J2K Video Ltd - Creators of SharpView

J2K Video have integrated GPS tracking and GPRS capability in the SharpView Mobile range. Coordinates and local time can be transmitted alongside the video from any of the units in the SharpView Mobile range of rugged NVR and Hybrid-DVR units.

Rugged Video Recorders

SharpView Manger displays the coordinates in the linked video channel view and with just one click of the mouse, the location can be seen on Google Maps. This addition to the SharpView System allows operators at remote command centres to coordinate the positions of their mobile video systems and have real-time views from their precise locations.

Used on rail networks and other public transport systems, route planning can be made much easier and operators can see exactly where their vehicles are and avoid delays as necessary.

Freight companies will find this an invaluable feature to ensure the security of goods and cargo in transit.  

Shipments with the GPS/GPRS boards are scheduled for April 2010. Contact J2K Video for more details.

The state of the art SharpView CCTV system installed by Touchstone Electronics Limited has completed over a year of recording both standard PAL and Megapixel CCTV video at Mixed Freight Services, a specialist air cargo X-Ray screening company who provide services for the World’s largest air transport companies.

Touchstone Electronics selected J2K Video’s flagship SharpView Corporate solution to upgrade an exisitng analogue system.

Including several AV3100DN and AV1300M megapixel cameras from Arecont Vision and analogue PAL cameras from Pelco streamed through JVC’s VN-E4E video encoders, the system has been running continuously without interruption for over 12 months, providing Mixed Freight Services with a solution that not only meets mandatory Department for Transport regulations for air cargo X-Ray services, but also provides essential security video evidence at the site near Heathrow Airport.

X-Ray Machine

Of the system, Adrian Soper, Technical Director of TEL said “we are very impressed with the reliability and quality of J2K Video’s products as we have never had a call out from our customer during more than 12 months that the system has been in operation. He added, “using SharpView significantly reduced our installation and service costs as the system was very easy to install and the software is extremely user friendly.”

Mixed Freight 9-way screenshot

Steve O’Keeffe, General Manager at Mixed Freight Services said that the he is delighted with the system as it has just kept running without any hitch since it was installed. It also exceeds new stringent regulations that are enforced by the Department for Transport for CCTV at air cargo X-Ray screening companies with potential scope to go further, it actually reduces their future cost of operations.

Zepha Security have installed SharpView Corporate as part of a major CCTV upgrade at the Central London site of a World renowned University.

University entrance

The brief was to improve the image quality in key areas on Campus, so Zepha Security demonstrated video recordings provided by J2K Video which were made at the headquarters of a major bank in the City of London using J2K Video’s SharpView system. On seeing the quality, the Head of Security commissioned Zepha to install the J2K Video system alongside their existing PAL based CCTV.

University library

Zepha Security’s Technical Director, Akin Ozdamar is quoted as saying  ”J2K Video’s Megapixel technology features extremely clear image presentation, which has enabled us to meet our client’s demanding expectations.” He adds, “the SharpView Manager software is easy to use and incorporates a zoom facility for close up views and clarity.”

The Head of Security at the University said, “as a proponent of advanced technology, I knew that using Megapixel CCTV like SharpView was the only way that we could get the best return from every camera installed.” He added, “our existing system was upgraded to digital recording but the quality of video was little improved, but as a result of Zepha’s demonstration, it was obvious that a further upgrade to Megapixel was a more appropriate option than adding several dozens of more normal cameras.”

J2K Video supplied a SharpView Corporate Solution that includes SVR-64N network video recorders with 12,000GB of RAID storage together with several AV5100DN, Arecont Vision 5 Megapixel day night cameras. The system is managed and controlled using SharpView Manager Professional which allows the University’s security staff to immediately download incidents to DVD in common media formats such as avi.

J2K Video have introduced the SharpView Micro System which comprises of the World’s smallest, lightest and lowest powered Professional CCTV recorder for Megapixel applications.

