Year
1990
Abstract
The Euratom Safeguards Directorate has been using \"front end\" motion detection for more than three years under routine inspection conditions. This technique was introduced during 1986 in order to reduce the amount of unnecessary visual information recorded and to increase the amount of relevant visual information stored. In view of the large increase in the number of multi-camera systems and the consequent reviewing workload the use of front end video motion detection will increase substantially. This contribution describes Euratom experience with video motion detector hardware and software. Reliability and real to false alarm ratios will be discussed. Based on the operating experience functional and technical specifications for a new generation of front end video motion detector equipment will be drawn up. The question of benchmark tests for video motion detector systems will also be addressed.