Camera manufacturer AMG Panogenics have announced a technology partnership with Wavestore, a leading provider of video recorder solutions.
Wavestore say that this partnership will reinforce their capability to provide open platform video recording solutions with the latest camera technology, including 360 degree optics.
Chris Williams, director of Wavestore said “The use of 360 degree technology can significantly reduce the number of cameras, infrastructure and security personnel needed to monitor a large area, and with no moving parts, further savings can be achieved on maintenance cost. It is not surprising that they are increasingly being specified for projects where there is a need to continuously monitor activity such as in retail environments, airports and public spaces. We are, therefore, very pleased to have the opportunity to work closely with an innovative manufacturer such as AMG Panogenics to deliver to customers the benefits of a combined PanoCam360 camera and Wavestore recording solution.”
As we exclusively reported back in December, AMG Systems have moved into the security camera market with the new PanoCam 360 models, designed and manufactured here in the UK. The cameras are able to capture five megapixel images at 12.5 frames per second.
Dr Alan Hayes explained the rationale behind the new cameras at the time: “We’ve developed very good relationships with systems integrators and installers. Our business model’s wholly based on excellent customer service. In short, we’re trusted, but we also know we cannot compete with the Far Eastern manufacturers in terms of being a ‘Me too’ supplier of cameras. We’re engineers, and we have a relatively high cost base here.”
Wavestore V5 software
The problem of fast compression and dewarping of HD video is likely to be helped by the new partnership with Wavestore. Customers will be able to choose to use the in-built dewarping functionality in the camera, or to use Wavestore’s recording software to do the work.
The latter will mean that the images are dewarped locally for display, thus reducing the demand on networks to transmit the data.
Mr Williams explains, “[Wavestore V5 software] will record the original fisheye images captured by a PanoCam360 camera and simultaneously display the locally de-warped images created by the Wavestore software, as well as images from other network and analogue cameras, in a multi-image display. The original images captured by the 360 degree camera images are stored unaltered hence, if required, specific video data can be presented and verified in a court of law.
“Dewarping locally reduces the number of simultaneous image streams from the camera and this in turn reduces the demand on the network bandwidth.”