Vicon Digital Video CCTV Evolution

Vicon Digital Video CCTV Evolution

This information is confidential and is not to be provided to any third party without Vicon Industries Inc. prior written consent.

This information is confidential and is not to be provided to any third party without Vicon Industries Inc.’s prior written consent.

System Offered Up to Today

ViconNet is a software platform running the NVRs, Workstations and DVRs and is embedded in the encoders and IP cameras

All software packages are offered electronically to install on customer hardware

Pre-installed hardware is offered as a fully certified solution that has been tested to ensure absolute performance



Vicon Certified Hardware Options

• NVRs and workstations:• Rack-mount and tower chassis• Internal hard drives or RAID interface• Pre-pack with Internal RAID

• DVR• Multiple frame rate options• Internal hard drives or RAID interface• DVR-as-encoder option

• IP edge devices• PTZ and fixed IP cameras• Embedded encoders• Full compatibility with the PC software


System Topology


5th Generation Released a Year Ago

Complying with industry push towards “open platform”

– Open Platform – Analytics Integration– Improved display offerings – Integration with 3rd party software– New IP Cameras and Encoders including Megapixel– Advanced compression algorithms support


Open Platform

What is open platform?– The ability to accept many to any IP-based

video into the video management system – Allow 3rd party cameras to be used in the

Video Management software Specific for ViconNet

– Keep supporting our own “build for security” cameras

– Support all cameras on same Graphical User Interface (both PC and DVR)


One GUI Fits All


Open Platform “Issues”

Every camera comes with a different set of supported functions

Cameras update frequently and the video system must keep up with those

Every single VMS has its own list of supported cameras and functions; not everyone supports everything


The Licensing Dilemma

All the software platforms in the industry charge licenses for the various edge devices

Vicon does NOT charge for its own IP edge devices EVER!

3rd party cameras do require a One-Time connection fee


Analytics Integration

Video Analytics has been going in and out of focus for a few years– Major “over-selling” by manufacturers– Complex design and deployment– Relatively high rate of false alarms

These factors hurt analytics market penetration

New solutions in shape of offline search tools are being offered– Much simpler to design and implementation– No as sensitive to false detections– Eliminates the need to set the rules in advance


Demo VI-Search


New IP Cameras and Encoders

Develop and support more IP cameras and new encoders:

– Higher resolution (Megapixel range)– Higher FPS– Based on future DSP families – Comply with future standard (Onvif, PSIA)

This is an support process parallel to the transition into IP-based systems


Stop and Think

Where is it all going?


DVRs

Looking at the entire industry, there remains a significant demand for DVRs– Maintenance of existing DVR-based systems– Legacy infrastructure– Overall cost savings

If the DVRs are hybrid, they bridge a gap to IP-based systems


Kollectors Strike and Force

Give the DVR a facelift Update old DVRs to next generation Encoder-DVR

– lower profile (1 and 3 rack unit)– Lower power – Hybrid recording of local and IP cameras

including Megapixel cameras– Option for no hard drive (solid state) to use as an

encoder H.264 ready Supported by the platform’s NVRs


Packaging

Kollector Strike is full DVR hardware in a 1U chassis

Kollector Force hardware in a 3U chassis offers full back panel easier wiring

Force has 1 VGA and 1 DVI/HDMI display

An internal RAID version is offered with removable drives in RAID 5


Pictures Strike and Force


Integration Interface

With terms like PSIM replacing the old VMS and CAC, we need to be able to accept external events into the video system

Any system event can be tied into the video system to provide CCTV images

Integration method needs to take advantage of the network and provide tools to make it simple


Now Selling ViconNet 5.6b

ViconNet 5.6b is an update patch

– Support new Kollectors Strike and Force– Event management system – Support for I-Onyx 970 licensing– Support motion detection from 3rd party

cameras– SMS integration client improvement


Event Management

New system built into ViconNet

Uses an SQL database for event storage

Allows receiving events from external systems over TCP/IP communication

Includes full tool-kit for event filtering, classifying, storage and search

Ties ViconNet video with “any” event


Event Management Uses

The event management system can be used in any situation where ViconNet video can complement an external system

ViconNet offers an open source XML driver that can be used by others to send events

Drivers can be developed by Vicon for a specific system (non-generic)

External system event data is sent to ViconNet, which stores it with relevant video and processes it


Current Interfaces

ViconNet 5.6 offers two interfaces through the event management system– Integration with Inex / Zamir license plate

recognition system– Integration with Hirsch access control systems

In Proccess– Interface to Code Blue– Interface to AMAG– Interface to fence protection system


Motion Detection

In the ViconNet based IP cameras Vicon offers sophisticated VMD as well as the fastest smart search in the industry

Support of motion detection for 3rd party cameras is a feature that is being added according to each camera’s SDK

Additional support for this feature and others is part of the road map


SMS Integration

The Vicon platform also supports the Vicon SMS access control system

– Added support for new cameras– Integration tools enhancements– Installation package improvements


Version 5.6b Licensing

Version 5.6 is considered a patch for ViconNet 5.x and will not require re-license from any former 5.x version

Version 5.6 will work on old and new devices (KE / KP / KL Strike and Force)

All DVRs will now show as Kollector and will be fully hybrid like the Kollector Elite was


