Naperville, IL (February 20, 2008) Sentry 360 Security, Inc. publicly releases its open architecture SDK (Software Development Kit) to the IP Video security industry. For years 360-degree immersive video has had its ups and downs, technologies that have come and gone but Sentry 360 believes it has put a stamp on the future for this breed of high resolution wide angle technology.
The point of 360-degree panoramic video is to solve the problem of blind-spots and poor resolution by reducing camera counts and delivering complete situational awareness.
Two forms of Sentry 360’s SDK have been developed; a high-level and a low–level API. The High level API is designed to work exclusively with Sentry 360 devices. By combining the best megapixel sensor technology, with optimized wide angle or fisheye lenses Sentry 360 has created application driven appliances designed to meet specific applications for indoor, outdoor, covert, extreme temperature, low-light & mobile surveillance. The High-level API allows for easy integration into 3rd party software products and is provided in the following forms: C library/C++class library for Microsoft Windows or Linux Operating Systems, ActiveX control (windows including Visual Basic), and .NET assembly. We have already formed partnerships with some the industry leading Network Video Recording Software companies such as JDS Digital Security whom has completed the integration and is exhibiting FullSight 360-degree technology on their SoftSite32 Enterprise Series at this years ISC West conference in Las Vegas, NV at booth 17135. Joe Marchese President of JDS says, “In years past we have worked with several other products’ APIs for dewarp processing. All have proven to be cumbersome at best and a real performance hog. Sentry360 has provided a new API that is extremely easy to use, implement and works very efficiently. I am impressed how they listened to our needs and provided a timely solution.” Graphical User Interface of the technology can be displayed in full panorama, Quad virtual cameras (corrected perspective zoomed streams), Dual or single virtual streams or combination of panoramas with point and click steering of dual virtual cameras. All of this can be done on a single video channel of your NVR or DVR.
The low-level API has been designed to give the maximum possible flexibility and performance for video management system developers. It provides means for direct input of image data, setting dewarping and image parameters and direct output of processed image data. The API can be used with any raw image data, regardless of resolution, pixel format or color space. Third party system integrators can use panoramic technology with a single camera license on there favorite NVR or DVR solution. Simply put this is software plug-in that is 100% Camera Neutral, Lens Neutral, Software language Neutral & operating system Neutral.
In today’s world of convergence in the video surveillance market and the craving for standards in network cameras Sentry 360 has laid the path for open architecture 360-degree panoramic display of High resolution images with full retrospective PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom). This is a cost effective “Green Technology” that delivers no-blind spots & no moving parts with a single camera.
Sentry 360 will be exhibiting this SDK and its FullSight series of Application driven 360-degree megapixel cameras at the International Security Conference in Las Vegas, NV April 1st- 3rd at booth 17148.
About Sentry 360 Security, Inc.
Application driven multi-megapixel network cameras Sentry 360 has two families of products: The FullSight™ is our 360-degree Immersive camera series with discreet mounting options to extreme temperature Vandal dome models ranging in resolution from 1290×960 (1.3 megapixel) to 2560×1920 (5 megapixel). The InSight™ series has a vandal dome, miniature dome and box style models ranging in resolution from 1280×960 (1.3 megapixel) CCD or CMOS to 4000×2656 (11 megapixel). Sentry 360’s Less is More® system architecture it takes fewer cameras to buy, install, record and review while delivering more forensic detail and more situational awareness.
