Hawk-eye cameras to keep close watch on the city

[Darthrevan]

 

 

NEW high-rise surveillance cameras that can zoom in up to 60 times will be installed on selected buildings in the city by the end of this year.

 

Two of these eyes-in-the-sky cameras will be deployed on each of three "strategic buildings" in Marina Bay for a start, said a police operations department spokesman at the annual Police Workplan Seminar and Exhibition yesterday.

 

They will complement street-level Public Camera Zone cameras installed in more than 150 locations across the island.

 

While the super-zoom Hawk Eye cameras will be able to resolve faces and number plates even from up high, police said there will be "active masking" on certain angles to ensure privacy.

 

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...ces-cars-201305

[WTF]

Big Brother is watching........

[Sosaria]

Kind of like in the UK,with cctvs everywhere.

 

Problem is, got switched on or not??

 

Mind you, I don't think the footage can be requested for the benefit of the public, e.g. to find out who hit-and-run your car, etc. That one is still our own business.

[Icedbs]

Kind of like in the UK,with cctvs everywhere.

 

Problem is, got switched on or not??

 

Mind you, I don't think the footage can be requested for the benefit of the public, e.g. to find out who hit-and-run your car, etc. That one is still our own business.

 

Only if someone hit and run your car, and at the same time, also hit and run some gov. properties, then maybe you got chance to ask for footage....

[Gitanic]

Yeah.........catch those a$sholes who anyhow sh1t on the streets :angry: :angry: :angry:

[Celicar]

Yeah.........catch those a$sholes who anyhow sh1t on the streets :angry: :angry: :angry:

Hv meh?

[Gitanic]

Hv meh?

You must be new in mcf [rolleyes]

[5936]

60 x zoom is not very useful information.

More important specifications are the optics,

 

In CCTV range classifications:

Short up to 500m

Intermediate up to 1000m

Long range up to 3000m

Very Long range >3000m

 

Very likely these may be capable of >1KM so they could be Long Range range type.

Being longer range, not many location possible to install them in a urban environment, otherwise, with too many blindspots, it becomes useless.

 

MPA installed Very long range cameras to check on ships around habour.

 

Very expensive to install at least 6 digit to install one camera and high capacity back end server to record the huge video files.

 

 

Edited May 4, 2013 by 5936

[Ahwhye]

"While the super-zoom Hawk Eye cameras will be able to resolve faces and number plates even from up high, police said there will be "active masking" on certain angles to ensure privacy."

 

it is this thing that gonna be scary.....imagine capture images off streets, match it using a huge database of photo...voila, whoever walk pass will be identified...

 

and i guess they are definitely gonna install it near a place ....

[5936]

All network/digital video recording software have this masking features.

In the first place who have the access rights to deactivate, remove or alter the maskings? Its only adminstrative controls given to higher access users/ or administrators.

 

But we ave to trust that its not abused.

 

They can install at any places with line of sight. and high stable installation platform/structure/place.

[Chrispie]

can zoom into office's meeting rooms and see office affairs going on behind closed doors...

[Raymondism]

NEW high-rise surveillance cameras that can zoom in up to 60 times will be installed on selected buildings in the city by the end of this year.

 

Two of these eyes-in-the-sky cameras will be deployed on each of three "strategic buildings" in Marina Bay for a start, said a police operations department spokesman at the annual Police Workplan Seminar and Exhibition yesterday.

 

They will complement street-level Public Camera Zone cameras installed in more than 150 locations across the island.

 

While the super-zoom Hawk Eye cameras will be able to resolve faces and number plates even from up high, police said there will be "active masking" on certain angles to ensure privacy.

 

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...ces-cars-201305

 

Zoom 60x is optical zoom or just digital zoom...

Btw 60x is quite standard

[Bystander50]

can zoom into office's meeting rooms and see office affairs going on behind closed doors...

 

Infra-red LEDs can defeat the viewing capabilities of some cameras.

 

Can easily do an experiment to prove it, point your remote control to your hp or digital camera's len and press, you'll see a white light emitting from the LED on the screen that is not visible to the human eye.

 

 

[Mustank]

Issit catch piarking

[Happily1986]

Zoom 60x is optical zoom or just digital zoom...

Btw 60x is quite standard

 

Of course optical zoom. Digital zoom kua semi sai.

[Porker]

Of course optical zoom. Digital zoom kua semi sai.

 

Need 1000 times zoom to kua your goli and pin

[Lurpsexx]

"While the super-zoom Hawk Eye cameras will be able to resolve faces and number plates even from up high, police said there will be "active masking" on certain angles to ensure privacy."

 

it is this thing that gonna be scary.....imagine capture images off streets, match it using a huge database of photo...voila, whoever walk pass will be identified...

 

and i guess they are definitely gonna install it near a place ....

 

Enemy of the State anyone??

 

They already have the facial database liao... all our ICs have our pics.. customs also tagged the foreigners coming in... cannot escape..

 

Trust? Trust no one....

[Shull]

Of course optical zoom. Digital zoom kua semi sai.

 

60x may sound like alot, but everything depends on the focal length. If the focal length start from 20mm, 60x is only 1200mm..