Virtual CCTV Operator Software
Viseum’s international patents are testament to Viseum Virtual CCTV Operator software being the world’s leading Video Content Analysis (VCA) software. Sometimes known as Image Processing software, this software operates inside Viseum’s CCTV DVR Camera Controllers, and is at the heart of all Viseum-driven IMC products.
It is an advanced video content analysis (VCA) software system, providing line of sight CCTV surveillance coverage using high resolution fixed contextual view cameras, and automatically driving the industry’s leading brands of PTZ camera, to provide the highest level of CCTV protection for open space areas environments.
Working completely standalone or integrated with remote CCTV monitoring control rooms, Viseum IMCs are well proven to provide at least 25 times more court quality evidence than any other camera solution, by giving greater coverage than multiple fixed camera installations and better performance than intermittently manned PTZ moving cameras.
Base Software
By automatically learning its environments and ignoring rain and other movements such as trees and bushes blowing in the wind, the Virtual CCTV Operator software permits effective monitoring night and day in all types of weather (subject to availably ambient light).
Incident detection and behavioural recognition capabilities are based on the study of objects in real-time environments to meet specific salient surveillance requirements for populated and unpopulated open areas that generate random crimes. It measures and compares various parameters relating to the basic laws of physics, such as size, shape, time, speed and location, then applies decision rules based on local knowledge of the environment to recognize particular types of activity in particular areas.
Automated Detection/Reaction
To achieve it’s excellent day and night detection performance and the quality of contextual evidence required, the Viseum software uses fixed cameras to the highest specification available. These cameras detect activity just as well as the human eye in low light conditions, and combined with its disciplined automation in maintaining vigilance, the Virtual CCTV Operator software is well proven to detect activity further than the CCTV operator can, day and night.
Matching the performance of the detection system, the fully automated reaction system uses the industry’s highest specification PTZ cameras to maintain greater accuracy at distance and provide consistent high quality close-up evidence.
Automated Activity Selection
Viseum’s software was developed through listening and watching many UK CCTV operators. By default this software uses a points system to select targets based on where they are and what they are doing. This means that if there are several activities meeting the same surveillance profile, in the vacinity of the camera installation, the system will target the activity with the most points, which would be deemed to be the most interesting.
Where several events occur simultaneously, it can be instructed to switch the PTZ between events using this points system and the activities’ locations. This allows close-up evidence to be captured of everything, and has the added benefit of ignoring potential diversion tactics.
Automated Optical Zoom Control
Key functionality of Viseum’s Virtual CCTV Operator software is its ability to automatically meet UK Home Office Guidelines for zoom levels required for court evidence. The method of selecting the appropriate zoom level is easily adjusted to meet operational policies or individual user requirements.
Manual PTZ Control
Using Viseum’s Graphical User Interface (GUI), the PTZ can be manually moved to where needed at any time. For rapid manned response, Viseum’s advanced “Point and Go” functionality can be used to have the PTZ go to wherever needed in just one click of the screen.
- Audio alert
- SMS text
- Images of the trigger sent via MMS
Surveillance Profiles Scheduling
Libraries of standard surveillance profiles are available to fit the majority of real-life environments, and new profiles are produced for bespoke applications by our Remote Managed Support (RMS) Services, who are on-hand to help ensure the profiles are optimised for each area under surveillance.
These profiles are easily selected from a drop-down menu and any number of different profiles, for any number of specific areas, can be set for different times of the day over a seven day period.
‘Hot Spot’ Prioritisation
Any number of areas are easily given 1 of 3 levels of priority. For example, areas where you are expecting certain activity can be given relevant priority:
- Fly tipping – catch people in the act and see where they come from and go to
- Focal points for illegal street drinking – catch close up evidence of offenders and brands of drinks
- ATM machines – catch PIN skimming devices being attached and cash robberies
- Drug dealing – focus on regular meeting points and catch transactions
Viseum Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Many end users may never need to use the Viseum GUI because this will be left to their installers to manage. However for those who want to benefit from Viseum’s online remote camera control or post-event video retrieval, all that is needed to get started is to be familiar with browsing the internet.
This browser based GUI was developed through listening to end user needs, to be very familiar and easy to use. Using your PC, or laptop, using any operating system with any web browser software, you can securely access the Viseum GUI.
