1. ABOUT VOCORD
A leader developer and manufacturer of professional video
surveillance and audio registration systems
All components of VOCORD systems are designed to solve
Company profile particular tasks, resulting in unique and often extreme
Vocord is a Russian engineering company specializing in technical features.
design and development of professional video surveillance
We support key open IT-standards for smooth integration with
and audio registration systems.
third-party applications and systems.
The company was founded in 1999 by a group of graduates
Vocord specialists have wide expertise and extensive project
from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
experience that steadily grows thanks to co-working with our
From the very beginning we focused on designing systems partners on joint development and implementation projects.
with technologically unique features optimizing all system Operative feedback from partners facilitates quick progress of
components to particular technical tasks. Due to this our products and solutions.
competitive advantage, VOCORD soon became a leading
VOCORD possesses all official certificates required for
vendor on the market of multichannel digital audio/video
participation in mission-critical and complex projects with
data processing systems.
strong requirements to system quality and reliability.
Today the company staff is over 100 employees.
We manufacture our systems from in-house components to
ensure reasonable price/quality ratio.
Activities
Our business covers three major sectors of video Products and solutions
surveillance market: panoramic video surveillance, traffic
We develop and manufacture all hardware components
enforcement systems and biometric identification systems
needed for making the full line of VOCORD products - video
based on facial recognition.
surveillance and audio registration systems.
As for telecommunication market, Vocord delivers a
All VOCORD systems are based on the unified hardware/
family of products for phone call recording and channel
software platform, which guarantees natural integration of
monitoring, as well as solutions for call-centres, anti-fraud
all VOCORD systems.
systems for mobile network operators and more.
The list of flagship VOCORD products includes following:
Moreover, Vocord executes a lot of R&D and custom
development projects. VOCORD Tahion – geographically distributed panoramic
video surveillance system ensuring high-quality video
recording. VOCORD Tahion offers smart video analysis tools
Benefits to work with Vocord (motion detectors, detection of appearing/disappearing
All products, including hardware, algorithms and software, are objects, detection of motion within zones of interest,
entirely developed in-house, so we are very flexible in product smoke/fire detection) and advanced video data archiving
design, system update and customization. capabilities.
VOCORD Phone: +7 (495) 787 2626, e-mail: info@vocord.com, www.vocord.com
2. VOCORD Traffic is a Traffic Enforcement System. The When offering «end-to-end» solutions, we provide our
system functionality includes traffic violation registration, customers with all required components, including «street
license plate capturing, and vehicle search against «hot servers» optimized for working in outdoor conditions, IR-
lists», issuing tickets, traffic data collection, traffic monitoring illuminators, power units, connector cables, and mounting.
and video recording from overview cameras.
Today VOCORD product catalogue includes more than 100
VOCORD FaceControl is a facial recognition/ proprietary products.
identification system based on non-cooperative biometric
identification technology. The system is targeted for use in
places of mass stay of people, such as airports, stadiums, Partnership
railroad terminals, border security checkpoints, community Our business is based on vendor-partner model. We do not
institutions. The system offers functionality of capturing run projects with customers directly, but deliver our solutions
and tracking human faces appearing in camera’s field of through a branched business partner network. Generally,
view, storing images info in database, facial identification our partner is IT-integrator company implementing tailored
by matching photo with «watch list database», transfer solutions based on VOCORD products for end-users.
images to situational centres over IP-networks.
This partner model is guided by «Partner Program» covering
VOCORD NetCam – unique video cameras custom- common rules and guidelines, and «Partner Agreement»
designed for VOCORD Traffic and VOCORD FaceControl specifying details like parties' banking information, discount
systems. The cameras have 1 to 11 Mpix resolution, high models, etc.
light sensitivity and low inherent noise, ensuring reliable
operation under poor lighting conditions. VOCORD NetCam As of today, Vocord partnership ecosystem includes over
cameras can transmit up to 3 video streams simultaneously 100 IT-companies across Russia, CIS and Baltic countries.
- RAW, JPEG, H.264, at maximum resolution and frame rate.
To ensure data transmission without losses, the cameras
are equipped with 2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces with total
Manufacturing
throughput of 2 Gbit/s. Research, design, development and support are centered
in Moscow office. Production is outsourced to Russian and
VOCORD Phobos Audio is a multichannel system for re- Chinese manufacturers. The final testing, tuning and quality
cording and archiving audio data coming from any type of assurance is also performed in Moscow.
communication channels and sources.
Vocord was certified that company’s quality management
The family of audio products also includes other products: system is in full compliance with ISO 9001:2000 standard.
VOCORD IPtel (registration, storage, and analysis of IP- All VOCORD products are compliant with open industry
telephony calls), VOCORD ANS (automatic notification standards, as proven by variety of licenses and certificates.
over any communication channels), VOCORD AntiFraud
(security against fraud in mobile networks), VOCORD ETAP
(non-destructive signal coupler) and more. Services
We also offer ready-to-use industry solutions. In particular, We offer a full list of services for efficient and mutually
VOCORD Transport (in-car video surveillance), VOCORD profitable cooperation with our partners:
SmokeDetector (smoke/fire detection based on video
Hardware and software delivery – we supply partners
surveillance techniques), VOCORD CTI (integrated solution
with hardware and software on partner's requests and in
for call-centres), etc.
accordance with technical specifications. In complicated
projects we analyze initial specifications and make
VOCORD Phone: +7 (495) 787 2626, e-mail: info@vocord.com, www.vocord.com
Phone: +7 (495) 787 2626, e-mail: info@vocord.com, www.vocord.com
3. corrections if necessary, to guarantee our delivery for
particular project contains optimal set of components.
