Arecont Vision is adding a feature across the US company’s camera products. The firm says that SNAPstream (Smart Noise Adaptation and Processing) reduces the bandwidth and storage requirement for its megapixel cameras – for many of those already installed, as well as for new models.
Arecont Vision megapixel cameras are based on the company’s in-house developed Massively Parallel Image Processing (MPIP) architecture, which runs on an Arecont Vision-designed circuit board with a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) integrated circuit. Some 140 models of the megapixel cameras across the single- and multi-sensor product families now either ship with SNAPstream bandwidth reduction, or can be upgraded.
A secondary feature of the MPIP architecture that is the company adds in providing cybersecurity. Arecont Vision cameras do not use embedded common operating systems like Linux or Windows. The MPIP architecture replaces the need for a commodity OS. Arecont also develops all its own core features and functions; it doesn’t buy code or preloaded ASIS (application specific integrated circuit) chips with those from third parties. This eliminates the risk of code being interjected unknowingly, the firm says.
The MPIP architectural approach it is claimed reduces the risk of a successful cyberattack on the cameras. Should a hacker breach the ID/16 digit ASCII password of an Arecont Vision camera, they could take the camera offline (although they could do that by cutting cables, spray painting the lenses, or hitting it hard enough with a rock). But they could not re-purpose it for other malicious things, such as inserting malware or a computer virus for use in distributed denial of service (DDoS), network intrusion, or ransomware attacks, the company adds. You can download a paper on cyber from the Arecont website at https://www.arecontvision.com/whitepapers/.
