Panasonic AW-SF100/SF200 Cisco Live Simplifies Session Capture with PRO PTZ Ca - Page 3

CASE STUDY: CISCO LIVE "Panasonic PTZs with Auto Tracking software present the only solution I can find that makes it so easy to click on a face and reliably track an individual subject throughout an audience." - Peter Stone, Cisco Live Program Manager Facial and body type detection is possible with SF200 software. to handle the eight screens from the server, along with eight proprietary customized recording stations where we could view the cameras in real time," he recounted. "In addition, we had what I call 'War Room' screens that gave us an overview of every room in real time, so we could instantly see if there was an issue with a camera or a PowerPoint presentation," he continued. "Then we had various other levels of support in an ops center: our Pearl recorders sent all their files to file storage downstairs, and we edited files in real time up here all over a 10G fiber network, and saved them back down on another storage device." Stone elaborated on the critical value of the AW-SF200's deep learning technology, which is characterized by accurate human body shapes' detection under various environments. "Throughout the world, Cisco speakers tend to present a very dynamic situation - they don't stand still," he explained. "They won't wait to be identified by a PTZ that requires a session to capture faces, and they don't like to take time to wear special badges. "Also, we needed to find a solution that was fast enough to track our presenters without interaction. Pretty much every other system we saw required some level of cooperation or interaction from your target. And that is something we just can't accomplish when it comes to speakers who sometimes have only two to three minutes to get up on stage and start their presentation. The last thing they're going to do is wait for you to take a picture of their side and their front." Email us at: [email protected] Eight PTZ camera feeds can be monitored on a single screen. Summary "Ultimately, the decision to move to Panasonic PTZs with deep learning was brought on by this very dynamic real-world environment, as opposed to a controlled environment where you have time to set up and capture faces. It's worked out tremendously well thus far," Stone said. He added that overall operator training on the new system has been scaled back to about an hour, vs. four hours with the prior cameras. Stone said he will next implement the AW-UE70W/Ks with Auto Tracking for a smaller Impact Event, as well as for an international Cisco Live conference in Cancun in October 2019. For more information about Cisco Live, visit ciscolive.com. For more information about Panasonic professional video products, visit us.panasonic.com/broadcast or contact Panasonic at 877-803-8492.