ABSOLUTE SURVEILLANCE TELEVISION SYSTEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A002700030010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 27, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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USAPIC, SF-1312-00, Room 1B945
Pentagon
Washington, D. C., 20310
Special Activities Division
I is contemplating the
design and manufacture of a new type o absolute survillance
system.
The system will utilize any television camera for
purposes of scanning a given area. In the event of any move-
ment of any type within an area of five scanning lines on the
television monitor an'alarm will go off or other switching
can be accomplished. For purposes of comparison it takes
five scanning lines to resolve a standard pica type face.
I feel that this type of survillance system can be
absolutely foolproof and would offer greater security than
that of any present type of intrusion alarm device on the
market today. For those installations presently utilizing
television as a means of observation this accessory device
will increase the efficiency of the present system by virtue
of the fact that the efficiency of the observer goes down about
fifty percent after fifteen minutes of viewing the same scene.
With the TV alarm device no continuous sight observation would
be required. Multiple cameras may be fed into one alarm system.
As further demonstration of the foolproof nature of
this proposed system, the failure of any of the components
in the system, including the camera, would cause the alarm or
switching to go off. Sensitivity can be adjustable to include
as many lines of information as desired above five lines.
I would like to know whether your facility would be
interested in sponsoring this project with us in any of the
following ways
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a. Feasibility study funding.
b. R & D funding.
c. Committed purchase of a number of units
sufficient to reimburse us for design and
fabrication after acceptance of prototype.
It is anticipated that the price of the unit will be
in the range of~per unit in small quantity. purchases.
As demand increases we anticipate the price to be reduced
greatly.
Your views on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
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