Cambridge Imaging Systems Ltd



Imagen - large scale video and stills asset management Agate: eneterprise digital television RECLAIM - REMOTE EQUIPMENT FOR COMBINING LOCALLY ACQUIRED IMAGeRY AND METADATA BoB - Box of Broadcasts CANVAS - Closed Area Network Video and Audio System



Imagen - large scale video and stills asset management Imagen: large scale video and stills asset management

Imagen is a media asset management system for digitally recording, archiving
and distributing very large quantities of stills or video.
Download Product Information PDF >TIDLS Product Information (Imagen system overview)

Imagen is delivered as a complete turnkey solution; all of the components can be customised to meet individual requirements.

Capture AV
MPEG 1 & 2 encoders for analogue audio and video.Transcoders for Windows Media, QuickTime, Real Video and stills. Agate DVB-IP gateway to receive and distribute digital broadcast sources.

Capture Data
Provides a template to input textual data giving keyword, field options and free text. Data can be
imported from existing sources.

Storage
Low cost RAID-5 network attached storage is fast and scalable. Current systems exceed 13TB with 60TB+ planned.

Output
Writes the jobs created by the job controller to videotape, prints reports and labels for the tapes. Jobs can also be written to CD/DVD-ROM or distributed electronically.

E-Commerce gateway
Allows internet/intranet users to access the archive online, business models include subscription and shopping basket














Capture Audio/Visual
Data Capture
Storage
Output
E-Commerce gateway

Agate: eneterprise digital television Agate enterprise digital television

Agate is a solid-state device that can receive a broadcast digital TV channel and then stream that TV channel onto your corporate LAN.

Users can watch any of the TV channels on the LAN using a small set top box and a TV or monitor, or they can watch the TV channels using their desktop computers.

Each Agate can receive and stream eight TV or radio stations at a time and if your network supports industry standard multicast protocols, any number of users can view each channel.

A simple to use electronic programme guide can be accessed with any compatible web browsers to change channels. The set top boxes supplied with Agate come with a TV style remote control that can operate the programme guide. Optionally, the set top boxes can be used with an infrared keyboard that can provide full Internet access.

The current version of Agate receives terrestrial ‘FreeView’ transmissions of 35 TV channels and 15 radio channels. There is a satellite version under development. If access is required to encrypted streams then the streams must be viewed with a set top box and the correct conditional access module.

Agate does not process or re-encode any of the incoming channels so the video streams that are put onto your network are exactly the same as the streams broadcast by the TV station.
Agate is supplied in a rack mountable chassis 3 rack units high. It requires a suitable TV aerial input, mains power and a 100BaseTx connection to your Ethernet network.

Agate AG08-T enterprise television Agate rear view







Watch TV on a LAN
Easy to use program guide
Remote Control



RECLAIM - REMOTE EQUIPMENT FOR COMBINING LOCALLY ACQUIRED IMAGeRY AND METADATA RECLAIM - REMOTE EQUIPMENT FOR COMBINING LOCALLY ACQUIRED IMAGES AND METADATA
Assess and categorise images quickly
Read images from flash card or camera
Add standardised metadata and annotations to images
Generate reports and data for standard databases
Create CDs for immediate viewing and archiving
Download Product Information PDF >RECLAIM Product Information

RECLAIM (REMOTE EQUIPMENT FOR COMBINING LOCALLY ACQUIRED IMAGES AND METADATA) is a laptop based unit that has been designed to allow personel to quickly organise, describe and classify images that have been captured with a digital camera. Selected pictures can be categorised using a variety of predefined drop down fields and free-text entry. The description data and images can then easily be burned to CD for distribution. The CD contains a browsable set of images and data which can be viewed from any PC as well as an editable report document. Standard database file formats are also available on the output CD including Cambridge Imaging Systems' own Imagen database import file.

INPUT
Simply insert the flash card from your digital camera into the RECLAIM unit, or connect your camera with a USB cable. All images will be automatically loaded into memory and shown on screen. At a glance the user is able to discard or select images for review. The input session can be stopped and restarted as often as needed.

RECLAIM expects the user to add description information to each image. Standard fields include date, location and description. Zoom in for a closer inspection of the image and add annotations to mark out areas of special interest. Predefined categories can be selected with drop down menus. Defaults can be set and text descriptions copied to
make data entry more efficient.

