• Face recognition enters a new dimension
  The light pattern is modified by the surface geometry of the face and the camera precisely records the pattern distortions caused by the face. This modified pattern is input into a 3-D reconstruction algorithm in order to create a 3-D mesh image of the face using triangulation. The face geometry can be measured in millimeters.

• Video encoders : The eminent adoption
  Video encoders in security are expected to eventually be replaced by network cameras. However there is a range of ancillary applications for encoders that use installations and technologies similar to surveillance. These include remote monitoring, guidance and meeting, as well as broadcast, video conferencing, and video phones.

• Automatic number plate recognition : Evaluating the technology trends
  Automatic license/number plate recognition (ALPR/ANPR) is a fast developing technology that has been proven very effective in many applications such as vehicular access control and speed regulation. Combining ALPR/ANPR with video surveillance is even more useful as it provides context information as evidence.

• Centalised IP video architecture: Marking the scalability
  A centralized architecture uses a master database located in a central control room. A distributed architecture spreads the data around the system, generally keeping it close to where it is produced or needed. The stored data can be categorized into two types: configuration and live.

• Access control : Appraising the changeover
  Controlling access to IT applications has traditionally relied solely upon user names and passwords. However with the increasing proliferation of IT applications in the workplace, many employees now have to remember as many as a dozen sets of user names and passwords, which are inconvenient and cumbersome to use.

• IP surveillance : Exploring the potential
  The market for network control devices has great potential, since the trend for IP systems is strong. A wide range of verticals require advanced and innovative PoE switches, allowing the market to have unlimited growth potential, there is no need to worry for market saturation, because the demand for such products always exists.

• IP solutions : Catalysing the network dome camera demand
  Network dome cameras offer wide views and the connectivity of IP, forming a combination in global demand. With the growth of IP solutions, network dome cameras are a major part of new surveillance systems. Combining networked functions and a broader view, network domes provide more comprehensive security. Asia’s versatile video providers offer a number of solutions suited for applications requiring effective surveillance.

• Perimeter security : Adopting the systematic approach
  The global financial crisis coupled with subsequent waves of terrorist attacks have prompted tremendous action to be taken to strengthen perimeter security on varying fronts depending on sites of employment. Price hikes in a number of valuable natural resources have also resulted in increasing needs for perimeter protection to prevent theft and terrorist actions.

• The new trends of surveillance storage
  All video in the future will be IP-based, and high-definition (HD) video will be the next must-have. Intelligent video surveillance features will be ubiquitous as surveillance moves closer to IT. More user-friendly interfaces and systems with easy configurations will undoubtedly increase the adoption of NVRs and hybrid DVRs. Systems with open architecture or software.

• IP video surveillance : Knowing the cost efficiency
  Time savings and efficiencies achieved must also be considered in the equation. Some design choices only impact the acquisition and installation costs of a system, such as using Power over Ethernet instead of added power supplies for the cameras. However, the greatest impact to TCO in large video installations comes from recording and storage technology, which impacts maintenance costs over time.

• Wireless technology : Propelling the biometric access control growth
  Biometric readers are now being placed on wireless access control cards, which clearly enhance the convenience of validating one’s identity; but the real opportunity is in universal biometric access. By combining biometrics with wireless communications as an overlay to existing access control systems, entry and admission become more convenient for the user.

• Video management system : Choosing the best option
  Network cameras are essentially a combination of camera and computer in one unit. They capture and transmit live images directly over a network, enabling authorized users to locally or remotely view, store, and manage video over standard IP-based network infrastructure and the Internet.

• IP video networking : The gradual insight
  The extent to which a business might want to change to IP Video is dependent upon the application, but typically it will be when additional cameras, monitoring stations or recording capacity is required for an existing system, or when a number of systems on different sites are to be merged.

• Evaluating the control room solutions
  A control room solution must be seen as an overall project, not a stand-alone product. It is necessary for projects to install the command and control software and to enable interoperability and connectivity, so any additional systems can be added to the platform.

• Selecting the right video analytics
  The latest generation of IP network cameras combine recent chip design advancements with better compression technologies (such as H.264) to enable high definition with less bandwidth. This further paves the way for large-scale surveillance systems using megapixel cameras and on-camera analytics.

• Megapixel cameras: Knowing the cost factor
  A comparison reveals that megapixel cameras deliver the same image quality for about half the bandwidth. Most people, however, will not employ cameras to cover entire areas. To save money, they are likely to use cameras at critical choke points, so the 35-camera to four-camera comparison is not practical.

• Intelligent video software : The surveillance revolution
  There is no doubt IVS has given surveillance a whole new meaning. Currently, the most widely adopted function is intrusion detection, including perimeter fencing in its broadest sense. Especially for wide -area surveillance such as airports, coastlines, borders or courtyards of mansions, intrusion detection is a fairly mature solution, with a comparatively lower cost.

