Camera Surveillance

When you monitor your home or office with closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance, it’s like you have an entire television network devoted to the safety of your home. CCTV broadcasts your security surveillance on a private in-home network. Unlike broadcast television, CCTV components are hooked directly to each other via cables or direct wireless means.

Already popular in large public places where security is heightened, such as at airports or casinos, Surveillance systems are becoming more and more widely used in private home settings as well.

CCTV is inexpensive and simple to use, and it will help increase your security and your peace of mind.

Technology and Crime

Many independent studies in the United States and United Kingdom have suggested that CCTV surveillance acts as a powerful deterrent, stopping crimes before they happen. Studies also show strong evidence that CCTV can be an extremely effective tool in detection and prosecution. The men believed to have been responsible for the July terrorist attacks on London’s public transport system were later identified on the prevalent CCTV networks in the U.K.’s public places.

Security into Your Home

The same video surveillance technology used in our public venues is available for your home. We offer systems that can monitor every room in your home with clear, high visibility images. CCTV surveillance is available for 4, 9, or up to 16 rooms in your home. By monitoring your family’s security on a camera network, you are able to record suspicious activities as they occur. Monitor your yard, front door, garage, even your mailbox.

Camera offer the following features that allow you to monitor multiple areas of your home simultaneously and in real-time:
(1) Multiple channel video input
(2) Multiple channel audio input
(3) Real time display
(4) Pan/tilt/zoom
(5) USB backup

Camera Surveillance Laws

Video surveillance is subject to the laws regarding a person’s right to privacy. We strongly believe that camera security is a powerful addition to your home security system. Your home is your castle, and you have the right to protect it. However, you want to remain on the right side of the law. Therefore, when installing a camera system in your home, it is important that you are certain of the legality of your surveillance. Consult with a lawyer or your local law enforcement to ensure that you are meeting all the requirements of local, state, and federal CCTV laws.

Benefits and Technology

The benefits of installing CCTV technology in your home include: Easy video surveillance and security that fits any sized home.

By: Ralph Winn

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An IP, or Internet Camera, records surveillance video onto an Internet video server, and is now replacing the old method of storing to tape. The need to monitor ATM machines for instances of theft is obvious, and IP cameras offer the best protection from money being stolen from automatic teller machines.

The Practical Advantages of IP Cameras

Monitoring ATMs at night is where the true advantages of network cameras can be noticed. Consider that a video server system recording to tape will be required to record twelve hours of footage if the entire night is to be recorded. In the case of Internet cameras, only a few gigabytes of data would be required, rather than between six and twelve tapes for the old system. Not only this, but Internet cameras can also come equipped with motion detector technology, which will only recorded video when motion is detected on the screen. So if, for example, a smash and grab robbery occurs at an ATM, the video footage will instantly be saved, and security personnel will not have to spend time looking for the moment the robbery occurs on the tapes.

“Smash-and-grabs” are a common method for stealing money from ATMs. In fact, not just money but the entire ATM is stolen! Criminals achieve this by driving a truck or other large vehicle into the building holding the ATM, and carry the machine off with them.

Here’s where another great advantage of this technology comes into play. Motion detector cameras can send an email or SMS to security personnel or police notifying them of movement taking place within the recorded area, so they will be told if there is a smash and grab robbery occurring. This will mean the correct authorities will be notified almost instantaneously of the occurrence of the robbery. Since the video is being recorded over the Internet, it could also be accessed remotely via a designated computer, so the vehicle committing the crime can be identified straight away. There’s no longer a need to worry about a security officer falling asleep in his office while a robbery takes place.

Setting up the Network Camera

While these cameras are extremely helpful, they won’t replace all human thought that needs to go into protecting ATMs. A person will still need to consider how to best position the camera to get a clear image of the individual or vehicle that engages in the crime, how best to achieve a shot with a full image of the face of the perpetrator or number plate of the vehicle. This could mean the difference between money being stolen and lost forever, or money returned and criminals brought to the authorities.

IP Cameras are not just convenient; they’re a necessary force against those engaged in criminal acts. With the ability to maintain and access a video server remotely over the internet, become instantly notified of crime taking place, and notify authorities just as quickly, the growing popularity of internet cameras should come as no surprise.