Technologies
Vocord's technical policy is focused on developing
Training – high level of skills of technical staff is
solutions with unique technical features, implementing
required for efficient project design, setting, using and
cutting-edge technologies in computer science, telecom,
maintenance of our systems. Our Training Centre offers a
security and supporting open IT-standards combined with
best way to obtain the required skills. We provide training
proprietary know-how.
courses - from basic to highly advanced – dedicated to
all key VOCORD products. JPEG2000 – recently introduced format for image and
video compression. As of today, JPEG2000 is the optimal
To confirm your qualification, you have to pass exams
image format for digital security systems based on video
and get certificate as a qualified VOCORD User.
surveillance.
Consulting services – we are naturally interested in
StreamLogic – specialized video data compression
success of every project based on VOCORD products.
algorithm for high-resolution video.
Therefore, we are ready to provide project assistance to
our partners. In particular, we offer architectural design NetScale – technology for intellectual video streams
and project expertise, supervision services during system routing and scaling in digital networks.
installation, configuration, testing and integration with
RemoteDrive –tunneling of peripheral device control
external software and equipment.
protocols in digital networks.
Technical support – in IT-world, system implementation
StreamBuffer – hardware video data buffering on video
is just one part of the system lifecycle. You need to be
input boards.
sure the implemented system operates smoothly and
when needed could be easily modified and extended. DualStream – parallel transfer of compressed and raw video
streams. Intellectual analysis and monitoring of raw video,
We offer free hot-line technical support via phone or
improves operation of video surveillance systems.
email.
StreamBoost – hardware compression/decompression of
The minor software version updates are free of charge as
video data.
well. Upgrade to the next major software versions (having
key extended functionality) is usually performed at a Video detectors – software algorithms for automatic
small cost based on the cost of the currently installed detection in camera’s field view of motion, appearing or
version. disappearing objects, smoke, fire etc.
Services (system fine-tuning, performance optimization, Intellectual audio data processing – digital audio
software customization, etc.) that require visiting processing for better perception and more efficient analysis
customer's facilities are paying extra. (noise suppression, audio acceleration/slowdown with no
tone changes, band-pass filtering and synthesis of filters).
Co-marketing – we actively support promotion of
industry solutions developed by our partners and Enhanced video output – improved image quality
widely inform the professional community about each achieved by digital video processing (ensure user- specified
successful project. For this end, we practice joint brightness/contrast level, brightness equalization, noise
marketing activities: issuing bilateral press-releases, suppression, enhanced sharpness, deinterlacing).
participation in industry exhibitions, joint workshops,
Computer stereoscopic vision – reconstruction of
press-conferences, etc.
3D-models of various object types based on series of stereo
images with no usage of structured lightning.
VOCORD Phone: +7 (495) 787 2626, e-mail: info@vocord.com, www.vocord.com
4. Key implemented projects
Currently, VOCORD products and solutions are implemented • Kaluga Traffic Safety Department – Traffic
in a long list of projects. Most systems implemented in the Enforcement System
scope of these projects are running in an production phase.
• Vladimir Traffic Safety Department - Traffic
In particular, over 30% of «Safe City» projects are powered by
Enforcement System as a part of «Safe City» project
VOCORD products.
The list of major successful VOCORD projects includes • Ryazan Department of Internal Affairs – «Safe City
following: Ryazan» project integrating Traffic Enforcement and
panoramic video surveillance systems.
• OJSC «MegaFon» - distributed audio registration • Cherepovets Traffic Safety Department - Traffic
network for call centres Enforcement System
• LLC «Golden Telecom» - deployment of VOCORD CTI • «Efes Pilsner» - video surveillance system for
solution for call centres industrial enterprise
• City transport service of the Ministry of Internal • Delhi subway - video surveillance system
Affairs - comprehensive deployment of equipment for • Border police of Russian Federation - «Safe City
dispatcher centre Barnaul» project
• Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Station - deployment of a • Murmansk Department of Internal Affairs - video
multichannel digital audio registration system surveillance systems installed in patrol cars
• Police of Tyumen city - deployment of an automatic • Khanty-Mansiysk Department of Internal Affairs
multichannel notification system VOCORD ANS - video surveillance systems installed in convict
transportation cars
• JSC «Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company» - VOCORD
Phobos was installed on board of «Sukhoi Superjet • Kirov Department of Internal Affairs - video
100» aircraft surveillance systems installed in police cars
• Bashkir Department of Internal Affairs - «Safe City • Vladimir Department of Internal Affairs - video
Ufa» project surveillance systems installed in patrol cars
• Rostov-na-Donu Department of Internal Affairs - • OJSC «PenzaEnergo» - panoramic video surveillance
«Safe City Rostov-na-Donu» project system for the local testing ground
• City administration of Sochi - «Safe City Sochi» project • Penza Department of Internal Affairs - «Safe City
Penza» project
• Khabarovsk Department of Internal Affairs - «Safe
City Khabarovsk» project • FGUP RIM Mytischi - «Safe City Mytischi» project
(Moscow region)
• Samara Department of Internal Affairs - «Safe City
Samara» project • City administration of Dimitrovgrad - «Safe City
Dimitrovgrad» project (Ulyanovsk region).
• Abakan Traffic Safety Department – Traffic
Enforcement System
VOCORD Phone: +7 (495) 787 2626, e-mail: info@vocord.com, www.vocord.com