Units to be used for live surveillance and video analysis purposes

PRINCETON, NJ – March 12, 2007 – Pyramid Vision, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sarnoff Corporation, today announced that it had received an order to provide a large quantity of VideoDetective™ systems and training on the systems to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

VideoDetective is a portable, stand-alone video analysis lab that quickly stabilizes and enhances the quality of live and recorded video. By transforming shaky, blurry, low-resolution video into clear images, VideoDetective enables law enforcement officers to enhance video surveillance footage in the field.

The VideoDetective units will be used in DHS’ Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP), which provides eligible applicants, such as small communities and rural areas, with technology and equipment to aid in emergency response preparedness. Units are currently being used successfully by law enforcement agencies throughout the country.

“VideoDetective combines portability and unmatched video analysis capabilities to make it possible for law enforcement agencies to collect, process and share surveillance footage almost instantaneously,” said Mike Matisa, the product manager for Law Enforcement and Product Services at Pyramid Vision. “VideoDetective also has the capability to stitch together multiple frames of video to create a large panoramic shot, clearly showing a sequence of events.  The bottom line is that law enforcement officials using VideoDetective will have higher quality and more actionable video surveillance footage.”

Local law enforcement agencies using the product agree with Matisa’s assessment.

“VideoDetective has allowed us to recover, process and review an increased amount of video media that we would not have been able to do before,” said Detective Sergeant Chris Kurschner of the Teaneck, New Jersey Police Department. “It has reduced waiting time for the creation of enhanced, still images that we are able to disseminate to our officers; an advancement which has led to additional leads and suspect identifications.”

Key features of VideoDetective include the ability to take multiple frames of video and process them simultaneously as a complete segment.  The added benefit of real-time image stabilization ensures the viewer has a complete and clear picture and a sequence of events.

For more information, contact:
Lou Ann Wingerter
609-734-2863
lwingerter@sarnoff.com