Linux DVRs Detect Stolen, Abandoned Objects

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 5, 2007

“A Phillipines-based video capture card vendor has soft-launched
a line of Linux-based surveillance DVRs (digital video recorders).
Neugent Technologies said its LX8000 SmartDetect DVRs have
“built-in object detection video analytics,” enabling them to watch
for left, abandoned, missing, or stolen objects.

“Neugent’s LX8000-series DVR line appears to be built from
standard PC components, although the company does not publish
technical specs for the devices. The DVRs appear to integrate one
or more of Neugent’s video capture cards, said to integrate MPEG4
acceleration, sound, and support for 4-, 8-, or 16-channels.
Neugent also offers a Windows SDK (software development kit) for
the cards…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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