By: Wes Fernley

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No matter what kind of vehicle you drive, there are still blind spots that prevent you from seeing what you need to see in order to prevent a car crash. Many car crashes could have been prevented over the years if only today’s technology had been available. Now that it is available in the form of a rearview mirror hidden camera, you can feel more secure when driving. The use of a hidden camera attached to your rearview mirror will give you better vision for what is coming up around you and aid in preventing an accident.

Since even today’s newer cars have blind spots, the option to add camera surveillance in the form of a hidden camera aids in better vehicle security and safety. It is a safety precaution we all need in today’s world. Now that you know how a rearview mirror hidden camera can benefit you in preventing an accident, we will cover how it works and the product features.

This particular hidden camera attaches to your rearview mirror and has front and rear color cameras along with built in DVR functions as well as audio. The following is an overview of the features available on the rearview mirror hidden camera.

* Built-in Color Camera – Featuring digital technology that is compatible with an SD card (8 MB card included but accepts up to 16 MB card) all contained in this small 1/4 inch color camera.

* Rotation and Recording – This tiny color camera rotates 330 degrees and allows for recording via built-in DVR. The rotation includes interior and exterior views so you can see inside and outside of your car with no blind spots.

* External Wireless Camera – Included with this is a wireless camera that can be mounted in the rear dash or to an area on the outside of your vehicle.

* Easy to Read LCD Monitor – The monitor is a 3.6 inch LCD Thin Film Transistor style that plays or replays activity on your rearview mirror. You can switch from external to front camera options with the touch of a button.

* Battery – This also includes a convenient built-in rechargeable battery that you can charge through your cigarette lighter or a USB option for your computer. This is completely portable and easy to use.

This rearview mirror hidden camera is truly the most revolutionary way to provide yourself with more effective vehicle safety and peace of mind. You can get more information on this amazing piece of vehicle safety equipment and even see videos of it in action online.

By: Charles Dougherty

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The usage of ubiquitous Cell Phones is spreading at high speed all over the world. Their main application is obviously for communication and for exchanging messages. In certain cases the capability provided by these instruments, to call urgently for help or to find promptly someone who went lost, can really save lives.

That is why children and elderly people, even if less technically savvy than young and active persons, should be instructed in the practical functions of these gadgets and helped in mastering at least the essential features.

It is true that an operating cell-phone emits interceptable signals that can help in locating the whereabouts of the owner of that instrument. This use is more linked to spying than to the classic meaning of Surveillance and it may be forbidden by law.

It was almost inevitable that the addition of a tiny camera and a mini screen to the basic cell-phone would prompt enterprising inventors to implement surveillance capability.

In fact, there is a relatively recent application that permits to every owner of a modern camera cell-phone to set it up so that it shows whatever is seen by a simple webcam placed at home in a strategic location.

Imagine looking at will at streaming videos of whatever happens, or does not happen, at the selected location surveyed by the camera at home. The webcam is connected to the Internet and therefore the system enjoys continuous functionality almost everywhere on the globe.

Although somehow limited in it’s capability, if compared with more complete Surveillance systems, nonetheless the images can have real importance in certain instances, with the invaluable advantage that the basic setup can be implemented easily at a limited cost.

Would it be interesting to discover what has to be set up and how, to obtain a usable system and enjoy the good feeling of knowing at each instant what is going on at home?

A commercial enterprise prepared an instructional Guide containing all needed information to set up and operate just that system. It offers it for sale to any person interested in this solution. Of course prospective customers should be aware of all advantages and limitations, relative to more complex systems.

Some choices are left to the user, that will select the combination best apt to provide the most complete and friendly answer to the required Surveillance level.

This approach can be an inexpensive surveillance solution for users who can imagine the kind of information that they would like to gather when they are on the move, and agree that this is what they want.

The Guide is meant to help everybody, even if not technical expert and it comes with the usual 60 days guarantee and with the promise of individual help by email in case any difficulties arise.

It seems so promising a system that it is quite possible that other entrepreneurs will jump on the idea and try to develop similar applications with their own special features.

By: Elia Levi

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