Applications for Network Camera Systems

By Sony

Network Video can be used on many applications such as:

1. Security & Surveillance
   
2. Remote Monitoring
   
3. Web-Attraction & Leisure
   

Security & Surveillance
Network camera systems are widely used to provide visual coverage of residential property, educational premises, shops, car parks, offices, banks, warehouses and other ‘at-risk’ commercial locations as well as indoor and outdoor public spaces such as sports stadium and exhibition halls.

Offices: to control, monitor, detect and restrict access of business premises
Theft from offices is a serious concern for office managers. Many companies are vulnerable to theft by intruders or even by their own staff. It is, therefore, important that access for staff or visitors is controlled. This means that security or facility managers have to consider integrated security systems while at the same time reducing operating expenses.

Education: surveillance of campus, parking lots and public spaces
Most schools have problems with security and antisocial behaviour. These include:

• Theft and vandalism both by outsiders and pupils at the school
  
• Behavioural problems such as bullying and violent behaviour against members of staff
  
• Cases of drug dealing on campus

Industry: surveillance of stock and warehouses
While network video monitoring systems are used for increasing efficiency and service levels, it can also be used effectively to improve security and reduce theft and losses, cut damage costs, prevent hazardous situations for employees and allow you to handle security issues more confidently. Networked video surveillance provides the opportunity to enhance plant surveillance with centralised remote surveillance, on-site controls and their related costs.

Transport: surveillance of motorways, train stations, airports, ports
Surveillance of public spaces of all kinds from hotel lobbies to airports and train stations can give organisations a unique, real-time insight into safety, security and logistics of managing large numbers of people and traffic.

Retail: surveillance of shops, supermarkets and petrol stations
While network cameras are used to monitor brand consistency, customer behaviour and inventory, it can be used in parallel to monitor the shop’s floor space, checkouts and exits on safety and theft. It opens an opportunity to enhance in-store surveillance by a centralised remote surveillance, reducing theft, false alarms, on-site controls and their related costs.

Healthcare: surveillance and monitoring of A&E and recovering rooms. E-learning and access control
Clinicians and support staff are under greater pressure than ever before to deliver better patient care in the face of lower staffing levels and tighter resources.

Government: surveillance of town centre and public spaces
The security of every citizen is a higher priority than ever for national and regional administrations. Governmental bodies and public authorities are employing IP monitoring solutions to help fight vandalism, theft, assault and the threat of terrorism more cost effectively.

Banking: surveillance of ATM machines and retail premises
Retail banking is facing increasing safety issues. For both people and assets, safety is increasingly becoming an issue and retail banking needs to deal with this. Whether it’s ATM robbery or bank hold ups, safety is becoming a major issue.

A surveillance system giving instant access to the relevant information, making use of the existing IT network infrastructure, able to grow with the infrastructure and backward compatible with the existing CCTV systems in place.

Remote Monitoring
Images can be viewed remotely on any networked PC 24 hours a day. If required, images can be shared across every desktop in your organisation giving unprecedented flexibility and control in managing real-time video monitoring, any time, any place.

Being able to view a process taking place in your professional environment (factory, construction work, etc.) while working from home or at your desk in the office can save you both time and money.

Application areas:

Industrial and Business
Monitoring of construction work, production lines, industrial process, nursery, child care, animal conditions (veterinary surgeries, zoos), queues at cashier in local supermarket, exhibitions & events.

Retail
Monitoring customer behaviour, brand consistency checking, visual inventory management.

Healthcare
Monitoring recovery & patience room.

Transport
Monitoring motorway traffic, number plate recognition.

Government
Governmental bodies and public authorities are employing IP monitoring solutions to help fight vandalism, theft, assault and the threat of terrorism more cost effectively.

Leisure
Tourist resorts and webcams. Monitoring of weather conditions, web cams, building sites.

Banking
Monitoring customer behaviour, brand consistency checking, visual inventory management.

Web-attraction & Leisure
The rapid rise of consumer broadband internet access opens up many exciting new possibilities for leisure-based applications using IP based video monitoring networks.

By adding ‘live’ video to any website you can capture your audience’s attention.

The cost effectiveness and simplicity of installing an IP-based video network monitoring has opened up new possibilities for leisure-based applications. As an example, ‘live’ pictures of a funfair ride, a zoo, holiday locations or exhibit can be streamed on the Internet.

The growing popularity of this new generation of web attractions is transforming the appeal of traditional leisure events and holiday destinations, providing businesses with a powerful new marketing tool to reach a potentially global audience at low cost.

Tourism
Ski resorts, hotels, holiday resorts, monuments, city centres, zoos, theme parks.

Events
Concerts, sports events, conferences & meetings.
Broadcasting an sport or entertainment event on the interent can help to draw large numbers of visitors to a website.

Public information
Weather forecasts, exhibitions and traffic information.
Whether the latest traffic news or an update on the wheather conditions Sony Network Video Monitoring technology can help to make the internet more attractive based on real-time information.

Further information on How to setup a Web Attraction System.