The Port of Long Beach is the nation's second busiest port and the twelfth busiest worldwide, covering over 3,000 acres of land. Together with the Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach is the major commerce hub for goods entering the U.S. from Asia. Over $95 billion in cargo moved through the port in 2003. The port is a leader in technology adoption for security and will install the platform to complement those existing technologies.
Known as the "Greatest Small Port in America," the Port of Orange is located less than 100 miles east of Houston and is a hub to major ports on the Gulf of Mexico. The port is implementing wide area surveillance to monitor for terrorist activities, theft and vandalism.
The platform will enable the port to deploy more forces in the field, rather than watching video monitors, improving their ability to respond to security policy violations and prevent incidents.
The company's software solution allows security personnel to define "virtual barriers" on a digital map of a secured area. The software continually analyzes activity from surveillance cameras and other sensors, providing security personnel with a bird's eye view of all conditions and events. In the case of a violation to any detection criteria, the solution automatically alerts security personnel while targets are tracked via live streaming video. This enables security personnel to respond to violations before they become incidents.
"VistaScape's policy-based video surveillance software will provide the port with leading-edge technology," said Gene Bouillion, port director and CEO, Port of Orange. "In addition to assisting the port in proactively fulfilling homeland security requirements, it is anticipated that the VistaScape solution will furnish the Port of Orange with flexibility for future growth and expansion opportunities."
VistaScape's automated wide area surveillance platform provides automated object detection, tracking and classification, an overhead view of all activities at the port and the ability to centralize policy management for multiple areas within that environment, both land and sea.
Although video intelligence is a central component of the platform, VistaScape is unique in that the platform incorporates other important sensor technologies such as radar, GPS, RFID, chemical and biological sensors. The integration of multiple sensors, coupled with a 3D graphical user interface, provides a more accurate assessment of real-time activities within the environment.
Managing multiple surveillance solutions across the enterprise is key to reducing organizations overall security costs. Some intelligent video surveillance systems require that an expert program complex security rule on a camera-by-camera basis, adding to the expense of monitoring large areas.
VistaScape allows security managers to create security policies via an intuitive graphical interface without regard to individual cameras.
