How Pixim’s Digital Pixel System® Technology Helps Mitigate Airport Security Threats

July 2008

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Common Airport Security Challenges Video security systems address the

following problems found at airports around the world Capturing images in a myriad of dissimilar

scenes with highly variable lighting Dimly lit parking garages Bright sunlight to dark of night on the airfield Fluorescent lighting in concourse, shops and

kiosks Shadows and high contrast situations in

hangars, warehouses In and around delivery vehicles

Correctly identifying travelers in poorly or backlit areas with lots of traffic

Management of cargo and passenger traffic Prevention of baggage or cargo theft &

tampering Prevention of unauthorized access through

“tailgating”

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Common Airport Security Challenges Managing internal and external threats

Crowded ticketing, departure and screening areas

Myriad of individuals with physical access to the aircraft, baggage handlers and ground staff

Hangars, cargo movement and storage areas Monitoring the perimeter of the airfield

Prevention of breaches at the fence Telephoto for perimeter screening

Surveying ground operations The dynamic zone between the terminal,

taxiway & runways is busy, cluttered and very difficult to secure

Meeting intense regulatory scrutiny Producing video evidence to reconstruct the

flow of people/cargo before, during and after an incident

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Airport Video Surveillance Requirements High quality video: 24 x 7

Widest dynamic range that delivers high quality images in all lighting conditions

Correctly identify travelers & airport employees in: Bright lighting, shadows and in-between Under fluorescent lights or outdoors

Get all of the details in high contrast and backlight conditions, even in the same scene

Consistent images and color representation Display accurate skin tones Facial recognition to track suspicious persons

Elimination of indoor and outdoor “noise” and high image compression DVRs/NVRs record with higher frame rate or higher

resolution - in the same recording time No “camera blindness”

Removal of vertical smear, pixel blooming & other image artifacts

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See the Digital Pixel System Difference

Loss of detail Camera blindness Washed out plane tail number Vertical smear

See the details Superior image quality See lights and darks simultaneously

Analog CCD Camera

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See the Digital Pixel System DifferenceAnalog CCD Camera

Washed Out Images In Bright Sunlight Clear Images In Mixed Lighting

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The Better the PictureThe Better the Analytics Effectiveness of intelligent video analytics is

constrained by poor images provided by analog cameras

Digital Pixel System®, all-digital cameras can provide new insights Intruder detection at airport perimeters and

restricted zones Loitering detection in parking and perimeter

areas Suspicious vehicles with license plate

recognition Identifying specific, suspicious behavior

patterns Pixim’s Digital Pixel System technology

allows the subtle details to be seen and acted upon

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Worldwide Acceptance: Airports Using Pixim’s Digital Pixel System® Technology

Copenhagen Airport

Madrid Airport

Shanghai Airport

Newark Liberty International Airport Bangkok Airport

Nanking Lukou International Airport