Cold weather can wreak havoc on your video surveillance system, but making sure that your cameras can survive the winter is sometimes an afterthought that occurs only when below-freezing temperatures have hampered their performance. Here is a handy checklist to keep your security solution up and running during the coldestContinue Reading

When it comes to panoramic cameras, there are a number of options on the market to choose from. Some include multiple sensors in a single housing. Others produce panoramas with a single camera sensor. Each of these has its strengths that allow it to shine in particular situations. The challengeContinue Reading

License Plate Recognition (LPR) is often spoken of as an application for collecting license plate data of vehicles traveling on highways and city streets. As such, parking lot management is a sometimes-overlooked beneficiary of LPR technology. Parking lot management with LPR provides high return on investment for residential complexes, schoolContinue Reading

Top ten installation challenges A successful camera installation requires careful consideration. Which cameras should you choose? How should they be installed?  In this ten-step guide we will describe some of the challenges you might encounter during installation, and how to deal with them. We’ll guide you through areas such asContinue Reading

Image quality Setting up successful video surveillance requires attention to many details. The ultimate goal is to provide images of sufficient quality to support your surveillance objective – but what is image quality, and how do you adjust your camera to achieve your goal? Light The basic principle behind mostContinue Reading

Identification and Recognition Does your surveillance project need to identify or recognize persons? Do you need to identify objects such as license plates? If so, you will not only need to capture the scene at a sufficient resolution, but also take into account factors such as illumination, camera positioning andContinue Reading

Power Basics : Watts, VARs and VA The difference between VA and Watts.The purpose of this Tech Note is to clear up a common misunderstandingabout the measurement of power in alternating current (AC) circuits. Most people with electrical experience have heard that power equals amps times volts. This is alwaysContinue Reading

What is Coaxial Cable? Coaxial cable, sometimes known as coax cable, is an electrical cable which transmits radio frequency (RF) signals from one point to another. The technology has been around since the early 20th century, with these cables mainly being used to connect satellite antenna facilities to homes andContinue Reading

Common lens questions we are often asked are, “What is a lens’s optical format (or size; we will use the two interchangeably) and how does it relate to specific image sensor sizes in industrial cameras?   Along with, “Can any size machine vision camera be used on any lens format or doContinue Reading