Vicon Digital Video CCTV Evolution

1
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.
2
Before ViconNet

• Just 10 years ago, analog video dominated the
  CCTV industry
• IP or network based CCTV solutions just started
  to appear
• Growing popularity of video conferencing systems
  and the growing Internet market were major
  influences

3
Vicon Digital Transition

• With the clear direction the technology was
  taking, a strategic decision was made to develop
  a digital CCTV line.
• Vicon defines a project to develop its digital
  video line

4
ViconNet is Born

• One of the first digital CCTV platforms to
  launch, ViconNets focus was on
• DVR hardware
• Recording performance
• Network readiness
• Solid software-based video engine
• The theme of DVRs those days was
• Hard drive based VCR

5
ViconNet version 2

• 2nd generation of the software was a clean and
  stable version of both hardware and software
• A software video client for PC was added that
  took advantage of the networking capabilities
  offered by PC- based hardware
• Development of IP cameras and NVRs starting

6
IP cameras and NVRs

• IP cameras and NVRs started to appear
• Vicon develops 3 IP cameras based on the same
  hardware and software running on the DVRs and PCs
• The concept of hybrid DVR is introduced and the
  PC client is given recording capabilities

7
Trends 2002-2004

• Industry still looking at DVRs as digital VCR
• Beginning to see some interest in IP cameras and
  NVRs
• Industry is divided between the traditional
  hardware companies and software-centric ones

8
ViconNet version 3

• Released in 2005
• Enterprise system solution
• Language configuration tools
• Full IP cameras and NVR support
• Graphical maps added for navigation
• Theme Enterprise, VMS, Hybrid

9
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

10
(No Transcript)
11
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

12
System Topology
13
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

14
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)

15
One GUI Fits All
16
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

17
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

18
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

19
Demo VI-Search
20
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

21
Stop and Think

• Where is it all going?

22
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

23
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 platforms NVRs

24
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

25
Pictures Strike and Force
26
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

27
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

28
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

29
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

30
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

31
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 cameras SDK
• Additional support for this feature and others is
  part of the road map

32
SMS Integration

• The Vicon platform also supports the Vicon SMS
  access control system
• Added support for new cameras
• Integration tools enhancements
• Installation package improvements

33
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

34
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

35
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

36
Demo Archive Wizard
37
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

38
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

39
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

40
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 422 Profile (Hi422P)
• High 444 Predictive Profile (Hi444PP)
• High Stereo Profile
• High 10 Intra Profile
• High 422 Intra Profile
• High 444 Intra Profile
• CAVLC 444 Intra Profile
• Scalable Baseline Profile
• Scalable High Profile
• Scalable High Intra Profile

41
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

42
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

43
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

44
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

45
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 169
  format)
• More pictures on every output
• Development flexibility (PC platform)
• In V6, we still offer KRX-3 decoders for the
  legacy systems

46

• 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

47

• 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

48

• 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

49
Demo New VMC
50
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

51
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

52
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

53
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

54
Road Map
55
ViconNet 7.0

• Version 7 is the major version 2011
• Map enhancements!!!!!!
• IT compliance enhancements
• Multicast DVRs
• Active directory
• SNMP
• Auto-archiving of video

56
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

57
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

58
Auto Archiving of Video

• Allow automatic archives of video from the
  ViconNet system FIFO database to a permanent
  storage location
• Support archive on schedule

59
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?