The IQ Hawk system performs very accurate "detections" using the full range of iOmniscient's IQ Series products. When an event occurs, the system digitally zooms in automatically and can use iOmniscient's identification software to identify the person or vehicle. While the digital zoom is performed on one target the system continues to detect on the original view.

The system can perform multiple detections on large numbers of different events simultaneously. For each event it can then identify the people and vehicles involved in real time, reading license plates and identifying people, all with a single camera. IQ-HAWK overcomes the shortcoming of PTZ cameras which can easily be defeated as they can only zoom in on one event at a time.

"Normally mega-pixel cameras can only be used in manual mode. The operator needs to record everything that the camera views in High Resolution as the system cannot discriminate between useful and useless information. The IQ Hawk system has a unique patent pending method for optimizing bandwidth and storage usage, which allows the system to operate very effectively", says Ivy Li, managing director for iOmniscient. "There can be a 200 times potential savings in storage and bandwidth for a 5 mega-pixel camera."

As with all iOmniscient products IQ Hawk can operate with any mega-pixel camera which uses an industry standard protocol such as MJPEG, MPEG4 or H.264 using RTSP. The system with high definition camera from Pelco, AXIS, Arecont, Mobotix and Analytics Ready.