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By providing an innovative solution to a delicate brief, Stortech Electronics has demonstrated both its ability to satisfy custom requirements and the capability of current technology.

By providing an innovative solution to a delicate brief, Stortech Electronics has demonstrated both its ability to satisfy custom requirements and the capability of current technology.

It is a solution which provides high-performance surveillance without compromising the architecturally sensitive nature of its setting.

Commissioned to provide a system which would provide effective footfall monitoring in a high-profile building in the heart of London, not only did the system need to comply with strict planning and architectural regulations, but the project was further complicated by the stipulation that it had to be vandal proof.

The solution, a result of Stortech's extensive experience in delivering custom designs, was to encase sophisticated miniature surveillance cameras within the top of the building's perimeter railings, thus allowing the system to remain unnoticed and away from possible human interference.

In fact, the actual camera used by Stortech was the Pecan CB60H miniature camera, which incorporated a customised mounting plate and inner housing to both protect and secure the camera within the railings.

Perfectly suited to meet external security requirements, the high-resolution, dual-PCB colour camera was also fitted with an advanced compact lens to further enhance its surveillance capability from this unique position.

Designed around an advanced Sony 0.33in CCD imaging system, the camera offers a horizontal picture resolution of 450 lines and delivers high-quality images in light levels as low as 1 Lux.

The camera module also incorporates a DC-controlled auto-iris function that automatically adjusts for optimum contrast and functionality.

"We have long experience in the industry", commented Paul Elsey, Stortech's General Manager, "but this project was particularly challenging because it required the implementation of an advanced design within a tight timescale".

Elsey continued, "the fact that we were able to successfully meet the brief, was a combination of our extensive market knowledge and the fact that we are partnered with suppliers of some of the world's most advanced technology".

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