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INSIDE STORY
Securing outdoor car parks
The outdoor car park generally covers a large area and has multiple entries and exits with a high turnover of cars and people. Sometimes, one can contain hundreds of cars at once and on a regular day, the lighting changes during day and night. With such problems, there are challenges in securing car parks with surveillance
Criminals tend to loiter in car parks looking for cars whose windows and doors are unlocked by accident. They may even take violent actions to damage the car for the property in the car, for example, breaking the car windows or forcibly opening the car doors.
Another surprisingly common problem is a traffic accident such as a car collision occurring due to occupying the same parking space, or a vehicle or a person accidentally running into the blind spot of the car. In this case, some drivers flee the scene in order to avoid responsibility.
The presence of the traditional IP camera and PTZ cameras is common around parking areas. They have certainly made contributions in monitoring safety and security of the cars, property and drivers. However, there are also certain disadvantages; traditional IP cameras cannot track the details while monitoring the panorama and traditional PTZ camera ignores the panoramic information while tracking the details.
The dual lens PTZ camera
Uniview’s new 4-inch dual lens PTZ camera combines an IP camera and PTZ into one unit, thus, can monitor the expansive panorama and distinct details and ensure either of them doesn’t lose any crucial information.
The unit can solve the challenges described earlier as the dual lens design allows the synchronous monitoring of the outdoors parking area and tracks targets quickly when there is an abnormal situation. If another abnormal situation occurs in this panorama, it can also be tracked in a timely manner.
Here we find out more about the new camera:
What is the advantage of a dual lens? With its resolution and zoom, the fixed lens panoramic monitoring is not affected while the detail lens zooms to track the target, and clear images can be monitored. While monitoring outdoor car parks, if a target is spotted in the picture, the detail lens will automatically track and zoom in to see the details. At the same time, the fixed lens is able to monitor the rest area, in order to maintain thorough information. The presence of the traditional IP camera and PTZ cameras is common around parking areas. They have certainly made contributions in monitoring safety and security
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What is the image quality like? The outdoor car park may have low visibility at night due to insufficient lighting, which makes it difficult to monitor the target. Benefiting from the ColorHunter and LightHunter technologies, the camera can capture clear images in low-light environment. Moreover, with the help of warm light of ColorHunter technology, the camera can provide colourful and clear images at night. Is it easy to install? The unit has the same size as a football so it doesn’t need a lot of labour for installation, lens adjustment, debugging and so on. This is especially beneficial in the case of outdoor parking areas when a large number of cameras usually need to be installed, so the specification of this new camera could effectively reduce engineer labour costs and time.
What else can the cameras do? The Smart intrusion prevention function can effectively filter inattentive information, focusing only on people, non-motor vehicle and vehicle. Only when these targets violate the rules will the alarm be triggered. In the complex environment of car parks, with the help of the smart intrusion prevention, the false alarm rate will be reduced and the efficiency of management will be improved.
Also if suspicious activities are detected, such as destroying vehicles or stealing property from the cars, a noticeable light and sound alarm will be triggered to expel the suspicious target, which can effectively protect the safety of the whole site.
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