Multiple Modes of Operation
- Passive: fully automated scouting for long term deterrent and post event analysis
- Reactive: automated scouting to trigger alerts for fixed or mobile manned response
- Manual override: web browser interface
Standard Graphical User Interface
- HTTP or HTTPS access depending on security level required
- Remote or local secure access from any fixed or mobile IP communications
- Remote commissioning
- Supports home and mobile working
User Administration
Easy and secure single or group user access and permission management:
- User profiles: each user or group can be given different permissions to administer and use the Viseum system
- Adaptive GUI: the Viseum GUI automatically adapts its presentation to match the user’s profile
- Track user activity: comprehensive audit trail with user activity logs
Advanced DVR Software
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Providing unrivalled DVR and CCTV camera solutions for open space CCTV surveillance, Viseum’s Auto-intelligent DVR software runs directly with the Viseum Virtual CCTV Operator software inside the range of Viseum’s CCTV DVR Camera Controller products.
Optimised to be used remotely via entry level wireless or wired TCP/IP broadband services, using any web browser. Viseum’s CCTV Camera Controllers use industry-leading UK Home Office compliant evidence authentication, audit trail and communications security features to ensure the integrity of the evidence gathered.
- Court quality evidence – JPG frames time-stamped, watermarked, and can be encrypted for authentication
- Synchronised extended dual evidence recordings – Close up recordings from the PTZ matched to the wide contextual view recordings
Archived video interrogation optimised for rapid remote post-incident investigations:
- Optimised internet video streaming (secure YouTube techniques)
- Colour coded event thumbnail presentation
- Activity overview graphs
- One-touch event navigation
- Bookmarks – for rapid event reference
Recordings are downloadable in user selectable movie player formats, and at various qualities to suite available investigation time, e.g. from rapid low quality images for local intelligence, up to the highest quality court evidence.
- Windows Media Player or SMPlayer
- Windows SiraView player – play all camera views at once
- Advanced encryption privacy – Option for images to not be viewed by any unauthorised persons.
(The Advanced DVR Software is sold as part of the Virtual CCTV Operator software.)
Advanced Add-On Functionality
The Viseum software can be further enhanced with value add features and functionality:
Virtual CCTV Operator software
- Scenario based surveillance profiles
- High density pedestrian saliency
- Traffic management/contraventions
- Person classification for intruder alerts
- ANPR surveillance profiles
- Colour profile suspect recognition
- People counting
- Sound recognition
Advanced DVR Software
- Smart searching (Viseum VideoSweeper)
- People counting
- One-touch burn to DVD
Enhanced central control room integration
Touch Screen Functionality:
- PTZ “Point & Track” or “Point & Go”
- ‘Hot Spot’ management
- Optimised human-machine interplay
Privacy – management records (suspect selection)
The Virtual CCTV Operator software operating system is based on the highly robust Linux platform. This robust software package is now available to support the many different hardware architectures available today. This makes hardware procurement both easier and more cost effective, and encourages the integration of the Viseum IMC technology with more third-party products.
Hardware Manufacture & Quality Control Management
The Viseum software system is future proofed by providing single pixel definition from its fixed cameras and matching PTZ camera control accuracy. As camera hardware technologies improve, the Viseum system’s detection and evidence gathering range and performace will increase with them.
To ensure quality control and legal production of any product using Viseum software, an advanced licensing encryption system is implemented during the build process of any system using Viseum software, using a variety of hardware certification processes.
Hardware Maintenance
Immediate or potential hardware problems are dealt with as they occur using Viseum’s Remote Managed Support (RMS) watchdog and self-repair services. For ease and efficiency of maintenance, the unique local application configuration and certification is securely backed up on the DVR Camera Controllers Compact Flash card.
Third-Party Product Integration
The built-in Viseum protocol analyser enables integration with any command control equipment using major brand PTZ protocols to enhance the performance of any control room operations. Using the Viseum SDK and API, third-party products can be integrated with and benefit from enhanced Viseum software functionality.
Bespoke Developments on Request
The Viseum GUI is very popular and familiar. A selection of other GUIs can be used or a customer GUI can be produced. Any PTZ protocols can be supported following quality control and patent licensing.
