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IMC Intelligent Moving Camera CCTV
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BBC & Salford City Council
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CCTV 'TAKES CENTRE STAGE' @ BBC's PROMS IN THE PARK
The Viseum IMC in situ at the BBC Proms in the Park event in Salford.
Crowds who turned out to see the legendary Chris de Burgh perform for BBC's Proms in the Park at Buile Hill Park in
Salford, were kept safe like no other music fans ever before. Organisers of the event from Salford City Council provided
CCTV for the audience, to prevent potential trouble spots in the crowd, using the advanced Intelligent Moving Camera
known as IMC, from Viseum. The camera monitored an area the size of 14 football pitches to look out for potential
incidents, all by itself, without human intervention.
The camera is completely automated and not controlled by a person. Whilst providing a key benefit of not infringing
anyone's privacy, this camera's performance provided reassurance for the audience that they were being actively
protected, ensuring the ultimate deterrent to would-be-offenders. The IMC was only specified on the Tuesday prior to last
Saturday's concert; a major advantage of this camera is its ability to be rapidly deployed in such circumstances. After
recently watching one of their new IMCs perform excellently while protecting another part of Salford, the council
expressed a desire to have a further one to protect their event, so Viseum immediately conjured up a solution for use at
the BBC Proms in the Park.
The costs for conventional CCTV coverage of this event would have been astronomical. It would have taken around 130
traditional CCTV cameras to provide similar coverage, and they still would not have provided the same amount of close up
evidence as a single innovative IMC camera. Danny Hoy, facilities manager for Salford City Council, said: “The IMC's six fixed
lenses with pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) functions, make it ideal for covering large scale events. Traditional cameras can only
look at a fraction of a space at any one time, unlike the Viseum model which constantly protects the entire area. It also
works without the need for an operator, which saves both time and money.”
The IMC is a well established and proven technology, research demonstrating a fantastic success
rate in clearing up problems. This added value in proactively yet cost-effectively preventing such
problems, is why an increasing number of organisations and local authorities in particular are
turning to the Viseum IMC.
Want to know more?
Contact us on +44 (0)1322 405724 or visit www.viseum.co.uk
Viseum IMCs have been granted 20 years patent protection
Any non-Viseum branded IMC system is either noticeably inferior or an illegal copy and in breach of International Law
European Patent 1579399, International Patent Pending: PCT/GB 03/04691, PCT/GB2006/001414 Canadian Patent Pending CA2505340
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CCTV 'TAKES CENTRE STAGE' @ BBC's PROMS IN THE PARK
Viseum are the owners of the patent protecting the many IMC products in the
marketplace, and responsible for the advanced algorithms that drive these products.
The Viseum technology was developed to support resource-stretched security
organisations. Stuart Thompson, managing director of Viseum, said: “I am obviously
delighted that it's finding a wide variety of uses, and CCTV is now no longer just an
option for large corporates with big security budgets.”
Another key to the camera's success is in the fact that it can be pre-programmed to
monitor certain activities in particular areas, but it will still look out for incidents in the
many areas where random crimes could occur. At the Proms concert the camera was
scheduled to look for any type of “crowd surge or kerfuffle”. Group 4, main show
contractors, commented: “This system is extremely easy to use and significantly adds to crowd protection. Having any type
of CCTV at these types of event is rare. This may now have changed with the introduction of this technology.” Local police
present at the event commented: “Impressive”, “certainly very clever technology”, and “amazing!”
“The BBC had never seen anything like it”, added Stuart Thompson. “It took us a while to explain that nobody was
operating it, and there was no danger of us getting in their way as it was totally automated.”
The IMC can follow instructions to focus on anything from anti-social behaviour to street drinking, making it an invaluable
resource for anyone concerned with security in any environment. Viseum showcased the IMC at its technology event in
Salford on Wednesday 16 September, representatives of local authorities, police forces and commercial organisations
attending to see the IMC in action and learn more about what can now be achieved with CCTV.
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Showing traditional PTZ cameras to be inferior in comparison to IMCs in many circumstances.
The content of this Case Study has been approved by the BBC and Salford City Council.
“The only better solution would
be having police constantly
there”.
Community Safety Warden
Want to know more?
