DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC), initiated the video quality project in 2009. The public safety community uses video applications in transportation, crime solving, and public works efforts. With emergency responders increasingly relying on closed circuit TV technology and systems, they have needed to increase their attention to video quality issues so that they can use and share images across disparate video systems.
The first VQiPS conference assembled a working group which created a Users Guide and developed common definitions, a user requirements framework, and an investigation into applicable standards. To support the technical needs of assuring video quality and interoperability, DHS S&T has partnered with the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program supported by the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST).
NPSTC’s role in supporting the VTAG is to provide advice and input to the DHS VQiPS Working Group. The VTAG comprises senior-level practitioners from technology and public safety who can provide the benefit of their insight and experience through the review of various work products and processes developed by the VQiPS Working Group. The VTAG will also champion the cause of the effective use of video by leveraging the communications networks in their respective disciplines and organizations.
The members of the VTAG are invited volunteers but anyone who is interested in video quality in public safety is welcome to fill out a Volunteer Form and participate. Please specify that you would like to participate in the VTAG. Quarterly conference calls are expected with a potential for periodic calls to provide input on special projects. For more information, visit the VTAG web page. Source web-site: http://www.npstc.org/
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