OUTPUT
Once a session is complete the image files and descriptions are recorded to CD. The original images are copied from the camera or flash card unchanged.The data saved to disk includes an HTML version which can be viewed with any web browser. JPEG versions of the images are copied to an RTF document with their descriptions for use with standard word processing software. The CD also contains an XML version of the data, and a CSV version which can be imported into many database and spreadsheet applications. There is also an import file for easy integration with Cambridge Imaging’s archive management system.

 



BoB - Box of Broadcasts BoB - Box of Broadcasts
Records all the channels in the Freeview spectrum
Scheduler software automatically records any program 24/7
Archived EPG information provides a menu of programs
Outputs to Windows Media, Quicktime and DVD
Download Product Information PDF >BoB Product Information  

BoB (Box of Broadcasts) is an innovative off-air recording facility which holds entire television programmes in digital file form on hard disk in a rolling archive.

These files can then be transcoded into Windows Media format or played out onto DVD or VHS. The size of an average file encoded in this manner is quite manageable by today's standards (around 370 MB for a one hour television programme recorded widescreen at 768 kbps) and is valuable resource material to incorporate as a full length programme or (more likely) as segments in teaching and learning packages delivered online on campus. Encoded video files offer the teaching profession a manageable means of embedding moving pictures and sound in the everyday resources they might apply in learning, teaching or research such as websites and Powerpoint.

The basic package includes an Agate Capture module, Scheduler Software and WMV or Quicktime Transcoder Software Licences; which will enable the user to capture up to six channels at any one time. The BoB community will have exclusive access to information on any further technology via the BUFVC (British Universities Film and Video Council), staying up to date with this exciting new generation of digital off-air recording. Proposed new developments include networking capabilities and integrating database management software.

Scheduler View
Archive View

The system can be programmed to archive Digital Video Broadcast TV with this simple Interface - continuously archiving up to six TV channels at a time. Alternatively the user can choose to archive single programs at any time of day or night and at any time in the weeks ahead.

 This Interface shows all the program data available in the archive from one day. All EPG information is shown in this view so it is easy to locate a particular program. Once you've found the required program - just click and choose the desired output format - VHS, Windows Media or Quicktime...

The system also captures and stores all EPG (Electronic Program Guide) information which is broadcast alongside the program. This makes finding a particular program within a huge archive a simple task. The user can also preview the archived material before sending a program to output.

Archived Programs can be output to a variety of media - VHS, Windows Media or Quicktime. Transcoding to Quicktime and Windows Media takes only two to three times real time, generating a useful teaching tool that can be saved to CD and run from any PC or laptop.

Archived programs can be output to VHS tape, windows media files or Quicktime movies Archived programs can be output to DVD, VHS tape, windows media files or Quicktime movies.

 





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CANVAS - Closed Area Network Video and Audio System CANVAS - CLOSED AREA NETWORK VIDEO and AUDIO SYSTEM
Schedule and deliver audio, video, images and HTML content to multiple points on a network.

Download Product Information PDF >CANVAS_system.pdf

The Canvas system is designed to deliver audio, video, image and HTML content to multiple points from one or several Windows 2000/XP servers. The display points are low-cost set top boxes (STBs) that incorporate a web browser and video display technology. The STBs are used as dumb video terminals and are connected to videoscreens or projectors.

As well as a complete system, Canvas is also available as an OEM toolkit that allows a custom system to be designed around the set top boxes.

THE CANVAS SYSTEM
The Canvas decoder is a small form factor, plug and play MPEG-2 transport stream decoder. The decoder is based on an IP-TV set top box using Canvas remote control firmware. All the user needs to do is to configure the network settings for the box (or use the default DHCP settings) and then tell the box which video stream to decode. The Canvas decoder will connect to the configured MPEG-2 transport stream and will decode that stream until it is told to stop. Configuration is carried out via a simple web interface or by operatingthe set top box with an infra-red keyboard. The Canvas decoders can also be operated remotely using a simple UDP command interface or a supplied Windows 2000/XP application.

CANVAS API
For custom development the Canvas remote control modules and API can all be licensed. The remote control module provides a mini web-server for the STB, remote control commands for TV reception (depending on STB model), video and audio playback, image display, and RS232 control (requires a
modified STB). Tools are provided for remote key-press entry and a Windows based remote control and configuration application is also provided.


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