Units to be used for live surveillance and video analysis purposes
PRINCETON, NJ – March 12, 2007 – Pyramid Vision, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Sarnoff Corporation, today announced that it had received
an order to provide a large quantity of VideoDetective™ systems and training on the systems to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
VideoDetective is a portable, stand-alone video analysis lab that
quickly stabilizes and enhances the quality of live and recorded video.
By transforming shaky, blurry, low-resolution video into clear images,
VideoDetective enables law enforcement officers to enhance video
surveillance footage in the field.
The VideoDetective units will be used in DHS’ Commercial Equipment
Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP), which provides eligible applicants,
such as small communities and rural areas, with technology and
equipment to aid in emergency response preparedness. Units are
currently being used successfully by law enforcement agencies
throughout the country.
“VideoDetective combines portability and unmatched video analysis
capabilities to make it possible for law enforcement agencies to
collect, process and share surveillance footage almost
instantaneously,” said Mike Matisa, the product manager for Law
Enforcement and Product Services at Pyramid Vision. “VideoDetective
also has the capability to stitch together multiple frames of video to
create a large panoramic shot, clearly showing a sequence of events.
The bottom line is that law enforcement officials using VideoDetective
will have higher quality and more actionable video surveillance
footage.”
Local law enforcement agencies using the product agree with Matisa’s assessment.
“VideoDetective has allowed us to recover, process and review an
increased amount of video media that we would not have been able to do
before,” said Detective Sergeant Chris Kurschner of the Teaneck, New
Jersey Police Department. “It has reduced waiting time for the creation
of enhanced, still images that we are able to disseminate to our
officers; an advancement which has led to additional leads and suspect
identifications.”
Key features of VideoDetective include the ability to take multiple
frames of video and process them simultaneously as a complete segment.
The added benefit of real-time image stabilization ensures the viewer
has a complete and clear picture and a sequence of events.
For more information visit: http://www.pyramidvision.com/products/videodetective/index.asp
About Pyramid Vision
Founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of the Sarnoff Corporation, Pyramid Vision develops and manufactures applications that enhance the ability of
security operators, public safety authorities and military forces to
understand and respond to physical security threats. Marketed under an
exclusive licensing arrangement with Sarnoff, Pyramid Vision’s security
products are based on a wide portfolio of patents that are fundamental
to intelligent video surveillance.
About Sarnoff Corporation
Sarnoff Corporation produces innovations in electronic, video and vision technologies that
generate successful new products and services for our government and
commercial clients worldwide. Founded in 1942 as RCA Laboratories,
Sarnoff makes continuous breakthroughs in ICs, lasers, imaging and
sensing devices; digital TV and video for security, surveillance and
entertainment; high-performance networking; and wireless
communications. Sarnoff is a subsidiary of SRI International.
For more information, contact:
Lou Ann Wingerter
609-734-2863
lwingerter@sarnoff.com
