Falco Mobile DVR

We combined our real-time image/video transfer and compression abilities with Capra Image Processing Platform’s parallel and multi-core programming architecture and developed a Mobile Digital Video Recorder (Falco MDVR) which will meet an important requirement of several sectors, mainly civil and military security. While naming our mobile digital video recorder, we have been inspired by Falcons which have keen eyesight even at very high speed. Falco Mobile DVR is the first software solution which enables real time H.264 compression and image transmission via 3G and Wi-Fi even under very harsh field conditions.

Mobile DVRs are needed in various sectors including military and civil security, transportation, supply chain applications and health. Most of the products used for digital video recording especially in mobile applications cannot meet the needs, especially in terms of performance. In mobile operations, monitoring videos in real time and controlling cameras in the central unit are among the essential requirements. In order to achieve real time transmission via 3G and Wi-Fi, real time image compression is required.

We used our parallel and multi-core programming ability gained with Capra in Falco’s development process and we achieved real time H.264 compression and transmission via 3G. This high performance enables the user in the center to connect to the mobile unit via 3G and control the camera. It is also possible to transfer the recorded videos to the center periodically, when necessary or in certain locations via 3G or Wi-Fi.

Falco MDVR is being used in military and civil security solutions each consisting of more than 100 units. Our customers prefer ViCasa, our Intel Atom based embedded hardware, due to its design resistant to harsh ground conditions faced in security applications. We are aware of the fact that each application may have different performance requirements and thus we optimized Falco with different processor architectures including i5, i7 and Xeon.

Real time image acquisition from inside and around military vehicles, armored vehicles, ambulances and mass transportation vehicles such as trains, metros and busses is essential for medical and security purposes. Falco MDVR enables central control and of remote units. Falco MDVR can also be used in more comprehensive security solutions combined with several filters including motion detection and object tracking.