SVR-04MI World's smallest professional NVR

Built using an industrial grade Intel Atom based embedded PC, the SVR-04MI consumes just 11W power during operation and is also the quietest NVR available as the unit is passive cooled so no noisy fans to get used to.

Recording to a built in 160GB hard disk, the system is ideal for rapid deployment applications where extended battery life is required and where the unit needs to be concealed. The unit can record from any multi-megapixel HD or standard IP CCTV cameras.

J2K Video recommends the following combinations for SharpView Mobile:

• SVR-04MI-0160 and VN-X235VPU, VN-X35U - JVC’s excellent Megapixel CCTV cameras.
• SVR-04MI-0160 and AV5100DN – Arecont Vision’s proven 5MegaPixel Day Night camera.
• SVR-04MI-0160 and Le259c – Lumenera’s superb HD CCTV camera that uses true CCD sensor.
• SVR-04MI-0160 and Axis 209MFD – Axis’s low profile megapixel dome.
• SVR-04MI-0160 and up to 8 standard resolution MPEG4 cameras each at full frame rate.

J2K Video have integrated the Ateme range of video encoders into SharpView. System integrators can now use the VSIP2 and VSIP4 range of MPEG4 and H.264 encoders in a SharpView solution to record and manage video from analogue CCTV cameras.

Users can also take advantage of SharpView’s capability to record IP HD and MegaPixel CCTV cameras from leading manufacturers such as Axis, Arecont, JVC, Lumenera and Samsung at the same time as video from the Ateme encoders.

Currently SharpView is the only commercially available system that offers a solution for the Ateme encoders and this will provide an excellent opportunity for users of Ateme’s VSIP2 and VSIP4 to upgrade their system to SharpView for use in large infrastructure systems that need to add HD MegaPixel capability to their exisitng analogue CCTV.

J2K Video were asked to demonstrate SharpView by technology partners JVC and Samsung Electronics on their respective stands at IFSEC 2009. The use of SharpView allowed both of these leading security equipment manufacturers and J2K Video’s development partners to demonstrate their new Megapixel cameras.

JVC VN-X35 and VN-X235 demonstrated using SharpView

In the case of JVC, two new models were on show, the VN-X35 and VN-X235. These were demonstrated using the SharpView Mobile System; SVR-16NR-080 which provided a recording and security management platform for reviewing the video quality from the 1.3MP cameras.

The combination of the JVC VN-X235VPU vandal proof dome and J2K Video’s SharpView Mobile System was of particular interest to visitors from major Police Forces who saw immediate requirements for this solution where rapid deployment of high performance CCTV units are needed.

For a sample recording made at IFSEC 2009 using the JVC megapixel cameras, contact sales@j2kvideo.com

For Samsung Electronics, J2K Video supplied one of their SharpView Corporate Systems which was installed on the Samsung stand in a purpose built 19-inch rack.

J2K Video integrated solution with Samsung IP CCTV

Demonstrated alongside other brands, SharpView Manager proved to have the easiest to use interface with the best performance for recording and playback. Video streams were provided from the latest Samsung 3Megapixel and standard IP cameras; SNC-M300P, SNC-B2315P and the dome version SNC-B5395P.

Recording were made throughout the show from all cameras on the SVR-64N-6000-R3; J2K Video’s SharpView NVR for mass storage applications.

Europe’s leading high technology PC components distributor, Scan Computers International have installed the world’s largest multi-megapixel CCTV system based on SharpView. Replacing an old 30 camera analogue system that had an 80GB time lapse DVR, J2K Video designed the SharpView System to cover all areas at Scan’s premises in Lancashire which includes Offices, Customer showroom, Perimeter car parks, Goods entrances and exits and the extensive warehousing of high-end computer components. The SharpView network video recorders were built in-house by Scan’s 3XS team of server makers.

