The facts opened with terrorist attack: Video surveillance in the subway - the money wasted
06.04.10, 16:18, Msk
The representatives of Spetslab company involved to the analysis of videos in the Moscow subway after terrorist attacks told TAdviser about low quality of video surveillance systems in the capital subway.
"Naturally, our company made everything that on the communications to study technical details of the video used for search of the terrorists who conducted the last terrorist attacks in the subway, - representatives of the company say. - We managed to learn also a company name, set video surveillance and type of the equipment. Everything is made beautifully. This word comes to mind when you see smart monitors with the video image of excellent quality. Still the word is "expensive" when you understand that videos are transferred on optics in an analog type. And only in the latest queue "is useless" when you watch archives of records. Generally, the next dust for demonstration to chiefs".
It became clear that for record the untwisted system in which still there is no full frame permission and the frame codec of compression was selected again. As a result from cameras which stand on escalators and stare at persons of people, it is impossible to receive though how many the recognizable image according to which it is necessary to make search actions. That to lead the spots received on the picture to a human type, employees Spetslab cleaned photos from a chromaticity. Still created 3D - animation as it could be. This picture was sold as the exclusive photo in the Moskovskij Komsomolets newspaper.
"Probably, our actions hooked on one of officers of FSB who was engaged in investigation, - say in the company. - Someone anonymously sent us the letter with a question where it can be published. We advised it forums on security and if data are confirmed, we will also be able to publish it, as we do".
The TEXT of the LETTER received Spetslab:
"At the investigation of NET of a video of terrorist attacks in the subway. If I did not carry shoulder straps, then ponabivat muzzles to journalists. And before it that who did all this strekhnyu of video surveillance. All media dazzle with this phrase:
"As reported to Interfax well informed source in law enforcement agencies, cars of the train "Red Arrow" in which there was an explosion were equipped with permanent video surveillance. Thanks to this video surveillance now law enforcement agencies locate the exact image of suicide bombers, and, having studied records from other surveillance cameras mounted in lobbies and transitions of stations of Moscow Metro it was succeeded to set, accomplices of suicide bombers how exactly looked".
As representatives of the company remember, originally they expected that determination of terrorists on shootings of cameras in the subway will be a short case, but in practice everything appeared differently:
"When we were brought to the center of viewing cameras of the subway, I thought: everything, now we will find all. On screens there were accurate persons, especially where the escalator, and people stand one after another. Actually everyone can be identified. Oshumenny equipment! Everywhere everything is browsed, all is perfectly visible. Unless I was afraid for places with crowd, there, I think, there will not be enough clearness. But there is an escalator, by will not slip. Only one question is at the tip of the tongue: at this moment of the technician worked, record went???!!! – Do not worry and! And at us everything is reserved. Everything, I think! Now to these duck-bills with bombs will come aykyyuk. At once I count time how many will leave to issue photos on the central TV, the chief calls up, trains messengers, the equipment, everything, in 10 minutes you will shiver under a ladder, in each lane you will be waited by people with bludgeons. We delay all flights from the airports, railway, we send to block roads. If only to be in time, did not leave yet. All will have some more minutes, and photos, all! The curtain was covered!
Only after the 8th repetition I understood that already showed me record. Here it, you already the 8th time watch it! Minutes 5 I lost just on a pause of the judgment told. In record absolutely not that it is visible on screens. Screens of momentary observation are one, it for demonstration to high persons. And records – it is absolute another. Yes, everything is written from the same cameras. Even the time blinks everywhere. Digits it is perfectly visible this time. But more nothing is visible!
Some oiled spot from the picture "Came!". Hardly you understand that there in general the escalator, and people it is visible, only when you include imagination. What with record not so, do I ask? – All so, compression imposes quality degradation. But it at us the best, better does not happen. The technology and life is so arranged. ………………………….
Even I do not know whom to kill for it. We have so stupid TV men? Or just saved on record? Officials, you where watch what for the mulki on you is palmed off together with dachas and awards? You our country sell a ternyaka nasty! Whom and how we will catch with such equipment?"
Judging by those photos that were received in reality, data are extremely close to the truth, specialists Spetslab summarize. The state puts video surveillance systems only for dust. And expensively in Moscow dust is on sale.