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December 31, 2005
Video authentication
A PR on smart cameras that provide video authentication from IQinVision.
I have no idea whether there is a real problem and need for this technology, but it is interesting nonetheless.
IQinVision, market leader in high performance megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras and network video recording systems, today announced the introduction of IQauthenticate on-camera image verification for all IQeye501 and IQeye300 Series Smart Network Cameras.
Legal use of digital images is limited because they are easily manipulated, often making the images inadmissible for prosecution. Many digital video recorders (DVRs) and network video recorders (NVRs) can detect tampered images after they have been processed but cannot verify whether the source of the video was authentic. Therefore, these widely-used video recorders can "authenticate" video that has been tampered with - IQauthenticate solves this problem.
Alan Brill, senior managing director of Technology Services for Kroll On-Track, believes on-camera image authentication will have a significant impact on the surveillance industry. "There is a real need to ensure that digital video images have not been tampered with," said Brill. "Without such controls, the use of digital video for prosecutions and other legal-related uses could be seriously compromised. With older film cameras you could ensure your video was real by tracking it from the time you removed the film from the camera. When the industry shifted to digital video this 'guarantee' disappeared."
IQeye cameras with IQauthenticate have a unique encrypted digital signature that identifies the IQeye that produced the image and detects if the image has been altered. Users simply submit an image to 'http://www.iqeye.com/IQauthenticate.html' for verification, and if even one pixel has been changed IQauthenticate will detect it.
Posted by rshah at December 31, 2005 10:51 AM
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