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Overview Solar farms are difficult to secure and offer many unique

challenges.

Their remote locations and vast size make security difficult to

ensure. In addition to material loss, intrusion and theft can

cause high repair and run-on costs, and further extending the

downtime period and subsequent loss of revenue.

The ability to monitor a wide range of events over a vast

amount of area in varied weather conditions, while accurately

identifying potential threats and reacting within a few seconds

is a complicated scenario.

Challenges at Kamuthi Solar Farm

Securing the world’s second largest solar park with

security guards is challenging, cumbersome and

prone to security lapses.

Round the clock surveillance through all weather and

lighting conditions is a tough ask for the CCTVs.

It is impossible for human operators to analyze all the

videos from numerous cameras to detect suspicious

behavior or events.

Perimeter Surveillance with CCTV

A highly sensitive full-HD CCTV camera with IR illumination can

be deployed to secure the perimeter. This will enable the

monitoring station to detect the source of threat up to 50m

during night and 300m during day (using camera at max focal

length). For detection beyond 50m at night, perimeter must

be well lit with extra lighting every 50m.

Thermal cameras

have overtaken

CCTVs as the

preferred camera for

perimeter

surveillance.

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Limitations

The operation range of a CCTV Camera reduces

drastically in the night (~50m) compared to daytime

which reduces response time window.

CCTVs do not perform optimally in adverse weather

conditions like Rain, Fog and Smoke.

Higher computing power is required for processing

CCTV camera.

The Field of View (FOV) becomes narrower with long-

range lens.

Higher cost of ownership.

Perimeter Surveillance with Thermal Cameras

Unlike the traditional CCTV cameras, thermal cameras can see

through all weather and light conditions.

Tonbo Imaging’s Knight suite of cameras are smart, rugged

and have in-built edge analytics that lets you not only capture

uninterrupted footage, but also intelligently interprets it for

you. Knight also supports powering using solar panels.

Advantages

Allows uninterrupted operation in all weather and

lighting conditions.

Can monitor larger areas without lighting, thus

reducing total cost of ownership.

Cloud Connected. Footage captured can be

compressed and sent wirelessly over WiFi or LTE

network to cloud to be accessed by future users from

anywhere in the world.

In-built video analytics and video stabilization

eliminates false notifications and improves system

reliability.

Lower installation, maintenance and operating cost.

Traditional CCTVs are

rendered ineffective in

poor weather and

lighting conditions.

Their operational

range reduces to 50m

at night.

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Thermal Imaging

based surveillance

cameras are not only

feature rich, but are

cost effective, low-

maintenance and low

power consuming.

CCTV Vs. Tonbo Imaging’s Knight

Feature Comparison

Parameter CCTV Knight

All Weather X ✓

All Lighting Condition X ✓

Detection Range ~ Very short

detection range at night

✓

WiFi/LTE Support X ✓

Inbuilt Video Stabilization

~ Selected models

✓

Inbuilt Edge Analytics ~ Selected models

✓

Low Power Consumption

X ✓

Low cost of operation and maintenance

X ✓

Light-weight X ✓

Cost Comparison

The following is an approximate cost comparison for setting up

day/night perimeter surveillance on a solar farm covering 20

Km.

Parameter CCTV Knight

Purchase and Installation

$220K* $100K

Number of Light Sources

400 0

Total Cameras required 66 66

Annual Operating Cost $50K < $100

* CCTV costs spiral up because of additional lighting sources.

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Sample Deployment Scenario

Summary

Solar farms in remote locations are vulnerable to vandalism and

theft and early warning of potential threats to alert local law

enforcement is essential. All-weather, monitoring solutions are

required to provide round-the-clock perimeter security.

Knight cameras with support for WiFi/LTE enables easy & fast

installation; connectivity to cloud services reduces upfront

installation cost, maintenance cost and enables the system to

scale up easily. Multiple remote sites can be monitored from a

single command center anytime, anywhere in the world. Further,

inbuilt edge analytics in the Knight camera reduces false alarms

as well as network bandwidth costs.

Knight thermal cameras provide an efficient and cost-effective

solution, day or night.

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CLOUD

Watch video feed on a web

browser without installing an

application

Web View

Desktop App Windows

Android App for

Mobile and Tablet

Watch video feed 24/7

via ONVIF Client

Watch video feed

anywhere, anytime via

Knight App for mobile

devices

TRANSMIT VIDEO WATCH VIDEO

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Other Products of Interest

ZEOS: A remotely controlled, compact and economical

multisensor fusion system that combines critical spectral

information from IR feed with visible camera feed to enhance

situational awareness and provide errorfree identification. With

GPS and magnetic compass, it can geo reference the target

position and geo point with high accuracy.

EOD: A remotely operated multisensor fusion system built with a

pan tilt unit that simultaneously processes images from different

feeds to display a fused scene. With additional sensors it can

range to the target at an eye safe wavelength, and calculate

target’s grid coordinates with its own GPS capability. The system

can seamlessly integrate with existing security camera network.

T-REX: A long range multisensor fusion system that combines IR

and day camera feeds to increase scene detail. It is integrated

with a long range laser range finder, GPS and compass to identify

and advanced tracking algorithm to track intrusion and prepare

for countermeasure well ahead of time.

About Tonbo Imaging Tonbo Imaging designs, builds and deploys advanced imaging

and sensor systems, leveraging innovative designs in micro-

optics, lower-power electronics and real-time vision processing.

We offer a suite of solutions that address critical market needs in

military reconnaissance, critical infrastructure security and

transportation safety. The company’s offerings consist of

sophisticated imaging products, custom design applications and

intellectual property cores that can be licensed by OEM’s and

systems integrators.

Tonbo’s customers are spread across geographies and market

segments. They include premier military, government law

enforcement agencies, Tier I defense contractors, Tier I

automotive suppliers and research labs.

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