GeoVision advanced DVR server systems

GEOVISION INTRODUCTION

GeoVision's GV-Series is a PC based, multi-channel video surveillance DVR that utilizes the most advance digital video compression technologies to bring you the highest picture quality and video performance. The GV-Series product range starts from our entry level GV-250 to the flagship GV-1480. Up to 16 cameras can be connected and view live on a local monitor screen or thru TCP/IP network. The DVR then can recorder video based on specifiable schedules or motion detection as well as alarm contacts or other external triggers. You can store video clips in HDD or any optical storage device by using GeoVision Backup System. GeoVision is a market leader in the field of DVRs (Digital video recorders) offering some of the most advanced products available on the market.

Overview

GeoVision's GV-Series is a PC based surveillance system designed to process video, audio and data from local and remote network surveillance environment. With more special features and more integration versatility provided, the GV-Series Surveillance System V8.2 delivers more powerful and streamlined surveillance operation performance as well as enhanced management efficiency. In addition it offers advantages that convert into low cost of installation and unlimited connectivity options. With video, audio, data, and I/O devices combined all into one system and through uniform software platform interface, each of these solutions provides a full list of features and functionalities that can quickly fulfill various clients particular security surveillance requirements.

Built upon comprehensive and easy-to-integrate hardware and supporting technologies, the GV-Surveillance and Video Management Platform is the core system platform that provides performance-optimized video monitoring and various advanced video analytics/control features to support many of enterprises management functions. It is a scalable, extensible platform that can be customized and seamlessly integrated with other security system applications, such as:

• POS/ ATM/ EAS for loss prevention
• Access Control for building automation
• License Plate Recognition system for law enforcement, entrance control and revenue collection
• Megapixel IP devices for critical area and mobile object monitoring
• Central Monitoring stations for high profile security areas in commercial, industrial and residential markets
• In addition the remote management WebCam and versatile storage system framework offer high scalability and extensibility for future integration with other functions or systems at remote sites.

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NEW VERSION 8.2 KEY FEATURES

IP camera NVR support as well as hybrid DVR/NVR support

Providing detail not seen on conventional surveillance cameras, the GV-IP Camera 1.3M features a 1.3 megapixel CCD that delivers superb video image quality. Through the use of progressive scan CCD sensor, the GV-IP Camera 1.3M is able to reproduce ultra smooth video images of fast moving objects without any pixilated edges. With high definition up to 1280 x 960 and up to 4 times higher resolution than conventional VGA/ D1 cameras, the GV-IP Camera 1.3M allows users to monitor critical areas with greater detail than ever. Moreover, with simultaneous/dual video stream and support for compliant Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), it allows users to view both MJPEG images and MPEG-4 videos with improved efficiency while conserving valuable bandwidth.

In providing our customers with a more complete, cost-effective IP surveillance solution, our GV-IP Camera 1.3M can seamlessly integrate with our GV-NVR software system that comes with advanced monitoring and various other video management features. When connected with the GV-IP Camera 1.3M, Special web interface support functions such as picture-in-picture (PiP) view and picture-and-picture (PnP) view are also made available for facilitating detail monitoring.

The GV-IP Camera 1.3M is offered with encased box version, which is designed to fulfill the needs of customers who require outdoor installations, and rugged dome version (soon to be launched), which is designed for indoor environment use. The GV-IP Camera 1.3M is best installed in areas such as casinos, ATMs, banks, border control stations, military bases, or any areas that require stringent security measure.

• 1.3 megapixel SONY progressive scan CCD
• Dual codec support MJPEG and MPEG4
• Two way audio
• Digital I/O: 1 IN, 1 OUT
• 3GPP/ISMA mobile application
• Support both 12V DC and PoE
• Intelligent technology to lower bandwidth usage
• Color and D/N models
• Progressive scan CCD captures the entire scene of a moving object at the same time. Even and odd fields are scanned simultaneously. It reproduces smooth video quality without pixilated edges.

