year-old Becky Pearson have different opinions on the new CCTV system.

Berry said: "I think it's pretty good because there are a lot of idiots in Portsmouth and they need to be kept under wraps."

Becky added: "I can see why people think it's a bit too much, with people being too watched."

The Smart CCTV technology is on trial in Portsmouth but if it proves successful, other UK cities could set up similar systems.

Smart CCTV Ltd: Smart CCTV hires new business development director to grow security business

Matthew Fletcher, a seasoned sales and marketing professional with 20 years' experience in IT, has joined Havant company Smart CCTV Ltd, as business development director, heading up its new security division. He will market the company's growing video analytics portfolio, including its flagship behaviour recognition system, PerceptrakT, particularly to retail security users. He is also tasked with expanding the business with the launch of an exciting new line of video analytics based security surveillance products aimed at residential and small to medium sized businesses.

Matthew said: "Smart CCTV has developed a great reputation since it was set up in 2003, for delivering solutions on time and in budget. As a specialist firm, it is gaining well-deserved market share in the fast-growing niche area of video analytics."

Nick Hewitson, managing director of Smart CCTV, will focus on the firm's transport-related security solutions for applications such as traffic management and Automatic Number Plate Reading. Nick said: "We are delighted to have Matt on board. Both the security and traffic markets are becoming major users of video analytic technology and we need to expand our management team in order to remain focused on delivering our customers both innovative solutions and value for money.

Most recently Matthew was sales director for Grandeye, a specialist security camera manufacturer, following a position as business development manager at a leading IP Video and data security provider, and work for the European Space Agency. Matthew's career has spanned 20 years in the IT industry, on telecommunications systems and more recently, security video applications. He lives in Windsor, Berkshire.

About Smart CCTV Ltd

Smart CCTV Ltd is a value added reseller of 'video analytics' products that will allow operators to become more proactive in their response to criminal and undesirable behaviour and thereby improve the quality of life of the people living and working in their area. Smart CCTV Ltd uses the technologies of computer image processing and analysis to supply and sell innovative solutions.

Portsmouth leads UK by installing video analytics for city centre security

A market-leading CCTV system, based on behaviour-recognition software and state-of-the-art intelligent cameras, has been installed by Portsmouth City Council, to increase the effectiveness of the camera monitoring.

Perceptrak™, supplied by Smart CCTV Ltd of Havant, has been set up to watch quiet areas such as car parks, stairwells or corridors in buildings and streets at nighttime. Perceptrak™ uses the latest software to analyse images using up to 18 pre-defined criteria such as ‘converging people’, ‘fast car’ and so on. When it sees something untoward happening, the system sends an alert to the control room. This allows the security officer to make a human decision on whether to monitor the scene and make an appropriate response. It also ensures that many more scenes are being watched than is normally possible, hence helping to make Portsmouth city a safer and more trouble-free zone.

Ray Stead, CCTV manager at Portsmouth City Council, who decided to install Perceptrak™ for the City, said: “Following a successful trial period in 2006, we decided to install the system on a more permanent basis to prove proof of concept after improvements had been made to the software and because of the quantifiable benefits to the control room outcomes.”

Nick Hewitson, managing director of Smart CCTV, added: "We believe that this is the first fully installed example of video analytics being used in a city centre control room in the UK. As a local company we are very pleased to be working with Portsmouth City by providing leading edge technology to make their CCTV control room one of the most effective in the UK."

In the area covered by the Portsmouth City Council control rooms, there are 142 cameras with live monitoring, and the CCTV operators watch over 24 monitors simultaneously. Perceptrak™ is run in the background looking at some of those cameras that are not displayed to the operators until an alarm sounds.

Milestone Selects Cernium as Solutions Partner of the Year 2008

Reston, VA – October 14, 2008 – Cernium Corporation, the leading developer of video analytics-enabled products, has been selected Milestone Solutions Partner of the Year 2008. The Milestone Partner Awards are presented each year to distinguished leaders in IP video, and Cernium is recognized for its seamless integration of Perceptrak advanced video analytics software with Milestone’s video management platform.

"We are honored to be recognized by Milestone,” said Melissa Blake, Perceptrak Product Manager. “The complete solution brings exceptional value to IP video surveillance installations, and we are excited to continue extending this award-winning solution to partners and end users alike."

