Today, smartphones, iPads and other portable devices are as much a part of security technology as are cameras and recorders. Mobile security as an element of VMS ensures operational efficiencies that would be almost impossible for a non-managed (mobile) system to achieve. With the advent of High Definition Interactive Streaming (HDIS) technology, streaming of multiple SD and HD cameras simultaneously to mobile devices all at full frame rate (30 FPS) and over limited bandwidths is enabled.
More specifically, HDIS technology enables full motion playback of up to 16 HD video streams of live or recorded video at their original frame rate with full digital PTZ control of each camera over limited bandwidth network connections via 3G and 4G Wi-Fi, broadband and Internet. This technology allows remote users to access multiple HD images in real-time from an iPad tablet, PC or laptop with a standard Web interface.
Apply VMS to Achieve Operational Efficiencies
In addition to keeping students and staff safe, cameras can help administrators manage discipline problems or monitor facility levels and capabilities. Video can help to manage the flow of students, analyze bottlenecks that form between classes or view vehicle traffic flow.
Video is an excellent resource for facility management by enabling operators to view and evaluate a physical plant system malfunction before deciding whether to send a technician. Integrated with the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, video could help save energy costs by automatically turning up the air conditioner only when a room is occupied. And when mobile security is implemented, individuals in the field can use their smart phones to send video images of a dangerous situation, such as a sewer without a grate, to authorities.
In today’s education environment, incorporating VMS best practices not only optimizes state of the art imaging technology, it enables the central management of complex systems and allows users to have an entire facility at their fingertips.
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Gadi Piran is the president of OnSSI.
