Tattile - Intelligent Cameras, Automatic Number Plate Reading Systems and Wireless CCTV Systems

Tattile is the main European company specialising in manufacturing intelligent digital cameras for security and monitoring systems based on distributed intelligence.

After success in the industrial, security and defence markets, intelligent cameras have been introduced in traffic monitoring to overcome the limits of traditional systems. Tattile cameras provide answers to the various needs of active and real-time monitoring in tunnels, highways and roads installations.

The benefits of Tattile's systems include:

• Easy installation and low power consumption
• Light architecture permits low installation and maintenance costs
• One integrated system is more reliable than the traditional assembly of different elements
• The all digital solution avoids the noise phenomena typical of analogue video signal transmission, minimising false alarms; natively using compression techniques also minimises bandwidth requirements
• Active surveillance cameras automatically detect critical events, leaving operators supervision tasks only
• Intelligent cameras permit more flexibility and reconfigurability of architecture, more security, and redundancy features to avoid losses of events in case of central system fault or network blackout

RIGEL: EMBEDDED VISION SYSTEM WITH ADVANCED ALGORITHMS

RIGEL is based on Tattile's intelligent cameras. This embedded vision system is provided with advanced algorithms studied to automatically detect different critical and dangerous conditions on the road, including:

• Traffic jams
• Stopped vehicles
• Wrong way vehicles
• Smoke and fire
• Obscuring detection
• Vehicles counting and classification
• Average speed evaluation
• Statistic reports

RIGEL intelligent cameras can be linked over most common kind of TCP / IP networks, like Power Line Communication (PLC), Ethernet, WiFi, fibre optics and ADSL.

Onboard Intelligence optimises the bandwidth occupancy and permits quick alarm notifications to central stations. Video information can be transmitted over IP networks in different streaming modalities. Video compression is available in MPEG4 or JPEG standard.

Events can be stored inside a SD memory card on board at the maximum quality. Digital inputs and outputs, serial ports and fast Ethernet ports - for high levels of integration with other security systems - are available.

SUPERVISOR SOFTWARE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

Public Net Safe (PNS) II is a supervisor graphical software developed by Tattile to manage and supervise security and traffic CCTV systems based on intelligent cameras. A user-friendly program, PNS II can easily manage different intelligent systems in an efficient way. PNS II is the ideal solution to monitor and configure devices such as:

• RIGEL - intelligent cameras for tunnels, highways and roads
• EPOS - intelligent video servers for general active video surveillance using analogue cameras, DOME cameras; audio support is also managed
• SIRIO - intelligent wireless cameras for active video surveillance in areas without communication infrastructure, thanks to GSM - GPRS class ten modem included
• VEGA and VEGA plus - ANPR automatic number plate readers for parking, free-flow gates, tolling systems, restricted traffic zones, enforcement systems and wide access controls

VEGA - AUTOMATIC NUMBER PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM

Tattile produces a wide range of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems based on embedded intelligent devices. The integrated systems include digital cameras, analysers, interface boards, illuminators and outdoor housing.

All sensors are B/W progressive scan sensors. VEGA and VEGA Plus are reliable, efficient and compact. They also show low power consumption and are easy to install and use. They are available for a wide variety of installations in terms of sensor resolution and frame rate, IR illuminator, optics and ranges of action, starting from 4m to 25m.