New features to Main System:

• Hybrid Solution integrating analog videos with digital videos from GeoVision IP video products and third-party IP cameras
• Noise Tolerance for motion detection: By reducing motion trigger frequency and total file size, the De-Noise and Low Pass Filter function can help customers save costs and avoid false alarms.
• Noise Detection to reduce file size (*)
• Noise Filter to filter out video and audio noise (*)
• Defogging live videos (option): An advanced video analytics feature used for enhancing viewing quality of videos or scene visibility taken under foggy, snowy or rainy conditions.
• Video Stabilizer (option): An advanced video analytics feature that can help stabilize videos taken under very shaky conditions, usually resulted from cameras installed outdoors or inside vehicles.
• PIP View (Picture-in-Picture): Provides a close-up monitoring view of a particular selected area on the video image, which enables security personnel to gain better understanding of any suspicious events occurred at a particular location. The view is especially beneficial when the camera resolution is megapixel.
• PAP View (Picture-and-Picture): Provides a close-up monitoring function similar to PIP except that it can creates a split video effect by having a close-up monitoring of multiple selected areas on the video image. It can help raise monitoring efficiency when multiple areas at a specific location are considered to be critical or of high risk.
• Panorama View (option): An advanced video analytics feature that can splice multiple camera images to provide a continuous scene for live monitoring. It allows user to gain better understanding of camera orientation and the relationship among cameras, and hence is well suited for wide area surveillance in locations such as airport, seaport, military compound, borders control stations, etc. Up to 4 sets of panorama views can be created.
• Report Generator
• New codec Geo H264 V2: Provides smaller compressed file size and higher frame rate than Geo H264, and hence is able to improve video transmission efficiency and reduces storage costs further. (*)
• Multithreading encoding: Designed to speed up video encoding, thus achieving maximum CPU efficiency and frame rate. The performance speed up from multithreading encoding is most obvious when the multi-core CPU is in use. (*)
• Support for cardholder data from GV-Video Server
• Support for new screen resolutions: 1280 x 800, 1440 x 900 and 1920 x 1080
• Support for new domes: Pelco Spectra Mini Dome (SD4-WO), Pishion 22X, VCC5i, Lilin (PIH-7625), Messoa (D-700 series) for PTZ tracking and VIDO (G65) for PTZ tracking (*)

New features to ViewLog:

• Support for new screen resolutions: 1280 x 800, 1440 x 900 and 1920 x 1080.
• Support for new video-enhanced effects: Defog and Stabilizer
• PIP and PAP Views
• Panorama View
• Splitting files for backup onto multiple discs
• Extracting frames from a video clip during playback

New features to WebCam:

• New web GUI: The remote management WebCam comes with a newly designed and easy-to-use user interface with high scalability and extensibility for future integration with other functions or systems at remote sites.
• Control Panel on Single View to provide instant information and operation
• PIP and PAP Views in Single View
• Support for defogging live videos in Single View
• Support for Video Stabilizer in Single View
• Restricting Power User and User to access WebCam Server at specified time length
• Event List Query
• Download Center
• Drag-and-drop support for camera, PTZ and I/O icons on the 2 Windows of Mpeg 4 Encoder Viewer
• Addition of "Use small icon" option in Remote E-Map
• Pop-up live images upon input trigger in Remote E-Map

New features to Center V2:

• Connection from one single DVR to two Center V2s
• Simultaneous playback of multiple video files
• Support for new resolutions: 1920 x 1080, 1280 x 800 and 1440 x 900
• Backing up event log data to CD / DVD
• Printing Alarm Reports
• Support for GV-IP Camera
• Support for GV-Compact DVR

New features to VSM:

The GV-VSM is event-alert text messages service recommended for a large cluster of networked GV-Systems where an enormous amount of maintenance service is required. When any online GV-System is event-triggered, instant text messages will be sent to GV-VSM for IT operator to proceed with maintenance on the GV-System cluster. Following the receipt of the messages, the GV-VSM can activate alarms to the operator's attention while sending emails and SMS alerts to local subscribers. The purpose of adopting GV-VSM is to help IT operators easily notice GV-Systems health status and response instantly to various frequent events. It can co-work with GV-Center V2 Server and serve as many as 1,000 GV-Systems simultaneously.

