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Financial Security

Financial services institutions such as banks, credit unions, and savings and loans are considered among the most secure institutions, yet they continually face risk of theft, both from external sources and from within. In addition to their own incentive to apprehend thieves, financial services institutions also are required to meet FBI guidelines for security, which include making available high-quality video surveillance recordings covering 10 days prior to a robbery. To provide sufficient recording time as well as high-resolution/high-frame-rate images, financial institutions must deploy high-capacity DVRs, which add significantly to the total cost of their security systems. In addition, the variability of physical layout from one branch to another, and of light throughout the day, makes it difficult to achieve consistent video image quality without frequent adjustments to camera settings.

Common security camera problems for financial services institutions include:

Lack of detail of targets
Inconsistent clarity in bright or low light, or high-contrast lighting situations
Color inaccuracies in varying lighting conditions
Low-quality DVR recordings


CCD	Pixim
Impaired facial recognition	Superior facial recognition Shadow and highlight detail

Pixim's Digital Pixel System® ultra-wide dynamic range technology, a true breakthrough in imaging technology, delivers unprecedented image quality in all lighting conditions. Cameras powered by Pixim's specialized image processing chipsets can significantly enhance financial services security through the following capabilities:

Widest dynamic range: Captures highlight and shadow detail - including backlit faces - in the same scene.
Highest total resolution: Makes it easy to distinguish target image features and details, even in highly variable lighting conditions.
Superior color rendering: Accurately displays color even in difficult lighting such as indoor/outdoor, glare, and fluorescent lighting.
No "camera blindness": Eliminates the vertical smear, pixel blooming, and other image artifacts commonly encountered in high-contrast scenes.
High image compression: Improves image quality with smaller file size - allowing DVRs to record with higher frame rate or higher resolution, or both, while maintaining the same total recording time.

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Pixim, compared with CCD technology, enables the higher compression of images taken by security cameras, which leads to advantages for DVRs:

Allows the use of higher-resolution settings on the DVR without sacrificing the overall recording time (i.e., # days on a DVR).
Enables more frames per second to be written on the DVR without sacrificing overall recording time (i.e., # days on a DVR) or resolution.
Permits the connection of more cameras to each DVR, without sacrificing resolution or frame rate.
Provides recordings with higher image quality, for more accurate identification of people and events and more compelling evidence.
Makes it easier to comply with FBI and other regulations that require storage of 10 to 30 days' worth of video - without sacrificing resolution, lowering the frame rate, or reducing the number of cameras connected to each DVR.
Optimizes the investment in expensive DVRs.

Security cameras based on Pixim technology enable financial security institutions to capture target detail accurately, even in variable and challenging lighting conditions. As a result, these institutions are better able to identify suspected thieves, whether bank robbers or unethical employees, and potentially prevent some of their losses from theft. Additionally, Pixim-powered security cameras deliver sufficient days' worth of high-quality images needed to satisfy FBI and other regulatory requirements.


CCD	Pixim
Loss of detail in the background	Superior image quality despite harsh lighting

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