• Fingerprint : The predominant biometric technology
  The accessory with fingerprint protection ensures security and privacy of important data. It is easy to operate and there is no need to install software. Reliable hardware encryption with login, lock, screen saver, document and favorite list encryption and decryption, auto web login, and multi-user management are included as is a complete software development kit (SDK) with Windows API.

PROFILE

• InnoSys Industries : Global leaders of security surveillance industry
  In a world of professional organization, InnoSys is committed to our customers and partners on their safety while they strive for business excellence. Customers’ business growth is the credential of our success.

• RBH Access Technologies: Benchmarking the standards
  RBH Access Technologies Inc. is one of the leading companies in Canada manufacturing state of the art Access Control Systems based in Toronto, Canada RBH has an established presence in over 110 countries worldwide and we now have ambitious plans for the Indian markets with a office in India. Our product comes to you with years of experience in the access control industry.

• Thermal Ceramics Ltd. : Global leadership in temperature insulation & refactory products
  Thermal Ceramics, the  global leader in high temperature insulation and refractory products, is a group company of Morgan Crucible UK & has been a trusted supplier to the Steel, Aluminium, Power, Chemical Processing and other industries for over 7 decades.

• Verint Systems : Establishing technology leadership
  Verint® Systems is a leading provider of Actionable Intelligence® solutions for enterprise workforce optimization and security intelligence. Our solutions help government and enterprises make sense of the vast information they collect in order to achieve their performance and security goals.

• Making the secure networks:  Selecting the options
  Network-enabled cameras can be installed and programmed for broadband-equipped clients, particularly if the client has a Wi-Fi router in use. Video servers can connect existing CCTV systems to the Internet using broadband.

• Parallel networks : Understanding the installation techniques
  One of the great advantages of parallel networking of electronic security systems is that the entire system can be connected programmed and tested at the dealer’s office before being installed at the client’s location. Video servers, network cameras, and other IP security devices can be addressed, programmed, and connected to a temporary network made from simple UTP patch cords.

• Understanding the role IT Managers in achieving optimum security
  Constant pressure is placed on IT management to provide, install, or allow new software and hardware products for system users. From the IT manager’s perspective, any new product, software, or service that is placed on his or her network must be supported.

• The evolution of networks for electronic security needs
  For the security professional, the history of computer networking reveals a mature and vibrant networking industry, which combines standardized cabling, computer languages, and network structures into communications networks that are relied on by virtually every business, government, and enterprise.

• Insulating our world
  Murugappa Morgan Thermal Ceramics Ltd., (MMTCL) is a joint venture between the Thermal Ceramics Division of Morgan Crucible Co. plc., UK, and the Murugappa Group, India. Thermal Ceramics are the global leaders in advanced insulation.

• AlarmEye® VISFD Distributed Intelligent Video Image Smoke and Flame Detecting System
  A dependable fire detecting system for use in large spaces (such as exhibition hall,stadium, aircraft hanger, shopping mall, huge awarehouse, and big factory, etc)and unusual structures (such as tunnel, petroleum and petrochemical production site, explosion hazard storage area, museum, subway, train station, and hospital) has been an subject of continuous research in the global fire safety community for decades.

• Emergency response for the multicultural work force
  Safety orange is the basic color for designating dangerous parts of machines and other energized equipment that may cause injuries, including cuts, crushing, shocking or other contact-related injuries. It also is used to alert the open state of equipment doors, which otherwise isolate internal gears, belts and other unguarded hazards.

• Emergency planning : Adopting the right approach
  The Emergency Coordinator launches the plan, and organizes training for the ERT to respond efficiently during and after an emergency. Major responsibilities are to analyze each department’s site-specific hazards, outline all scenarios every emergency could take, strategize protection, and determine responsibilities for each member of the ERT.

• Making the optimum  safety programme
  Employee involvement provides opportunities for workers to develop and express their own commitment to safety and health, for both themselves and their co-workers. Management should strive to involve employees in all aspects of welding and cutting safety.

• Improving safety through timely management
  It can be used to enhance your safety program effectiveness exponentially. While kaizen traditionally and primarily has focused on production and efficiency numbers, it can effectively be shifted to improving safety and ergonomics. Top management and safety staff often ponder how to make the best use of their associates with less and less time to implement safety improvements. The kaizen approach can help address this problem.

• Safety management for human resources
  The first important fact to understand is that there is a very definite difference between the fields of safety and human resources management. Although job responsibilities often overlap, safety and human resources professionals have distinct differences in their academic preparation that, in turn, affect the way they view their management of the safety function.

• Minimising the welding hazards
  Many types of clothing can protect against exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Typically, excessive UV exposure appears as a skin burn (much like sunburn). Under the worst conditions, however, severe burns and skin cancer may result. If possible, keep clothes clean of grease and oil, as these substances may ignite and burn uncontrollably in the presence of oxygen.

• Battery charger safety
  A case like this was reported in the U.S.A. a few years ago. A short circuit occurred at the output terminal inside the charger, forming a discharge circuit carrying a large amount of current, which overheated the charger and subs -equently caused a failure in the insulation which isolating the inner transformer and melted the outer casing.