Hikvision, the video surveillance product company, has introduced its new PanoVu Series panoramic cameras.
The cameras provide 180- and 360-degree, ultra-high-definition video, integrating video from multiple sensors in one unit. The product offers tracking abilities, linkage to PTZ and zooming into images at up to 36x optical and 16x digital.
The camera is designed for large-scale security monitoring applications such as stadiums, city centres, airports and car parking. Accoding to the firm, the PanoVu series allows users to replace multiple cameras with one multi-sensor unit – cutting costs and reducing technical complexity. The traditional surveillance solution for this type of large 180- or 360-degree scene would require several cameras and server-level video stitching software to blend the images and create a single panoramic picture. Hikvision describes its PanoVu Series as an all-in-one solution which integrates multiple sensors into the one unit, hence no need for video stitching software.
The cameras’ all-in-one design allows only one Ethernet and one power supply cable at installation and configuration.
The units all incorporate Hikvision’s DarkEye super-large aperture lens, sharing the same low-light performance with Hikvision’s DarkFighter Series. They are able to capture the makers say detailed, high resolution colour images in as little light as 0.002 Lux, meaning around-the-clock, 360-degree monitoring is available – suitable it’s claimed for open public spaces in city centres.
Smart Tracking means the cameras support a link to an extra PTZ tracking camera, enabling PanoVu’s zoom capabilities to magnify details in the panoramic image. Smart Tracking allows the simultaneous tracking of multiple targets, in auto and manual tracking modes. The cameras also feature a range of ‘smart’ functions including intrusion detection, line crossing detection, and region entrance and exit detection.
The series cameras are available in 8 megapixel, 180-degree and 16 MP, 360-degree variants. The 16 MP 360-degree models use 8 x 1/1.9-inch Progressive Scan CMOS sensors to create their panoramic images, while the 8 MP models incorporate four sensors to generate their 180-degree images. All of the PanoVu Series Cameras are IP66-rated for use in a wide variety of weather and applications.
The PanoVu has won the “Golden Excellence Award” at the 15th China Public Security Expo and iF’s 2016 Design Award. This product series, and others, are on show at IFSEC International, stand E800, at ExCeL London from June 21 to 23.
