Dolby Theater shielded its security with Axis IP cameras for the Oscars ceremony

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has returned to trust, for the third year in a row, on the PTZ and HDTV network cameras of the Swedish IP security manufacturer Axis Communications, to ensure safety during the 87th Academy Awards, held last weekend, both in the surroundings and inside the Dolby Theater.

Safety at the highest level, the 87th Academy Awards ceremony took place last year 22 February without incident, focusing on its raison d'être: Actors and films nominated and awarded at the World Cinema Gala.

Previously and for the third year in a row, the LAPD shielded the surroundings and interior of the Dolby Theatre in strategic locations, including the media red carpet, with network security cameras from the manufacturer Axis Communications to make the Hollywood Academy Awards a success.

For this temporary project, LAPD selected HDTV and PTZ systems with extensive functionality to operate with a wide dynamic range of lighting (Wdr) and offer a wide angle of coverage in areas of higher risk, configured with Power over Ethernet, connectivity and SD card storage so officers in the field could relay any suspicious activity to the LAPD control center and quickly visualize and resolve any issues.

The IP cameras of this manufacturer selected for the occasion correspond to the Q6035-E models and P5534-E domes, with PTZ and HDTV technology, that integrate the company's Camera Companion software to select, Control and display all cameras on the monitors 70 Control Center Inches.

The devices installed outside the enclosure were connected to a wireless mesh node, Located inside an airtight enclosure custom-built for the occasion and protected against inclement weather, as it is a temporary project that requires a technology that is quick to implement, such as wireless, and with which you can interact from the command center.

The placement of video surveillance cameras is a challenge at this event in terms of capturing clear and crisp images, due to the high luminosity rates and changes that occur, For example, On the red carpet, due to the brightness and colors produced by spotlights and thousands of flashes that distort the transmission of the same to the video channels, and that Axis technology balances for accurate color reproduction.

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