Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Ultrasonic vehicle detector for drive-through operations

September 16, 2016

EMX’s Drive Thru ultrasonic vehicle sensor, USVD-4X, uses patent pending triangular planar array technology to detect the presence of a vehicle and is suitable for any drive-through operation including parking.

Raytec launches next generation LEDF illuminators for video surveillance

September 16, 2016

UK company Raytec has launched the Vario 2 illuminators for video surveillance which uses Platinum Elite SMT LED technology to deliver up to 236% more power and greater illumination distances than its predecessors.

Vista brings multi-format HD quality to analogue customers

September 16, 2016

Vista has released a new range of high definition analogue cameras and DVRs that allow users to benefit from HD picture quality while using the existing coax analogue infrastructure.

Win a McCain Backpack Cabinet and Gridsmart camera

September 16, 2016

McCain’s Backpack Cabinet Giveaway offers traffic agencies within the United States and Canada the opportunity to win a free deployment of McCain’s smallest ATC Cabinet.

Øresund bridges the front line for border crossing traffic

September 15, 2016

Timothy Compston considers the challenges faced by the operators of the Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden, the largest structure of its kind across Europe. In light of the concerns about the ongoing security threat and the unprecedented flow of migrants, many of the countries that make up the Schengen Area in Europe have re-introduced border controls. For its part, Sweden has rolled out ID checks for train, bus and ferry passengers from Denmark placing the landmark Øresund Bridge very much on the fr

Mexico’s Durango-Mazatlan highway sets tunnel safety standard

September 14, 2016

Mauro Nogarin looks at the management of the longer tunnels on Mexico’s Durango-Mazatlan highway. In recent years the National Infrastructure Fund of Mexico has increased investment in the installation of ITS systems on selected highways to increase road safety. One such major investment is the 230km long Durango-Mazatlan highway which is 12m in width and has an average speed of 110km/h.

Karamba’s Carwall thwarts mass hacks

September 13, 2016

Karamba Security’s Carwall software is said to prevent ‘mass hacks’ of vehicles’ on-board systems including those for connected and autonomous driving. Carwall sits in the vehicle ECUs and ‘learns’ the factory settings. If hackers breach the manufacturer’s cyber security and tries to infect the ECUs of in-service vehicles, Karamba’s software detects the impending change to factory settings and blocks activation. David Barzilai, the company’s chairman and co-founder, said with tens of millions of l

Flir online training in September

September 12, 2016

Flir’s traffic webinars during September provide an introduction to the TrafiOne smart city sensor for traffic monitoring and dynamic traffic signal control. TrafiOne uses thermal imaging to detect the presence of pedestrians and cyclists that are approaching and waiting at the kerb or using the crossing. What’s new in FLUX 3.0 looks at the new features of this video management system, which collects traffic data, events, alarms and video images created by a wide variety of video detection modules. Th

Chicago launches urban sensing project

September 1, 2016

The first phase of an urban sensing Array of Things project has begun in Chicago with the installation of the first of an eventual 500 nodes on city streets. The sensors will collect data on air quality, climate, traffic and other urban features, kicking off a partnership between the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and the City of Chicago to better understand, serve and improve cities.

UK city council adds school safety solution to hosted civil enforcement platform

August 30, 2016

Portsmouth City Council is adding school safety to the range of enforcement applications running on its hosted digital video platform. The council has started by deploying the Videalert system outside schools where illegal parking in keep clear areas has been identified as putting children’s lives in danger.