Contact us on +44 (0)1322 405724 or visit www.viseum.co.uk
Viseum IMCs have been granted 20 years patent protection
Any non-Viseum branded IMC system is either noticeably inferior or an illegal copy and in breach of International Law
European Patent 1579399, International Patent Pending: PCT/GB 03/04691, PCT/GB2006/001414 Canadian Patent Pending CA2505340
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NEW INTELLIGENT MOVING CAMERA HELPS TACKLE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
The latest camera to be added to Guildford Borough Council's CCTV operation has
demonstrated that its ability to move intelligently by itself has helped reduce disorder.
The Intelligent Moving Camera (IMC), provided by Viseum, has been placed where it can
detect activity at a particularly unusual junction where five roads meet and people
congregate. The camera is programmed according to need and can then be put to use to
address specific behaviours according to current neighbourhood issues.
The IMC has been fully integrated into Guildford's CCTV control room to assist their
operators in proactively looking after the community. As well as its automated functions,
they can also take manual control of this camera if needed to focus attention on any
particular issues.
Alec Herd, Chairman of the National CCTV User Group, who manages the Surrey Police CCTV control room explained: “This camera has
helped address residents' fear of crime in an area that was difficult to police with traditional CCTV technologies. Offenders have also got the
message – they realise they cannot evade the camera's intelligent monitoring.
“The camera provides an excellent deterrent and a lot of the problems we used to experience in this location have simply vanished.”
“I knew that until it was put in and trialled nothing would be certain, but I am pleased to report that it has demonstrated it can address a
majority of the problems. The ability for an operator to take manual control of the automatic movement of the IMC ensures it is directed
accordingly – which in turn can free up more time for operators to monitor other cameras across the borough.
"Since the installation there has been a positive response in that the low level anti-social behaviour in the area has fallen off and residents
should be reassured by the presence of the camera. As such it has been a successful introduction and its continuing use in this specific
location will be of benefit to the community and local retailers."
Viseum's managing director, Stuart Thompson explained: “This installation has done a great job where no obvious solution previously existed
and has delivered a return on our customer's investment in less than three months.
“This particular IMC overlooks a busy local shopping area. We set up intelligent surveillance profiles using local knowledge to seek out
pedestrian disturbances during weekdays, evenings and weekends, and vehicular incidents during rush-hour.
”An alert was received from our remote managed service on the evening of 13 September, identifying a disturbance. The IMC had picked
everything up well and allowed the police to attend and control the incident before it escalated into crimes being committed.”
Guildford is one of the first areas to integrate this new technology and many visitors have come to see how the IMC could work in their
control rooms. All who have seen it in action have made plans to introduce the system and take advantage of its human-to-machine interplay
to help in their problem areas and to improve the overall efficiency of their CCTV schemes.
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Conventional CCTV Infrastructures
Before Viseum - when an operator is distracted or
simply not available, crime is missed.
Most traditional moving cameras in your CCTV
network are either left stationary, looking at nothing,
or left on preset tours, which allows them to look at
nothing in different places. Potential wrong-doers
often assume that these are just not being watched.
Want to know more?
Contact us on +44 (0)1322 405724 or visit www.viseum.co.uk
Viseum IMCs have been granted 20 years patent protection
Any non-Viseum branded IMC system is either noticeably inferior or an illegal copy and in breach of International Law
European Patent 1579399, International Patent Pending: PCT/GB 03/04691, PCT/GB2006/001414 Canadian Patent Pending CA2505340
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Major UK Police Authority 2009
Re-deployable CCTV
Viseum supported a major Police Force to train their staff using one of their re-deployable Viseum IMC installations in the field as an
example. This camera had captured close up evidence that would have been missed by any other camera, of a gang throwing stones and
smashing residents' windows. The evidence was played to all the PCs who looked at each other with delight saying “this camera is perfect”.
As they watched the movie they recognized and were able to name all the individuals involved.
The PC who manages this particular area said “with various crime reduction initiatives they have managed to make a real difference to
problem communities all over the Borough, but with this particular community nothing made a difference until this camera was installed”.
He also commented “no other camera would have caught this evidence” and “The Viseum camera has made a much bigger impact on the
public than any other camera” and “Having this camera looking like it's being manned is priceless”.
London Borough of Ealing 2009
Shopping High Street
One of the first London Council customers of the Forward Vision ART1-100.