ViconNet 6.0

Version 6 is scheduled for Spring 2010:– Archive wizard and player– Web browser viewer application– H.264 compression in DVRs – Improved Virtual Matrix Decoder (H.264, HD)– New video encoder (H.264 real time)– Email on CFN (failure) event– Events-based video segment lock


Archive Wizard and Player

Simple wizard for archive creation Step by step procedure Multiple options for the resulting file

– Auto-play yes / no– Authenticate yes / no– Auto-login yes/ no

Simple player for playback



Web Browser

Unique web browser viewer software

Self loading by browser (no installation, not even ActiveX)

Based on Microsoft Silver light

View and control any camera

Allow remote connectivity over the Internet from “any” browser

Support non-Microsoft browsers

Support mobile device browser


H.264 Compression in DVRs

In Kollector Strike and Force Becoming the standard compression Requires faster DSP as well as stronger PC for the

same number of channels to be displayed Offers savings on bandwidth and storage in many

situation V6 will support both ViconNet and H.264

compression H.264 requires much stronger computing power


H.264 is Here

H.264 compression is also known as:– MPEG-4 AVC– MPEG-4 Part 10

Main development objective was to get a high quality image in a lower bit rate then MPEG-2

Actually ended up as a family of standards as other layers were added


H.264 Profiles

Since the original standard release, many different profiles have been created on top of the standard:– Constrained Baseline Profile (CBP) – Baseline Profile (BP) – Main Profile (MP) – Extended Profile (XP) – High Profile (HiP) – High 10 Profile (Hi10P) – High 4:2:2 Profile (Hi422P) – High 4:4:4 Predictive Profile (Hi444PP) – High Stereo Profile– High 10 Intra Profile – High 4:2:2 Intra Profile – High 4:4:4 Intra Profile – CAVLC 4:4:4 Intra Profile– Scalable Baseline Profile – Scalable High Profile – Scalable High Intra Profile


Published Estimated Savings

The original design was to allow cutting bit rate to half of MPEG-4

Actual results reported average to:– 3-4 times lower then MPEG-4 – 7-10 times lower then MJPEG– 2-3 times lower then ViconNet

This assumes average motion over time


Important to Know

Everything that is said about H.264 expected bandwidth and storage savings assumes one big assumption…..

AT THE SAME VISUAL PICTURE QUALITY


Estimated Challenges

H.264 compression, and even the different profiles, produce different bit rate in different cameras (threshold levels and sensitivity)

The major use of H.264 so far was in broadcast where bandwidth is not an issue and still needs to be refined for CCTV

Decoding (from bits to display) is much more processor intensive and requires stronger PC / display hardware


Development Choices

Vicon uses TI (Texas Instruments) DSPs and their recommended H.264 codec; these have been optimized to work together

ViconNet uses standard video decoder (software) and supports standard H.264

Vicon adapts its sold hardware to maximize compatibility and optimize processing


Improved Video Decoder

Development of a PC-based video decoder instead of a DSP-based

VGA and DVI/HDMI output (no BNC)

Support H.264 and HD images (including 16:9 format)

More pictures on every output

Development flexibility (PC platform)

In V6, we still offer KRX-3 decoders for the legacy systems


Basic standalone configuration:

One monitor running VMC application

Map GUI can run on another monitor

Additional monitors used for multiple video displays

Cameras can be called up into any of the monitors using the GUI / keypad / PLC


Local display configuration:

One monitor running VMC application + local video

Map GUI can run on another monitor

Additional monitors used for multiple video displays

Cameras can be called up into any of the monitors using the GUI / keypad / PLC


PCRX decoder only configuration:

No VMC or map GUI running locally

Unit must be controlled by VMC (somewhere on the network)

All monitors used for multiple video display

Cameras can be called up into any of the monitors



Product Packaging

This product requires very specific software and hardware to run properly

Vicon will offer hardware with different monitor out options (2, 4, 6)

Like any other product, the PCRX will also be offered as a software package


New Video Encoder

4-channel real-time H.264 only encoder

D1 on every channel

Newer and faster DSP chip (TI future family)

Competitive price-per-channel


Macro on CFN Event

Added functionality allows running a macro when a CFN event is generated

Macro is mostly for email notification but can be display or preset

This solves the need for email notification when site is down or has recording error


Video Segment Lock

Allows the system to protect event related video from being overwritten by system FIFO

Creates a separate database that will store the video segment around an alarm event before being FIFO

Video will remain in main DB until FIFO and then move to the “vault”


Road Map


ViconNet 7.0

Version 7 is the major version 2011– Map enhancements!!!!!!– IT compliance enhancements

• Multicast DVRs• Active directory• SNMP

– Auto-archiving of video


Map Enhancements

Map centric application– PTZ control from maps– Video on maps– Alarm indication on map icons– Camera position indication– Absolute position feedback from dome


IT Compliance Enhancements

Allow the transmission of video in Multicast mode for lower bandwidth networks from the ViconNet devices (software already done)

Support existing standard network formats as well as new TCP/IP standards (IPV6)

Integrate with Microsoft Active Directory for user management


Auto Archiving of Video

Allow automatic archives of video from the ViconNet system FIFO database to a permanent storage location

Support archive on schedule


Compatibility

Versions 4, 5 and 6 are compatible in their core functionality

Taking advantage of new features requires updating the software

The ability to carry this compatibility into version 7 is still not clear

Thoughts?

Documents

Vicon Digital Video CCTV Evolution