“Cernium has distinguished itself as a Milestone Partner of the Year 2008 because the company has fully embraced our Milestone Solutions Partner concept by performing a tight integration using the Milestone Software Development Kit (SDK) and its Application Program Interfaces (APIs) with the Perceptrak application. Such cohesive solutions based on the true open platform for best-of-breed IP video add real value in our eco-system and the surveillance market worldwide,” said Martin Kaufmann, MSP Program Manager for Milestone Systems.

Perceptrak by Cernium is an open standards software add-in to the Milestone IP video management platform that offers powerful analytics capabilities to help achieve safety and security objectives. Perceptrak analyzes video in real time and adds meta data about the content so administrators and operators can apply an information-based decision making approach to better manage, distribute, monitor, store and query video.

The integrated solution is simple to use and operates on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware to provide maximum design flexibility. Perceptrak also easily scales with Milestone XProtect Enterprise to accommodate system growth and changing security requirements. For more information, please visit http://www.cernium.com/.

Megapixel technology for the home and retail surveillance market

IQeye 4 series cameras provide cost effective digital surveillance capability for retail and domestic applications and can be integrated with other systems

IQinVision has announced the release of the IQeye 4 Series of cameras. The IQeye 4 Series is available in resolutions from VGA all the way up to high-definition 2-megapixel quality, and it sends power, video and camera management over a single network cable making the 4 Series easy to install (an IQeye hallmark) and simple to use.

The IQeye 4 Series is the newest member of the IQeye BASIC LINE, which offers IQinVision’s world renowned ultra-stable operating system and superior image quality in a clean, small package with a simplified user interface. Like all IQeye cameras, the non-proprietary open-architecture means the IQeye 4 Series integrates seamlessly with all leading network video recording systems and video analytics systems. It ships ready-to-install and includes a high-quality lens and a versatile camera mount.

“The IQeye 4 Series is the newest member of our recently-created IQeye BASIC LINE. This line is targeted at cost-sensitive applications like the retail and residential markets that don’t always require the full feature set of our IQeye PRO LINE,” explained Paul Bodell, Chief Marketing Officer for IQinVision. “This new entry-level IQeye makes high-definition megapixel video quality highly accessible for just about any application.”

The IQeye 4 Series will be publicly unveiled at the upcoming ASIS security tradeshow in Atlanta, Georgia, September 15-17, 2008. Customer shipments commence the first week of November.

Smart CCTV Ltd: Olympic Stadium Webcam Gives The Wider Picture

Smart CCTV Ltd, a specialist in video analytics, has supplied a special wide angle, 5 megapixel IQeye IP camera to Essex Security Services Ltd as an Olympic Stadium Webcam installed for H.Forman & Son, the world-renowned salmon smokery based in Fish Island, Stratford, East London. The webcam can be viewed by the public at

www.formanandfield.com/fisheyeview

Smart CCTV Ltd specified the IQeye750 Series Day/Night, 5 Megapixel IP camera and adjusted the settings to obtain the best picture quality. The camera's high resolution allows viewers to zoom in closely to selected scenes. Due to the short distance of approximately 100 metres between the Olympic site and the camera's mounting position, a Lensation lens was chosen that enables a particularly wide angle of view at 52.6 using just one camera.

The IQeye camera delivers low-bandwidth video images to a server for remote viewing, whilst simultaneously recording megapixel images onboard the camera.

Essex Security Services Ltd wanted to create a time-lapse video, so Smart CCTV's application engineers customised the camera's software code to record a photograph at 2pm every single day of one particular scene, transferring the video image via FTP to the company's hosting server. In four years' time a film of the whole building process from start to finish will be created to coincide with the London Olympics in 2012.

About IQinVision

IQinVision is the world leader in megapixel IP video. Since 1998, IQinVision has been designing, manufacturing, and marketing the IQeye family of high-performance network cameras, intelligent cameras, and network video recording (NVR) systems. IQeye network cameras are renowned for image quality, stability, and reliability in the mostdemanding network conditions and environments. www.iqeye.com

About Smart CCTV Ltd

Smart CCTV Ltd is a value added reseller of video analytics' products that will allow operators to become more proactive in their response to criminal and undesirable behaviour and thereby improve the quality of life of the people living and working in their area. Smart CCTV Ltd uses the technologies of computer image processing and analysis to supply and sell innovative solutions. http://www.smartcctvltd.com/

CONTACT:
Keren Burney, Public Relations Consultant, Compge
Tel: +44 (0)1730 894 123
Tel: +44 (0)7876 780 065

Nick Hewitson, Managing Director, Smart CCTV Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)23 92 456 560
Fax: +44 (0 23 92 476 078

"Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) CCTV"

Speaker: Richard Boswell (MMB Associates Ltd)

Wednesday 09 July 2008 - School of Management, University of Surrey, Guildford

Synopsis

Following on from the various former and current events around privacy and surveillance, the event will concentrate on ANPR, automatic number plate recognition and its application with the road transport infrastructure, particularly on motorways and the monitoring of traffic flow and checking for speeding violations.