A recent comment by Ealing Council "As part of our commitment to making Ealing safer we have recently installed a new CCTV camera
known as an Intelligent Moving Camera or simply IMC. These cameras move automatically to capture crime and anti-social behaviour
without the need for CCTV operators being present. This camera is seen to be constantly monitoring the area and gives the impression
that it is being controlled by a CCTV Operator. This provides both reassurance to residents and small business owners and a deterrent
to would be offenders. Our staff also use this camera proactively to provide even greater protection for the surrounding community.
For example, our CCTV managers instruct this camera to look out for potentially aggressive street drinking in certain areas, so that
when our staff are busy dealing with other security issues, they can either watch this camera and quickly pass information that it
captures over to the police, or allow it to move completely autonomously to collect the evidence."
Chester City Council 2008
Shopping Parade
Trial of the Forward Vision ART1-100 prototype product. Another like-for-like comparison with “manned” camera.
The Viseum IMC system not only captured all reported incidents but also a number of crimes that would have gone
unnoticed by any other solution – amongst others, this included a late night disturbance of gangs fighting (the ring
leaders were later expelled from the area under ASBO injunctions), and a drunken gang of youths who trespassed
onto the council library's roof to throw stones down at the public.
Chester City Council publically endorsed Viseum IMC technology by releasing their findings for publication with a
number of the industry’s major security trade journals.
Luton Borough Council 2007
Housing Estate
A well publicised acid test for the Viseum IMC technology launch. A like-for-like comparison between a Viseum-driven IMC and
the council's manned CCTV infrastructure. Over a one year period, even in its prototype stage, the Viseum IMC caught crucial
evidence of all reported incidents and also several unreported ones, but the manned CCTV infrastructure
didn't catch anything until the Viseum IMC was integrated into the CCTV control room.
Luton Borough Council endorsed their confidence in the use of Viseum in several ways,
including an official letter, their own publicity (which lead to Viseum's publicity
with national TV and tabloid press), and their offer to discuss Viseum with others
who want to learn of its benefits.
Want to know more?
Contact us on +44 (0)1322 405724 or visit www.viseum.co.uk
Viseum IMCs have been granted 20 years patent protection
Any non-Viseum branded IMC system is either noticeably inferior or an illegal copy and in breach of International Law
European Patent 1579399, International Patent Pending: PCT/GB 03/04691, PCT/GB2006/001414 Canadian Patent Pending CA2505340
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Peter Fry said
The CCTV User Group is a not-for-profit organisation and the leading world influence in CCTV practises. This group has formed the
CCTV User Group Inc. to provide a similar support to security managers in the USA.
Photos of Support from CCTV User Group & CCTV Image
www.cctvusergroup.co.uk www.cctvimage.com
After a live field demonstration of an early prototype of the Viseum technology, the Director of The CCTV User Group, Peter Fry wrote:
“Well designed and well managed CCTV systems in the UK have proved themselves time and time again to be valuable tools in the reduction
of anti-social behaviour and criminal activity, and in the post incident identification of offenders.
However the considerable costs of installing the number of cameras necessary to adequately monitor an area, the transmission system and
provision of a control facility able to record the images adequately, have meant that up to now it simply has not been cost effective to
introduce systems that monitor small local shopping parades or residential areas.
I was personally very impressed with this demonstration of Viseum technology that has now overcome virtually all of these constraints and
provides a well engineered system at a cost that makes it a viable solution for both smaller Neighbourhood Watch groups and groups of
retailers.
Apart from the technology involved, the whole concept of using it as a prime element of a Community SafetyWatch system is a major step
forward, and I was equally impressed by the detailed work undertaken by Viseum in developing the necessary procedures to take into
account all the legislative implications in respect of Data Protection and Human Rights for systems used for public area surveillance.”
"this is exactly what the communities need”
(Local authority)
“the value of this cameras deterrent is immense ”
(CCTV control room manager)
Want to know more?
Contact us on +44 (0)1322 405724 or visit www.viseum.co.uk
Viseum IMCs have been granted 20 years patent protection
Any non-Viseum branded IMC system is either noticeably inferior or an illegal copy and in breach of International Law
European Patent 1579399, International Patent Pending: PCT/GB 03/04691, PCT/GB2006/001414 Canadian Patent Pending CA2505340
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