06/07/2008
"Fading long term memory" to decrease storage costs
Windhagen, Germany
Able to progressively reduce the frame rate of stored footage over time, their new 'fading long term memory' (FLTM) software option reflects the fact that different kinds of event are discovered, handled and investigated in different timescales; and that residual risks reduce with time.
With FLTM, a CCTV system which faces the prospect of robbery, vandalism and fraud, and retains a video record for 30 days, can store all its footage at 25 fps for the first 3 days, reduce it to 6.5 fps for the next 4 days, then store i-frames only (1 fps) for the remaining 23 days. This cuts the total storage per camera required from 1.3 TB to 290 GB, and slashes archive costs without affecting utility or security.