Panasonic has made a surveillance camera system utilizing its dome-type cameras with a wide-angle fish-eye lens and 16 small microphones embedded around the camera to be installed on the ceiling. The surveillance system is suitable for ATM booths to enhance security. When the video data is transferred to the computer of the system, it calculates from the image data and selects the voice or noise recorded by the nearest microphone. One system can cover an area of a 10 metre radius and 3 metres height. The fish-eye lens can capture images up to 310 degrees and the system’s software corrects distortion of the images. This surveillance system will be released in September 2014 along with a camera and microphones.
