New from Bosch Security Systems, the AUTODOME 7000 family of pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras.
The company’s embedded Intelligent Video Analysis (IVA) software automatically processes video signals and alerts operators to security risks. A single camera can analyse up to 10 scenes for loitering, line crossing and other criteria. The makers say that IVA enables earlier threat detection.
Bosch’s Intelligent Tracking uses flow detection algorithms to monitor scenes for motion and to automatically track objects. Customers can define conditions that will activate tracking-such as a vehicle moving through an area in a specific direction. Now, operators can also trigger tracking by clicking on a moving target within live video to prompt the camera to keep it in the scene. The camera dynamically re-tunes zoom settings to capture the most detailed images of objects of interest as they move through the camera’s field of view. The camera resumes following a target after it passes behind a privacy mask or if it is temporarily concealed by a stationary object — even when swaying trees or other background noise is present. The product continuously tracks the target when it reappears or if motion is detected along the same trajectory-ensuring activities are always captured.
The standard definition IP camera offers 28x or 36x zoom, and the HD camera delivers 1080p resolution, 30 images per second (IPS) and 20x zoom. The HD camera also supports 720p resolution at 60 IPS for capturing details of fast-moving objects in traffic and cities, casinos, toll plazas, petrol stations and similar applications.
Designed using Bosch’s latest firmware release CPP4, the camera supports quad-streaming to perform live monitoring and recording using up to four independently- configurable streams. While customers can record and monitor in HD resolution, the camera can also deliver reduced resolutions for bandwidth-friendly remote viewing. The new firmware provides a common software platform for many Bosch IP camera models.
The cameras also support edge recording in combination with central storage for dependable performance. With up to two terabytes of storage via SDXC or 32 gigabytes with SDHC, the cards can be used for short-term or local alarm recording. The new cameras available in July 2013 will replace the AUTODOME 800 HD and AUTODOME 700 IP cameras and add an option for an in-ceiling HD dome camera to the line.
