CradleWatch : Video Management Software for Networked Surveillance
CradleWatch is targeted to address the needs of mid market customers where the senior management requires that the video surveillance empower them to go beyond security and enhance the opportunity for remote supervision. By taking full advantage of the LAN, WAN and wireless networking technologies the video surveillance capabilities can be delivered anywhere, anytime and on a variety of client platforms ranging from PCs, Macs, Cell phones and PDAs. The video data storage can be local or remote on Networked Attached Storage (NAS) devices. The data can be protected from unwelcome failures by using RAID capabilities on hard disk storage devices. The live view of the relevant location is available on LAN or WAN anywhere as needed. Similarly, forensic analysis of stored video can also be performed from anywhere on the network.
iCognizant : Open NVSS platform
The foundation of Cradle's Networked Video Surveillance systems is iCongnizant an open development platform. iCognizant includes a high performance Multi-core DSP that delivers digital signal processing performance close to the edge of the video surveillance systems to enable video encoding and video content analysis on the high resolution and high quality pictures. The open architecture enables deployment of the latest video content analysis solutions rapidly and effectively by Cradle’s technology partners. Video management software targeted for specific market segments can be developed by Cradle's partners utilizing the OEM developers kit (ODK), which includes industry standard AV encoders and networking support.
Multi-Core DSP : High performance and scaleable signal processing
Cradle's MDSP represents 10 years of pioneering innovation in a multi processing digital processing architecture that is ideal for video and image processing. MDSP enables processing video of high quality pictures in real time. MDSP processors can be seamlessly added to make this platform essentially future proof as the surveillance systems encounter increasing demand for even higher resolution pictures and more sophisticated video content analysis.
Standards Compliant H.264, MPEG4, MJPEG, JPEG: High Quality video encoding
Cradle’s Video encoders deliver the highest video quality and are fully standards compliant. These encoders are fully scalable and can work with a variety of resolutions and frame rates. Since the MDSP platform is fully programmable the choice of encoding can be made based on the application and customer needs simply by configuring the installation.
Open Application Programming Interface: Development environment for innovation
Cradle's OEM developer kit enables Cradle partners to implement the market segment specific Video Management software while taking full advantage of all the functions already supported by the underlying high performance firmware. Advanced video content analysis innovations can also be implements by efficiently by leveraging the MDSP for image processing tasks and host processing for inferencing tasks.
Real-time Relevant Event Detection: Advanced high resolution Video Content Analysis
Cradle's system architecture enables the Image processing tasks required for VCA to be performed by the MDSP. This image processing is done on the highest quality, high resolution picture so as to yield the highest possible accuracy and performance. The VCA solutions developed on Cradle’s iCognizant platform enable delivering of actionable intelligence anywhere at anytime. Cradle VCA partners have developed solutions that yield unprecedented ease of deployment while delivering the highest accuracy. One example of such solution is the License plate recognition solution offered by SenSen Networks www.sensennetworks.com.
