Arecont Vision Introduces Industry's First Full Line of H.264 IP Megapixel
Cameras
Proprietary H.264 Implementation Supports 1.3, 2.0, 3.0, 5.0 Megapixels With
Up to 25X Greater Compression Than MJPEG.
GLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Arecont Vision, the industry
leader in IP megapixel camera technology, is debuting the industry's first
full line of H.264 IP cameras at INTERSEC Middle East which opens on January
14th in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Comprised of four models offering 1.3, 2,
3 and 5 megapixels, the new line features Arecont Vision's proprietary H.264
compression technology to provide security professionals with the broad range
of video formats and resolutions required for various applications. The new
H.264 megapixel cameras support multi-streaming capabilities for the
transmission of several H.264 video streams at different video formats, frame
rates, and/or resolutions.
Arecont Vision's new H.264 megapixel camera line was developed by applying
the company's world-class expertise in the field of FPGA-based hardware image
processing. The resulting proprietary H.264 encoder implemented on a single
FPGA delivers 80 billion operations per second, a feat that would require 25
Pentium computers. The compression improvement (stream size reduction) with
high video resolution is up to 25 times greater than conventional MJPEG
compression when capturing a typical street surveillance scene with moving
vehicles and people. As a result, a high-quality 3 megapixel video stream at
20fps can be as low as 2 Mbps.
"Arecont offers the industry's first and only full line of H.264 megapixel
video surveillance cameras," said Dr. Vladimir Berezin, President, Arecont
Vision. "With up to 25 times higher compression than MJPEG, our new H.264 line
of megapixel cameras offers the perfect combination of high resolution and
bandwidth efficiency at a very competitive price point."
Images from Arecont's H.264 megapixel cameras can be scaled to 1920 x
1080,
or 1280 x 720 resolution with a 16 x 9 aspect ratio for a true High Definition
format. Up to four virtual cameras can be streamed by selecting regions of
interest within the image and acquiring them independently. Resolution is
fully controllable making it possible to stream full resolution or less in
order to conserve bandwidth. It is also possible to stream the full field of
view at a lower resolution while streaming regions of interest at full
megapixel density.
With support for compliant Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) and auto-iris control
functionality, Arecont's H.264 megapixel surveillance solutions deliver full
motion progressive scan resolution along with a host of features including
Ultra Forensic Zooming to zoom in on recorded video with simultaneous viewing
of zoomed and full field of view images. The new cameras will also support
RTP protocol for direct streaming of H.264 video into third-party software
players, such as Apple's QuickTime, as well as custom TFTP protocol for
streaming into Arecont Vision's own AV100 software, and other custom software
applications developed using Arecont's SDK (Software Development Kit).
Arecont Vision's new H.264 1.3, 2, 3 and 5 megapixel cameras are available
for evaluation with full-scale production of the single- and dual-sensor
camera models slated for the second quarter of 2008. Arecont will release
quad-sensor panoramic cameras with their proprietary H.264 compression
technology later in 2008.
For more information contact Arecont Vision by calling toll free
1-877-CAMERA-8, or visiting www.arecontvision.com
About Arecont
Arecont Vision is the leading manufacturer of high-performance megapixel
IP cameras and associated software. Arecont Vision products are made in the
USA and feature proprietary low-cost massively parallel image processing
architectures MegaVideo(R) and SurroundVideo(R) that represent a drastic
departure from traditional analog and network camera designs. These innovative
technologies enable Arecont Vision to deliver multi-megapixel digital video at
standard IP camera price points.
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