• Displaying status of multiple storage groups at the connected DVR
• Resending event messages to VSM after connection is recovered
• Support for Remote ViewLog
• Backing up log data to CD / DVD
• Printing Alarm Reports
• Support for GV-IP Camera
• Support for GV-Compact DVR
• Enhanced support for GV-Video Server

New features to Dispatch Server:

The GV-Dispatch Server is a computer with Dispatch software that works with GV-Center V2 servers and the GV-Systems. The GV-Dispatch Server connects 25,000 GV-Systems to 50 GV-Center V2 Pro servers and distributes the workload between online and offline GV-Center V2 servers. It utilizes load-balancing technique that distributes requests from event-triggered GV-Systems evenly across a GV-Center V2 network. If one GV-Center V2 server starts to get swamped, the GV-Dispatch Server forwards requests to another GV-Center V2 server with more capacity. When one GV-Center V2 server fails to work, another can take over in the processing activity.

• Backing up log data to CD / DVD
• Printing Alarm Reports

New features to Authentication Server:

• Remote access from Control Center, Remote E-Map and Multi View to obtain the list of DVR hosts

New features to Control Center:

The GV-Control Center software is an integrated security management system that provides a handy tool to maintain central monitoring station operation. GV-Control Center introduces a comprehensive solution that provides center operators with time efficiency to control networked GV-Systems and I/O devices. With GV-Control Center, multiple GV-Systems and I/O devices within a DVR server farm can be managed and maintained efficiently to enhance their monitoring performance and ensure smooth operation.

• Support for PIP and PAP Views in Live View, Remote ViewLog and Matrix View
• Support for new resolutions: 1920 x 1080, 1280 x 800 and 1440 x 900
• Support for Panorama View
• IP Matrix
• VMD (video motion detection) monitoring
• New interface style for Control Center
• Addition of "Start/ Stop Service" message to log
• Instant playback
• Import and export of Host List and Group List information
• Support for negative coordinates used in position settings of Remote DVR, Remote ViewLog, I/O Central Panel and Matrix
• Support for GV-IP Camera
• Support for GV-Compact DVR
• Support for GV-Video Server

New features to SMS Server:

• Addition of event alerts

New applications:

• Bandwidth Control
• Backup Server and Backup Viewer
• GV-NVR

New devices:

• GV-I/O USB Box
• GV-Joystick
• GV-IP Camera
• GV-Compact DVR

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Standard DVR features from previous versions

Monitoring and recording


• Hybrid Solution integrating analog videos with digital videos from GV-IP video products and third-party IP cameras (*)
• Codecs: Geo H264, Geo MPEG4 ASP, Geo H264 V2 (*)
• Multithreading Encoding (*)
• Higher Screen Resolutions (1920 x 1200, 1680 x 1050, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 800, 1440 x 900 and 1920 x 1080)
• Noise Tolerance for Motion Detection
• Noise Detection to Reduce File Size (*)
• Noise Filter to Filter Out Video and Audio Noise (*)
• Report Generator
• Support for Cardholder data from GV-Video Server
• Touch Screen Support
• Full screen view
• Dual display operation for live monitoring and ViewLog playback on two monitors
• Screen pop-ups on motion or alarm activation
• Object counting
• Object tracking and zooming by PTZ domes(*)
• Unattended and missing object detection
• Alarm on objects passing between predefined regions
• Digital watermark
• Video lost detection
• On screen video loss message
• Video de-interlace filter
• E-map
• Windows lockup
• Image size indicator
• Synchronized video an audio
• Backlight compensation
• Video auto gain controller(*)
• Video scaling filter
• AVI repair utility
• System log
• Support 1,000 accounts for logins and passwords
• Multi level passwords protection
• Use Microsoft Remote Desktop to control another GV-System
• Twin DVR
• Embedded I/O devices control
• Embedded PTZ control panel
• Support dynamic IP address
• Password Expiration Management
• System Idle Protection
• Spot Monitor Controller
• POS Live Viewer
• Photo-ID Integration (GV-WT)
• Hard Disk Calculator(*)
• Authentication Server

The GV-Control Center software is an integrated security management system that provides a handy tool to maintain central monitoring station operation. GV-Control Center introduces a comprehensive solution that provides center operators with time efficiency to control networked GV-SyLoss prevention in the retail businesses is concerned with inventory shrinkage and the shortage of currency. Losses related to POS transactions can be a main cause of the shrinkage for the most part. An effective POS-DVR surveillance solution can help employers deal with these situations.

