Video Enhancement Services Help Madison, Ala., Police Solve Cases; Saves Department 100 Labor Hours.Business Editors & Technology Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2001 Intergraph Government Solutions Offers Video Enhancement Services to Law Enforcement Agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Nationwide A man steals a car, and the best hope for Madison, Ala., police officers to make a positive identification is a brief convenience store video capturing the suspect in the store and near the vehicle. Ordinarily, the poor quality of the video would have prevented identification, but with the help of the Video Enhancement Service Center at Intergraph Government Solutions (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :INGR), which sorted multiple camera shots, isolated the frames and registered the images, officers were able to make a positive identification. Faced with this irrefutable irrefutable - The opposite of refutable. evidence, the suspect confessed. "We got very clear results, much better than we have working with local video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. companies," said arresting officer, Detective Sgt. Marc Bray. "And because the suspect confessed, we were able to avoid going to trial. Subsequently, we cleared 10 cases and recovered more than $9,000 in stolen property." "Using the video analysis probably saved us 100 labor hours," added Detective Sgt. Tim Albright. "Having the video gave us confidence and peace of mind that we had the right man. That is very important to me." Intergraph's Video Enhancement Service Center, which provides video enhancement services to law enforcement agencies nationwide, uses state-of-the-art video enhancement, stabilization and tracking technologies that can lighten and stabilize dark and jumpy video. Intergraph provides more than the simple contrast and brightness adjustments made by most video editing devices. Using NASA-developed Video Image Stabilization Image stabilization (IS) is a family of techniques to increase the stability of an image. It is used in image-stabilized binoculars, photography, videography, and astronomical telescopes. and Registration (VISAR VISAR Video Image Stabilization and Registration (image enhancement software) VISAR Velocity Interferometer System for Any Reflector VISAR Voice Interoperability System for Amateur Radio ) technology, Intergraph takes an average of the best frames and electronically corrects for camera and subject motion while eliminating noise and jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle . In addition, the Center complies with all rules of evidence in receiving, storing and processing video, and supports full-resolution, uncompressed ITU-R ITU-R ITU Radiocommunication Sector 601 video that meets evidentiary standards. "A major advantage that Intergraph provides is that they work completely with a digital copy, which preserves the original tape for use as evidence. Other people we have worked with used the original for analysis, which scratches and degrades it," explained Lt. Lee Weaver. The Service Center has supported police agencies from Louisiana to Pennsylvania with cases involving murder, theft, counterfeiting and other crimes. Intergraph's technologies have been particularly helpful in cases where the contrast of dark and light or excessive movement makes video hard to see. In one case involving the Louisiana sheriff's office, the Center was able to identify a man on an ATM video even though the sun was directly behind him. NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. has previously used this same VISAR technology to support more than 20 FBI investigations, including the 1996 Olympic Park
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"Once again, Intergraph has supplied law enforcement with a tool we can use," said Col. Daniel J. Busken, chief of the Madison Police Department. "We were glad to be of service to our own community by supporting the Madison Police Department and improving their video evidence," said Trey McKay, executive manager of Federal Hardware Solutions at Intergraph Government Solutions. "Intergraph looks forward to providing the services of our Video Analyst System with the VISAR technology to help law enforcement agencies analyze video and solve crimes." Intergraph Background Information Intergraph Government Solutions, a subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ:INGR), is a systems integration and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects company that provides leading-edge business and technical solutions to a diverse portfolio of government and commercial clients. Backed by more than 30 years of technology innovation, IGS IGS - Internet Go Server. partners with clients to help them achieve their vision, mission and goals through intelligent deployment of best practices and information technology. IGS is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, and has strategically positioned offices nationwide. For more information about Intergraph Government Solutions, please call 1-800-747-2232 or visit http://www.intergraph.com/govt. EDITORS: Register to receive all Intergraph press releases by e-mail at the following address: http://www.intergraph.com/press.asp |
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