Smart security solution that knows what you need to see

Sony has provided the Palacio do Gelo in Viseu with a communication and surveillance system 200 cameras with an integrated solution that combines IP network cameras, corporate television, public address system, access control and intrusion detection system. Las 200 IP cameras installed throughout the center have different degrees of functionality and have been carefully chosen according to their purpose. This is the first time that, in Portugal, the same supplier has been responsible for the installation and maintenance of such diverse functions in a single project. Sony has installed a whole range of minidome cameras, fixed and networked smart pan-tilt zoom with DEPA technology (Distributed Enhanced Processing Architecture) from Sony. The use of advanced DEPA technology allows Palacio Do Gelo to implement high-performance IP monitoring networks and intelligent video analysis without overloading the existing IT infrastructure.

A single control room

Thanks to the multiservice IP network, all cameras in the facility (from the smallest stores to the largest movie theaters) are managed from the same control room. Management is carried out using Sony's RealShot Manager software, which allows images to be distributed throughout the network, as well as generate analysis reports in almost real time or perform remote video verification functions, which, on the whole, provides an exact view of what is happening anywhere in the center.

Sony Europe NVM/CCTV Marketing Director, Simon Nash, has explained that “this is the solution that integrates surveillance and the most advanced digital communication to date throughout the country.”. This demonstrates the flexibility of Sony technology to optimize a building's internal IP network.. Many activities take place at the same time in the Gelo Palace and thanks to the different functionalities of the 200 cameras installed in the facility, we were able to choose the most appropriate camera for each location depending on its use.”

In addition to the comprehensive surveillance solution, Palacio Do Gelo has installed a large-scale dynamic communication solution. Internal television functions have been introduced through 25 heavy duty LCD monitors, all of them with HD image quality and equipped with Sony's Ziris View software to provide a network communication platform with centralized control.

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