Colombia. Today's technology allows monitoring critical areas, high traffic and increase the feeling of security in commercial or work environments, Pelco by Schneider Electric has highly specialized equipment for each case and each environment.
From a kindergarten to a bench can be video monitored but to achieve optimal results and get the most out of the system, you must have the right equipment and of course, go to a qualified supplier. Camilo A. Sánchez R, Buildings Business Regional Sales Manager – Andean at Pelco by Schneider Electric assures that "choosing a suitable camera is vital to guarantee that you will have quality evidence at the time of an event.
"It is very common to find in the media, news where video clips that are shown as evidence of some fact, do not have enough quality to identify the people who appear there. This makes closed circuit television (CCTV) completely useless, since there is not enough evidence to prosecute an offender."
At present, the offer of security cameras is very wide, but they have always been classified into two large groups: fixed and mobile or PTZ, for its acronym in English of Pan, Tilt and Zoom, that is to say that they have the possibility of moving vertically and horizontally, in addition to having a good approach lens.
For areas such as corridors, it is necessary to use a fixed camera with a high millimeter lens, so that it allows to have a long range with a closed angle. For an open area, a PTZ camera can be used, resistant to the environment, with a programmed travel pattern to cover the critical points. On the other hand, it is already in common use the 360 camera is equivalent to having several fixed cameras in one.
From the image produced by this type of camera, it is possible to have all the details that are presented in a scene, within a radius of up to 40 meters. Regarding the cutting-edge technology in terms of video surveillance, the expert of Pelco by Schneider Electric, says: "Nowadays technological advancement allows to configure intelligent video analysis, including automatic tracking of people or objects, once they appear on the scene. Likewise, the thermal technology that has been developed under the concept of producing an image from the heat emanating from the human body is applied. Being a different operating principle than optical cameras, they operate under any lighting condition. This type of equipment produces a video image in real time and unlike other night vision systems that need small amounts of light to generate an image, the thermal camera does not need light at all."
The fundamental application of these thermal cameras is the surveillance of extensive perimeters for the detection of intruders without having to have lighting in these spaces, and is complemented by intelligent video analysis. This video analysis allows the camera to automatically send an alert to the system operator in case of an intrusion.
With these video surveillance systems, it is virtually impossible for the details of a scene to escape, but their technology continues to evolve and has become so specialized that it includes intrinsically safe equipment, such as cameras that do not cause explosion in volatile environments, or pressurized cameras and housings, as well as highly armored ones, those resistant to moisture and corrosion and others that even have a built-in heater to defrost your protective window in extremely cold environments.
