Cctv Surveillance Systems: Those New Security Guys

Don't look now! Someone's staring at you from thatsurveillance systems in preventing a repeat of
far wall behind the artificial potted plants in this busylarge-scale terrorism after the 9/11 attack at the World
hotel lobby. But there's no need for that furtive glanceTrade Center. These developers are working hard to
like you have some lint on your shoulder. There's nodevelop programs for surveillance systems, among
need for those tiny furtive steps either. No one'sthem an important feature known as face recognition.
stalking you. It's just the hotel's CCTV surveillanceWith face recognition installed in CCTV surveillance
system. The hotel has recently been caught up in thesystems, it is now easy to recognize certain key
wave of video surveillance. That someone staring atfeatures in the face of an individual. This face will be
you from across the room is just the camera from thecompared to a host of faces from a database of
newly installed CCTV surveillance systems. In hotelsmug shots and photographs. A person flagged as
and in places where there is high human traffic, statedangerous can then be prevented from gaining access
of the art CCTV surveillance systems have beento buildings or public transportations, thus thwarting any
mounted for purposes of safety and as crimeplanned attack or escape.
deterrents.Big Investment That Pays Off
That Constant FearCCTV surveillance systems today now boast of
The world, it seems, is gripped by fear of terroristfunctionalities not seen in the video surveillance
attacks. In fact, after 9/11, it seems to be a Herculeansystems of the past. This time, CCTV surveillance
effort to make life go on - do business, travel, interactsystems have
with others in densely populated places. After all, if1. motion detection. This means that the surveillance
there's anything 9/11 has shown us, it is that a bombsystem only records footage when movement
could go off in a sidewalk while you are having an altriggers the surveillance system.
fresco lunch with a colleague, or blow up the2. resolution as clear as day. Grainy footage is not a
trans-continental plane you are in while it's in in the air,problem anymore with some video surveillance
cruising at 125,000 feet.cameras featuring 1600 x 1200 dpi, or even more,
The security guys you see milling about do notresolution.
reassurance you. You have always felt that security3. night and infrared vision. Even with low or minimal
guys patrolling public places have a very limitedlighting, these new surveillance systems can record
capacity for preventing crime. They only act whenimages with infrared technology.
something happens in their line of sight. By then,Government administrators are seeing the positive side
however, you'd be beyond help.of surveillance systems. In fact, after 9/11, federal
You're Safe Nowbudget is flowing in for these new security measures.
Installed in a strategic spot and equipped with cuttingThere are states which require the installation of
edge technology in surveillance cameras, CCTVsurveillance systems in business establishments before
surveillance systems can record everything that goesthese businesses can operate.
on in its line of focus. These recordings can later beSo, there is really no need to be afraid. CCTV
retrieved and analyzed to recreate scenes.surveillance systems, those new security guys, have
Software developers now see the potential of CCTVyour back. They are always watching.