Mike Prewett (Camtek Surveillance) will introduce the event and give a very brief description and hand over to Richard Boswell (MMB Associates) who is a consultant to the Highways Agency. Also in attendance will be Smart CCTV, who will have a working demonstration. There will be a ANPR camera somewhere in the car park monitoring car numberplates. This will be relayed to the event by wi-fi to enable an active demonstration to be carried out. We will be showing the good side of anpr as well as the dark side

• How ANPR works
• The data base behind ANPR
• How the Highways Agency use ANPR technology
• Who else uses ANPR technology and what for
• The many advantages of ANPR
• The future of ANPR

About the speaker
Richard Boswell is with MMB Associates Ltd, independent consultants providing technology based consultancy and support services to a range of clients in the transport sector. (Richard replaces previously announced speaker Neil Brailsford also of MMB Associates Ltd.)

Organiser
Mike Prewett

Further information
There will be a live ANPR camera located in the entrance to the car park showing images during the presentation. A camera will also be available for inspection in the lecture room.

Milestone co-sponsors IMS VCA Conference

Milestone Systems, a leader in open platform IP video management software, will be a Silver Sponsor of the upcoming IMS Video Content Analysis (VCA) Conference to be held in Amsterdam June 24 and 25. This event will focus on the use of VCA for security, business intelligence analytics and other emerging applications.

Video Content Analysis (VCA) is transforming the way that video surveillance and monitoring is used. Public and commercial organizations worldwide are increasingly looking to VCA to enhance the performance of their video systems to meet the growing demand for more effective security and business intelligence.

In recent years, video content analysis has provided front-line security professionals with real-time intelligence that aids faster responses, allowing them to proactively address potential security threats. More recently, VCA has begun to gain traction in areas that go beyond security, such as business intelligence and factory automation. In the future, its versatility will make it an invaluable tool in loss prevention, public liability assessments, consumer behavior analysis and other innovative applications. This is driving the market for cameras and associated equipment with embedded video content analysis capability to exceed $3.4 billion by 2010, according to a recent study by IMS Research.

The IMS Video Content Analysis Conference will provide security and loss prevention professionals, marketing executives, operations managers, security equipment vendors and installers with valuable insights into how this cutting-edge technology is evolving. It will also explore real-world case studies that highlight the key issues and practical considerations surrounding the successful installation of VCA applications. By bringing together executives from all parts of the VCA value chain, the combination of keynote sessions, case studies and highly interactive debates, will deliver the essential tools to make informed decisions on the use of VCA to enhance security and profitability.

As a sponsor of this event, Milestone Systems will be exhibiting their latest offering in their XProtect™ Analytics Framework: XProtect License Plate Recognition. Milestone Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Eric Fullerton will also be a speaker on the agenda. He will talk about open platform video management systems with a Video Analytics Framework that enables best-of-breed solutions that are future-proof.

• Learn how Video Content Analytics and open Video Management Systems turn surveillance into more than just a security application.
• How can you stay out of ‘proprietary jail’ when implementing VCA?
• Why does a solution need to offer both on-camera and sever-based VCA in one system?
• Correct use of VCA enables you to search recorded video faster than ever.

Besides Eric Fullerton from Milestone Systems, some of the interesting speakers presenting are Finavia Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Schiphol Group, Siemens Building Technologies, Smart CCTV, Telindus Surveillance Solutions, Texas Instruments, 3VR, Transport for London, Tyco Fire & Integration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ViaSys Intelligent Video, and VTS Police Netherlands.

A leading presentation will be made by Simon Harris, Research Director for Security & ID at IMS Research on the topic “Setting the Scene: What’s in Store for VCA in the Current Marketplace”. He will look at the reasons why VCA is such an important market, a video surveillance timeline, and an analysis of vertical markets’ uptake of VCA.Other companies taking part in the conference include Agent Vi, Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems, Honeywell, IBM, Intel, IntelliView Technologies Inc., ioimage, Niscayah Group and ObjectVideo.

