New from manufacturer Hanwha Vision is the TNV-C7013RC corner mount camera with AI. It’s designed specifically for prisons and mental health settings with an anti-ligature casing, is one of the latest in Hanwha Vision’s expansion of AI cameras.
Enabling operators to monitor settings 24/7, the addition of AI improves accuracy and reduces false alarms, the product developers say, only alerting operators to events that do require their attention and action. AI allows for greater efficiency when searching video play-back for an event, or object or person of interest by distinguishing objects from their surroundings. Objects are detected and classified in real time. The camera can detect clothing colour if needed, for instance the colour of inmates’ overalls.
For safety and access control, the TNV-C7013RC can also establish virtual areas that trigger events when an object is detected within the defined area. A similar alert can be shared for line crossing. As well as alerting operators to potential trespassing, this feature can also detect loitering and intrusion. Newly added Boolean logic rules can make event triggers more effective by grouping them to issue an alert when a specific set of (up to three) events are detected; for example, an object (person) is identified and enters a specific area, but alarms are not sounded until they cross a line within the area.
With the company’s WiseNRII feature and Prefer Shutter control, the product decreases noise and blur around detected objects. By re-adjusting ‘Prefer Shutter’ value to an optimal level, the motion blur of fast-moving objects can be reduced. Simultaneously, extreme wide dynamic range (WDR) uses multi-frame scene analysis to provide clear images even in places with strong backlight conditions.
The TNV-C7013RC comes with the Wisenet7 SoC that further improves image quality during the day and night. It delivers forensic-level image quality and low-light performance at 4K and 6MP at 30 framer per second (fps) and 2MP at 120fps.
Alongside the new AI features, the TNV-C7013RC features 940nm IR (infra-red) that is invisible to human eyes, minimising unnecessary distress to patients and inmates. The camera also has a 128 degree by 100 degree field of view (FoV) to cover all areas of a square room. The camera comes with end-to-end cybersecurity that securely stores key information and pre-empts hacking risks with unauthorised access blocking. It is also FIPS 140-2 level 2 certified.
Uri Guterman, Head of Product & Marketing at Hanwha Vision says: “The TNV-C7013RC, with its AI features, provides operators with a more efficient and proactive way of securing and monitoring facilities, with fewer false alarms which can be distracting for operators, potentially making them less efficient. This enables security teams to protect vulnerable people 24/7 in mental health and other facilities with AI issuing alerts that require immediate attention.”
