With The Evidence Presentation System, the
Court makes available progressive technology for evidence
presentation in All Divisional Offices for the Eastern
District of Kentucky. A document camera enables counsel to present
evidence to the Judge, Clerk, Witness, Counsel Tables and Jury via
video monitors and a large screen plasma tv. Evidence can be in any
medium (e.g., documents, photographs, negatives, x-rays, and 3-D
objects).
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A 15-pin VGA video connection is made
available for both counsel to connect into the display input of the
DEPS unit. This option allows the switching, via the control panel,
the output of Counsel's laptop to display on all courtroom monitors.
The maximun supported resolution is 1024 X 768.
Wide screen laptops will need to be resized. |
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The Judge may disable the video to the
jury by a simple kill switch at any time if he deems the evidence
inappropriate.
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The Elo touch screen allow Counsel to draw
or circle areas on the sreen(in different colors), which in turn
displays the annotation over the evidence on all viewing devices.
This allows non-destructive marks to be displayed without harming
the original exhibit. |
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A VCR/DVD is supplied for the playback of
video evidence. The SVHS VCR is capable of freeze-frame, which
allows for annotation on the tape at a frame by frame basis using
the touch Screen. The controls are available to the user via a
remote control or the court's control panel. In order that the
highest quality be preserved, SVHS tapes must be
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