The security requirements at airports are extremely high and video surveillance plays a major role in this area. Until now the task of monitoring every part of an airport has necessitated immense arrays of cameras. With its Panomera® multifocal sensor system, Dallmeier introduces an entirely new approach to video security technology. No matter where at the Airport: on take-off or landing runways, the airfield and hangars, the terminal buildings and baggage handling systems, car parks or access roads.

At airports, huge premises with a variety of areas must be monitored around the clock.

In particular, expansive areas such as airfields are especially challenging for video surveillance. In the past, in order to adequately monitor the entire area, it was necessary to use a number of cameras installed in a whole range of locations.

Lots of cameras and lots of installation sites, meaning high requirements for the infrastructure.

That is one of the disadvantages.

The other disadvantage is the fact that despite oodles of cameras, in most cases, a ?grand overview? is still not provided.

This is because even top-notch wide-angle cameras reach their limits when they have to capture an entire airfield.

And especially in situations that require zooming into the picture and recognising details at a substantial distance, even with a 12-megapixel camera the image very quickly becomes pixelly and blurry.

Now, a completely innovative camera technology is providing new impulses for the market: Panomera, a multifocal sensor system which was specially developed for the all-encompassing video surveillance of expansive areas.

Panomera is not just a ?superlative? in the competition among megapixel camera manufacturers that are constantly surpassing their own cameras with increasing megapixel resolutions, it is a completely new —and already patented— technology.

Unlike conventional HD and megapixel cameras, which only have one lens, Panomera functions with multiple lenses, each of which has a different focal length.

With this novel sensor concept, surveillance can be ensured even for extremely large areas with just a single Panomera system – including permanent recording of the entire image and at the highest possible resolution even at great distances.

This can be done in real time and with high frame rates of up to 30 fps. In so doing, Panomera far surpasses the conventional HD 1080p standard – the ?Panomera effect? begins where HD and megapixel cameras reach their limits.

Panomera in comparison to previous systems
In the past, in order to ensure this type of comprehensive surveillance of wide areas, basically three options were available: The first option consisted of installing a large number of single cameras that then either work individually or are linked via a management system. A second option involved controllable PTZ cameras, with the third option consisting of 180