It took out prizes in both the Technology and Product Innovation categories. This is the eighth year of the North East Business Awards, which are run by The Journal and its sister paper the Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough.
The judges were impressed by the fact that Derwent developed the product in direct response to customer feedback. Derwent claims it is “the only LED infrared illuminator designed specifically to compensate for LED degradation over time”.
“The optical output of typical LED illuminators will degrade by up to 10 per cent within the first few months of operation and continue to degrade during the operational life of the illuminator,” Derwent says. “This is a long-standing performance-related problem identified by security specifiers, consultants, and end users alike. LED degradation results in poor light output, reduced image quality and reduced illumination range.
“Aegis is the only IR illuminator to feature a built-in microprocessor which controls and adjusts light output to automatically compensate for LED degradation and guarantee a constant level of lighting performance over the life of the illuminator.” Derwent calls the technology ‘Constant Light’.
Aegis also features Black Diamond technology, a micro-refractive lens technique that enables up to 220m of even infrared illumination and widened beam patterns – up to 120 deg from a single unit.This is designed to provide 360 degrees of illumination for dome CCTV cameras with only three wide angle illuminators.
