9 Electric and electronic apparatus for the transmission of information, data and images; electric and electronic apparatus for computer and control engineering, namely, a video monitoring system consisting of a signal pickup, signal recording and signal processing as well as a central control station; apparatus for recording and reproducing data, sound and images, namely, video apparatus, monitors, video recorders; cameras for both moving images and still images, namely, video cameras, electronic cameras, digital cameras, movie cameras and photographic cameras; theft, robbery, vandalism, fire and chemical disaster alarm devices and installations for object protection, in particular for installation in buildings; electric surveillance devices for object protection, namely, video recording apparatus, apparatus for image processing, image recognition and image evaluation, video cameras, as well as installations comprised of such apparatus and parts of the above named apparatus; electric and electronic locking installations for buildings, namely, transponders, devices for acquiring and processing biometric data, locking cards and chip cards; computers, personal computers, printers, scanners, screens, hard disks, drives for data carriers, namely, CD drives, CD printers, computer disk drives, keyboard, computer mouse, computer cards, namely, graphics cards, interface cards, memory cards, modems; computer software, namely, computer programs stored on data carriers for alarm and surveillance apparatus and installations, computer software development tools; data communication software for electronic exchange of data, in particular between computers, computer systems and interfaces, and Internet or Intranet network interfaces