The Video Content Analysis Conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel Amsterdam in the Netherlands on 24-25 June, 2008. To find out more about the event and to register, visit the IMS Conferences website: www.imsconferences.com.

Smart CCTV announces Megapixel IP CCTV installation at Queen Mary, University of London

Smart CCTV Ltd, a specialist in video analytics, today announced the installation of a network of Megapixel IP behaviour-recognition smart cameras at Queen Mary, University of London, one of London and the UK’s leading research-focused higher education institutions. The installation will enable the research team to gather real world data and build models and algorithms for software application development relating to BEWARE (Behaviour based Enhancement of Wide-Area Situational Awareness). The project has important implications for security in the UK.

Dr Tony Xiang of Queen Mary’s University explained the challenges that the University needed to meet in specifying the technology to achieve the project. “The problem we want to address is behaviour analysis using multiple cameras. We need to develop a model for detection and tagging of people across cameras, enabling an automated video analytics system to track the same person between views from camera 1 to camera 2, for example.”

A further objective is to automate PTZ cameras through software instructions linked with the tagging and behaviour profiling. Dr Xiang says: “Camera actions would be determined by the behaviour profiling. If the smart camera detects suspicious behaviour, it will automatically focus on the tagged person.”

Smart CCTV recommended a network of IQeye Megapixel IP behaviour-recognition smart cameras offering high-definition MJPEG video quality images. Milestone Systems’ XProtect IP video management system was specified as the recording platform to satisfy the project’s initial aims of watching people, clarifying data and for testing models.

Following training of the research assistants at Smart CCTV’s premises in Havant, the system is working efficiently and the team are using the cameras extensively to capture data.

Dr Tony Xiang said: “We have an obligation to get best value for money and, as a Government Agency, we asked different companies for competitive proposals. Smart CCTV was the only company that provided the specialist technology that we needed to complete the project, on time and within budget. We particularly needed an IP-based solution that could be easily integrated with our existing building, cabling and network infrastructure.”

Nick Hewitson, Managing Director of Smart CCTV, added: “The combination of the Milestone software platform and IQinVision’s Megapixel cameras provides a highly effective and efficient way of collecting and managing high resolution video streams.”

About IQinVision
IQinVision is the world leader in megapixel IP video. Since 1998, IQinVision has been designing, manufacturing, and marketing the IQeye family of high-performance network cameras, intelligent cameras, and network video recording (NVR) systems. IQeye network cameras are renowned for image quality, stability, and reliability in the most demanding network conditions and environments. www.IQeye.com

About Milestone Systems
Milestone is a global leader for open platform IP video surveillance software, sold through partners in 90 countries. Reliable, robust and proven in 35,000+ customer installations, the XProtectÔ products support the widest choice in network video hardware and API integrations with other systems. www.milestonesys.com

About Smart CCTV Ltd
Smart CCTV Ltd is a developer of ‘smart CCTV’ products that will allow operators to become more proactive in their response to criminal and undesirable behaviour and thereby improve the quality of life of the people living and working in their area.

Smart CCTV strengthens portfolio with Intellio video analytics

Smart CCTV Ltd announced today that it has become a UK distributor for the Intellio ILC-210 series of smart cameras for video analytics applications. Smart CCTV will share stand 17042 in the CCTV Hall at IFSEC with Intellio Ltd, to demonstrate the latest range of smart cameras for a range of behaviour recognition applications in security, retail and traffic management.

Smart CCTV joins a growing list of international distributors of the Intellio range of products. Intellio’s ILC-210 cameras are fully IP compliant, combining megapixel resolution with true day and night capability and onboard video content analytics. Embedded intelligence allows better control of bandwidth consumption, as decisions are taken onboard about when to send alerts or video images in the event of a security breach.

A notable benefit for remote monitoring situations is that ILC-210 cameras can provide a verified alarm from a single unit, by sending alerts in parallel to video images.

Nick Hewitson, managing director of Smart CCTV explained the reason for expanding the product range: “We decided to use Intellio for a particular traffic related contract. No other camera on the market was able to classify vehicles, count them and work out their speed, all within the smart camera itself. Intellio is complementary to our other products, as we can offer a range of solutions with different processing power from PC-based to fast, IP-enabled smart cameras.”

Intellio’s ILC-200R cameras for retail applications use the company’s leading-edge IntelliZoom™ object tracking software to implement ‘Entry Detector’, ‘Direction Detector’, ‘Traffic Detector’ and ‘People Counting’ features.