CCTV Training Aids - Threat Image Projection System

“VIDEO Blindness”

IS A REAL CONDITION to which most are prone… The THREAT Image Projection System (TIPS) is a training aid that addresses the problem.

MSF/GPS Receiver module

SYMPTOM: In situations where CCTV operators are required to observe images that are normally unchanging through the majority of their watch, video “blindness” can occur, where a potential threat appearing within any image may well be missed.

DIAGNOSIS & CURE? TIPS randomly introduces an anomaly into any connected video feed without impairing or compromising the CCTV systems’ performance or evidential integrity. The operator should note that anomaly; Supervisors may subsequently assess if that person needs additional training to overcome any measured shortcomings.
The Threat Insertion Image is managed by the TIPS set up facility, various parameters such as image style, shape, colour, caption and perspective accommodation, and dwell time of the image are all under the control of the system Supervisor; access to various levels of that software is of course secured by password protection.

TIPS is designed to be left running continuously, so that the operators do not become used to being evaluated at particular times.

When they see the “threat” introduced by TIPS, which might be a picture of a person moving through the camera’s field of view, a geometric shape or a number, the observer simply notes that “threat”.

An associated operator’s network coupled response panel is placed within easy reach of the CCTV monitor’s observer. When an inserted image is noted, that panel should then be accessed by the observer and particular details of the inserted image recorded. An audit trail of inserted-to-observed images is constantly logged so that performance of the individual observer can then be assessed.

TIPS’s installation is quick and easy, it is simply introduced into the composite video feed cables between control matrix and monitors using standard video feeder cables.

TIPS standard configuration allows for sixteen channels. Ease of installation allows for more, or less channels as desired. TIPS’ inputs may be deployed on various channels at different times OR additional TIPS units may be provided to cover multiples of sixteen channel feeds for larger “video walls”.

TIPS is self contained, with the sixteen-channel unit being housed in an 8U Rack cabinet that can be placed in any convenient location. Those introducing TIPS into a system would be given training on how to access and use the software but the physical installation is simply “plug-and-play”.