Cernium Intelligent Video Analytics Utilized in Demonstration of Next Generation Remote Emergency Command Center.RESTON, Va. -- A next generation emergency command center equipped with intelligent video analytics capabilities from Cernium Corporation will be on display June 22, 2006 in St. Louis, Mo. The demonstration will showcase a number of new technologies that can be used to improve communications and information gathering capabilities of public officials in disaster and emergency situations. The command center will utilize the St. Louis Regional Exchange, an ultra-efficient digital information delivery network for organizations in and around St. Louis. Refer to www.stlrepcollaborative.org for more information. The demonstration will take place June 22, 2006, 2:00-4:00 p.m. CDT CDT abbr. Central Daylight Time CDT Central Daylight Time CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro; (BRIT , at the St. Louis Regional Exchange located at 710 North Tucker Blvd., Suite 400, St. Louis, MO 63101. Cernium's Perceptrak(R) intelligent video analytics system will monitor video from remote security cameras located at several sites throughout St. Louis for behaviors and events such as abandoned objects, fallen persons, forming or dispersing crowds, and speeding vehicles, among others. In addition, the event will highlight a number of connectivity technologies, such as advanced WiMax-Class wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 communications. The St. Louis Regional Exchange is the first municipally-based regional exchange, and for this demonstration, will connect wired and wireless networks between KETC/Channel 9 in Downtown St. Louis Downtown St. Louis is the central business district of St. Louis, Missouri, the hub of tourism and entertainment and the anchor of the St. Louis Metropolitan area. The downtown is bounded by Interstate 64 to the south, Jefferson Ave. with the planned communities Noun 1. planned community - a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences of WingHaven and BaratHaven in O'Fallon and Dardenne Prairie prairie Level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 40 in. (100 cm) at the forested eastern edge to less than 12 in. . The networks will be hosting several public safety applications. "A Perceptrak(R) video analytics system greatly improves the efficiency and responsiveness of security operators who must view dozens of cameras across multiple security networks to protect the safety of our citizens," said Phil Robertson, Vice President of Corporate Development. "Cernium is very pleased to work with the forward-thinking leadership of the St. Louis community that is equipping e·quip tr.v. e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips 1. a. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions. b. its public safety organizations and emergency responders with the technologies that can help make us all safer." Cernium has more than 100 intelligent video installations throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. at organizations ranging from airports, to corporations such as Boeing, to academic institutions like The Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. , to wide area municipalities like the City of Yonkers Municipal Parking. With systems in operation since 1996, Cernium has the longest record of secure, reliable performance in the video analytics industry. The company's flagship intelligent video analytics system, Perceptrak(R) monitors security video for as many as 18 pre-defined behaviors, including fallen persons, abandoned objects, and lurking See lurk. (messaging, jargon) lurking - The activity of one of the "silent majority" in a electronic forum such as Usenet; posting occasionally or not at all but reading the group's postings regularly. or erratically-behaving individuals. Perceptrak(R) efficiently delivers state-of-the-art behavior recognition, simultaneously monitoring 16 distinct video sources with a single Pentium4 processor, resulting in significantly smaller infrastructure and bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal . Cernium recently introduced the award-winning CheckVideo(TM) analytics system that monitors camera network video quality, and automates set-up and tuning for rapid deployment and maintenance of camera networks. About Cernium Cernium Corporation is the leading developer and provider of behavior recognition software and systems for the security industry, focusing on real-time video analysis. The company's advanced video security systems currently safeguard over one hundred facilities throughout North America, representing a range of industry sectors that include government, healthcare, transportation, hospitality, education and cultural institutions. Cernium's patented security products include Perceptrak(R), ExitSentry(R), and CheckVideo(TM). For more information visit www.cernium.com. |
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