The GeoVision POS-DVR surveillance system uses video text overlay technology to provide visual contextual awareness that helps reduce shrinkage and protect asset against business losses. While working in conjunction with GV-Data Capture, the GV-Series surveillance system can turn into a POS/DVR surveillance system, which helps you with tools to remotely monitor cashier area, associate POS transaction data with videos, record videos for retroactive analysis, and even output alarms for emergency events. stems and I/O devices. With GV-Control Center, multiple GV-Systems and I/O devices within a DVR server farm can be managed and maintained efficiently to enhance their monitoring performance and ensure smooth operation.



Intelligent Recording & Playback


• Choice of recording at 15, 30, 60, 120, 240 and 480 fps (*)
• Recording trigger by round-the-clock, motion detection, alarm and schedule
• Adjustable recording quality and frame rate for each camera
• Pre-motion and post-motion recording
• Supports Windows XP / Server 2003 burning software
• Pre-Recording Using HDD (*)
• Advanced Round-The-Clock Recording (*)
• Instant Playback
• Time Merge From Different Clips
• Splitting Files for Backup onto Multiple Discs
• Extracting Frames from a Video Clip During Playback

Audio


• 16 channels of live audio streaming and recording

Video Analytics


• Advanced Motion Detection
• Face Detection
• Unattended and Missing Object Detection
• Privacy Mask
• Scene Change Detection
• Enhanced Object Counting
• Intrusion Alarm
• People Counting
• Picture-In-Picture (PIP)
• Picture-And-Picture(PAP)
• Panorama View
• Video Stabilization
• Defog Function

Smart Search & Ease Playback


• Timeline Search
• Face Detection for Object Index
• Object search
• Index search
• Object Index
• Thumbnail browse for ease of search for specific frames within video footage
• Export a video footage within a specified time range
• Synchronized audio and video for both live and playback modes
• Continues playback of set frames A to B
• EXE format export, playable with any third-party players
• AVI format export in multiple screens mode
• DVD format export for Hybrid Card format files
• Option for recycling the input-triggered events (Never recycle function)
• Backup, save AVI and BMP functions accessible in LAN ViewLog
• Automatic refresh of the video event list in LAN ViewLog

Notification


• E-mail notification with attached video images on motion and alarm activation
• E-mail or telephone notification on video lost or I/O error
• Directs PTZ dome to a preset location on motion and alarm activation
• SMS alerts available in Main System, Center V2 and Vital Sign Monitor
• Alarms on objects that pass between predefined regions

WebCam - Remote Surveillance


• POS Live View via IE Browser
• 3G Mobile Phone Support (3GPP)
• SSL Encrypt Connection Support
• UPnP? Support
• Control Panel on Single View to Provide Instant Information and Operation
• Support PIP, PAP, Defogging Live Videos, and Video Stabilizer in Single View
• Restricting Power User and User to Access WebCam Server at Specified Time Length
• Event List Query
• Download Center
• Drag-and-Drop Support for Camera, PTZ and I/O Icons on the 2 Windows of MPEG4 Encoder Viewer
• Remote E-Map
• Pop-up Live Images upon Input Trigger in Remote E-Map

Advanced I/O Control


• Visual Automation
• Virtual I/O Control
• One-Click I/O Status Control
• Multiple I/O Types Selection
• Latch Trigger Feature

Mobile Phone Application


• Support 4, 9, and 16 screen divisions
• PTZ control via directional buttons
• Channel switch via middle button
• Support for Nokia S60 3rd Edition

Profile Management


• Selectable GUI Skin
• Custom Start-Up Splash Screen, Non-Active Video & Video Lost Screen
• Customizing System Features
• Easy Configuration Backup & Restore
• Custom DVR Setting's Template

Remote Monitoring Software


• Remote View
• IP Multicast
• WebCam
• Remote Playback System
• G-View for WinCE PDA
• I-Mode

IT Technology


• RSA Network Security
• Authentication Server: central control of password settings in local GV-DVRs

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