The SharpView System consists of 60 IP cameras from JVC and Arecont Vision with a range of pixel resolutions from D1 through to 2592 x 1944. Using only the highest quality Computar 1/2-inch megapixel lenses from CBC, the resulting video is outstanding. The system has drastically improved security at the high technology distributors site and plays a key role in reducing shrinkage on site, resolving disputes and providing Police with the best video evidence they have ever seen.

J2K Video designed the system with specific attention to the operational requirements of the business. Higher resolution cameras are fitted to capture greater detail of external areas, movement of goods in and out of the building and customer areas.

Lower resolution, higher speed cameras have been deployed in areas where internal operations warrant a need for better motion sensing and video capture.

Externally Arecont Vision’s AV5100DN and AV3100DN housed in Ganz GH-230 IP67 rated enclosures have been installed with IR lamps from Raytec which provide excellent recordings in SharpView through out the day and night.

Internally JVC’s VN-V25 cameras have been installed in key areas to capture high speed, real time video where the ultimate in reliability is required. Internal cameras also include models from across the Arecont Vision range including AV1300M, AV2100M, AV3100M and AV5100M. The use of fixed focal length megapixel lenses from CBC ensures that the optimum picture quality is achieved, particularly for wider views of of goods storage areas in the main warehouse.

Three SharpView Network Video Recorders, each with 12TB of RAID-1 fault tolerant recording have been built by Scan’s own engineering team using high performance Intel servers. These are networked with all cameras and several Quad-Core client PCs (from Scan’s own 3XS range) using Zyxel 24-port PoE switches.

At over 400Mbps of actual recording rate, the throughput of data to each SharpView NVR is believed to be the highest in the industry. The extrapolated write speed of 2,400Mbps is by far the fastest recording performance in the industry and therefore allows Scan to add more cameras as ample capacity and bandwidth are available to them in the existing SharpView NVRs.

With 36TB of RAID-1 storage and 60 multi-megapixel cameras recording at over 400Mbps, this implementation of SharpView is the largest and highest performance megapixel CCTV system on a single site anywhere in the world.

J2K Video have designed a range of SharpView solutions aimed for industrial and commercial applications. The three main configurations are designed around particular hardware that provides considerable cost savings to users.

Example of scalable SharpView Solutions

Choose from:

SharpView Premier – for small businesses, bank branches, private property, pubs, restaurants and small schools

SharpView Enterprise – for larger schools, colleges, hospitals, industrial sites, car parks and shopping centres

SharpView Corporate – for large scale infrastructure security where distributed systems are required, for example Stadiums, Casinos, Airport terminals, large University Campuses, Transport networks.

J2K Video have introduced the CVE-range of PAL/NTSC to digital video encoders that allow existing CCTV systems to easily upgrade to SharpView and utilise multi-megapixel, high definition video into their existing security CCTV system.

4-channel MPEG4 encoder

The CVE range includes units from just one channel to rack mount encoders built from 4-channel encoder blade cards that can be supplied with up to 40 inputs per unit. All encoders can deliver full D1 resolution video in M-JPEG, MPEG4 or MPEG2 with full 25/30 fps on every input simultaneously.

40-channel MPEG4 encoder unit

Fully integrated into SharpView, systems can be designed without any concern for differing camera technologies. System designers choose what’s best for the application and J2K Video can offer a SharpView design that will support exisitng analogue cameras, IP, HD and multi-megapixel CCTV cameras.

SharpView integrated technology solution

Conditional refresh capability has been implemented in SharpView systems thereby providing the only cross platform CCTV system to support all video compression standards; JPEG2000, M-JPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4 and H.264

SharpView Manager Professional

This development provides greater flexibility for system designers who need to choose between quality of image and transmission of video. SharpView can allow users to both record at high quality and stream at a more efficient quality at the same time. This serves as the ideal solution and utilises many camera manufacturers features of dual streaming of M-JPEG and MPEG4. Tests have already been successfully tried with cameras from Axis, JVC, Sony, Samsung and UDP.

For a free evaluation of your camera (or encoder) capability, contact support@j2kvideo.com and ask to have your products tested with SharpView.