Emerging Technologies In Video Surveillance
Giant technical leaps have made video surveillance an extremely effective yet affordable means of assuring your personal and professional security. There are 3 new technologies which are in the process of being implemented in video surveillance cameras. They will further revolutionize the way video surveillance cameras work.
360 Panoramic Cameras
Video surveillance of vast areas requires the user to mount numerous cameras. With the advent of this new technology the number of cameras required to monitor a large area will be cut down drastically. 360 Panoramic cameras aim to increase the coverage ability of video surveillance cameras. The modern advancements in fisheye lenses and megapixel resolution have made such a high coverage camera a possibility.
Storage clusters
DVR and NVR have been the conventional ways of storing data in surveillance cameras. Storage clusters can reduce the cost of storing data immensely. Storage clusters are very cost-effective when used for numerous cameras surveying large establishments. These are not directly located on the cameras, instead they communicate with servers using an IP address.
The main benefit of opting for storage clusters is that they are extremely modular. You can keep adding storage space as your requirements grow. The minimum storage cluster space is as little as a few TBs. However, storage clusters are not cost-effective if used for small deployments. A minimum of 48 analog cameras or 6 megapixel cameras should be present for usage of storage clusters to be feasible.
Management of Video Footage by Third Party
Currently every owner of an establishment is responsible for the recording, viewing and sifting through of all the video footage captured in his cameras. On-site management servers are effective but also time consuming. The emerging concept of video footages being managed by third party can really revolutionize the video surveillance industry and make it easier to use, deploy and manage surveillance.