Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

InnoSent unveils intersection radar system

November 12, 2019

InnoSent has released the ISYS-5220 radar system which it says uses angular resolution to monitor complex intersections.

Carrida has big plans for mini camera tech

October 29, 2019

Carrida Technologies, a specialist in automatic licence plate recognition (ALPR) cameras for traffic and parking applications, has announced plans to expand into other sectors.

Redvision upgrades VMS1000 system

October 28, 2019

Redvision has updated its VMS1000 open-platform control system which it says can be used for traffic management and vehicle counting.

Stephen Lightfoot, technical director at Redvision, says the new object-linking feature can be used to configure “a logical flow between cameras on screen” while the field-of-view-direction depiction feature is for “fixed cameras and PTZs on maps”.

“Additionally, over 300 camera brands and 10,000 individual camera models are integrated with the VMS1000,” he adds.

Fusus unveils smart city video platform

October 28, 2019

Fusus has launched a unified video solution for smart cities which it says combines private and public video sources into a single platform called FususOne. Fusus detects, analyses and connects to every camera on a building’s network and sends a unified video feed to a single web interface, the company adds.

Fusus CEO Chris Lindenau says it pulls in “video from multiple sources into a single platform to speed emergency response and provide situational awareness”.

Ctrack bolsters Swarco’s telematics solution

October 10, 2019

Ctrack by Inseego is expanding Swarco’s telematics solution by providing the Driver Mobi app to promote responsible driving among its van fleet.

Crypta supplies Czech C-Roads tech

October 10, 2019

Tech firm Crypta Labs is working with cybersecurity firm Teska Labs and O2 Czech Republic to deliver a hardware solution for the country’s C-Roads programme.

E-con launches 5MP monochrome camera

October 1, 2019

E-con Systems has launched a 5MP monochrome USB 3.1 Gen 1 SuperSpeed Camera which it says captures images in visible and near-infrared regions. The See3CAM_CU55M camera includes a high level of signal to noise ratio – which, E-con says, guarantees a low noise in all conditions. E-con president Ashok Babu says: “With its low noise and excellent image quality, this will be an ideal camera for applications such as iris recognition, NIR imaging, driver monitoring and digital microscopy.” See3CAM_CU55

Sign language reduces human error says Clearview

September 26, 2019

Wrong-way warning systems and advanced queue detection can help to reduce human error. They can also cut road accidents – and therefore road deaths, says Clearview Intelligence Where were nearly 1,800 deaths on the UK’s roads in 2018 – an average of five people dying each day. The largest single cause of serious injury is crashes at junctions (accounting for 33% of incidents), while the largest single cause of death was run-off road crashes (30%) “With vehicles increasingly being designed with saf

UK organisations disagree on smart motorway ‘dangers’

September 13, 2019

A spat over how dangerous the UK’s all lane running (ALR) or ‘smart’ motorways are has broken out between Highways England and a leading motoring organisation. Smart motorways do not have hard shoulders, instead relying on emergency areas at intervals to provide refuge for stranded motorists. The AA recently highlighted Stationary Vehicle Detection, a Highways England report published in March 2016, which looks at how long it takes to identify a vehicle broken down in a live lane of smart motorway when s

SwRI launches ActiveVision to help automate traffic monitoring

August 30, 2019

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has released ActiveVision, a machine vision tool that transportation agencies can use to autonomously detect and report changes in traffic conditions.