The HDcctv Alliance announce that Dahua Technology Co., Ltd., has opened its patented HDCVI technology – the basis for the HDcctv AT 2.0 standard to the global video surveillance industry, through the HDcctv Alliance Member Intellectual Property Agreement.

First introduced in late 2012, HDCVI technology transmits HDTV signals over any legacy CCTV cabling.

The HDcctv Alliance ratified HDcctv AT 2.0 in February 2014. HDcctv AT 2.0 compliance means plug and play remote control of any camera from any compliant DVR, no matter who made it.

Zhu Jiangming, pictured, Dahua executive vice president and the principal inventor of the seminal HDCVI patents, said: “Dahua developed HDCVI technology to help our growing customer base to enjoy more of the benefits of HD IP surveillance. We recognise that customers want all equipment to be 100 percent multi-vendor plug and play, rather than using single-source, proprietary solutions that may not work together. Dahua’s strategy is, therefore, aimed to maximize the return on our investment in HDCVI and in doing so make the technology readily available to other manufacturers – even our direct competitors.”

For these reasons, Dahua has decided to issue licenses under RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms to other, reciprocating Steering and Manufacturing Members of the HDcctv Alliance.

Dahua’s policy is as follows: semiconductor manufacturers implementing the HDcctv AT 2.0 standard independently are asked to pay a license fee on a RAND basis, while HDCVI licenses for implementing the HDcctv AT 2.0 standard are open free of charge to authorized equipment makers, per the HDcctv Alliance Members IP Agreement to which Dahua are a signatory. […]