Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Christie software makes video wall control easy

September 3, 2015

Christie makes managing content and information across multiple screens easy with its video wall controllers and video processors. Offering a comprehensive range of tools for one or thousands of users to simultaneously view, listen to and interact with any source of information from virtually anywhere through a single, robust system, Christie Phoenix is a network-distributed information management system designed specifically for control room applications. It enables the same information, presented in the s

Christie’s LCD panels offer high definition, low operating costs

September 3, 2015

Christie’s high-performance LCD flat panels offer both tiled display options and high resolution discrete displays, coupled with energy efficient LED backlighting and high pixel density for critical monitoring applications or digital displays.

Christie offers wide range of stackable video cubes

September 3, 2015

The Entero HB range of video cubes from audio and visual specialist Christie offers standard-sized, stackable, rear-screen and front-screen projection cubes. Front access design addresses space limitations with the ability to put the cubes directly up against a wall while maintaining performance, image quality and reliability.

Nedap ANPR aids Baltic border crossing

September 3, 2015

Dutch access control specialist Nedap has supplied its ANPR Access licence plate recognition system for use at Lithuania’s border with Belarus and Russia, where kilometre-long queues of vehicles were commonplace, with waits of up to six days at peak times. The system is integrated with the new queue management service (EVIS), developed by GoSwift, which enables motorists to pre-book their border crossing by entering their details and vehicle registration online, with the option to pre-book a slot or join

Indra to upgrade Algeria’s Bouïra tunnel

September 2, 2015

The National Road Agency of Algeria (ANA) has awarded a contract for the modernisation of the Bouïra tunnel to a consortium comprising of the state construction company Cosider TP and Indra. The contract, which is worth US$12.3 million to Indra, will run for 15 months. It will deliver an integrated management solution and intelligent traffic systems for the tunnel, which is located on the east-west highway and crosses the country from the border with Tunisia to the border with Morocco and sees the heavi

San Diego to spend US$163 million to beat congestion

August 26, 2015

Aiming to fight worsening traffic congestion on San Diego’s roads, city officials have created a US$163 million master plan to install modern stoplight timing systems and other advanced technologies that combat gridlock, says the San Diego Union-Tribune. The master plan, the first of its kind in city history, comes as many neighbourhoods are bracing for more dense developments to absorb the region’s growing population. In addition, recent analysis by the San Diego Association of Governments shows that

Improved video and wireless communications from Moxa

August 25, 2015

Moxa has introduced new technology which it claims improve network reliability for smart transportation applications. V-On Video Always On is a video stream recovery technology on Moxa's latest Ethernet switches that provides 50ms redundancy for multicast video streams when used with Moxa's Turbo Ring or Turbo Chain. The company says that with a simple configuration setting, the technology enables the video stream to resume almost as quickly as the network itself.

New range Smart IP cameras from Hikvision

August 25, 2015

Hikvision's Smart IP camera range has been boosted by the addition of four 6mega pixel ultra HD cameras that provide a total resolution of 3072 x 2048 at full frame rate. Like the DS-2CD4065F-(A) SMART IP box camera launched last year, all four of the new models are said to feature high specifications and are powered by Hikvision's Smart technology. This includes Smart codec, Smart focus, Smart IR, Smart facial recognition, SMART line crossing detection, Smart voice recognition and Smart license plate reco

Digital Barriers launched cloud video analytics

August 21, 2015

Digital Barriers’ Cloud Video Platform (CVP) provides automatic video alert verification, camera tampering alerts and face detection, which is said to enable organisations of all sizes to analyse their video more effectively and to retrieve it where it is needed.

Traffic management systems top earner for the smart transportation market, says report

August 21, 2015

According to Research and Markets’ latest report, smart transportation solutions have been successfully deployed in some of the metropolitan cities around the world. The solutions have proven to be proficient in diminishing the traffic congestion issues. The global smart transportation market size was estimated to be US$46.72 Billion in 2015 and is projected to reach US$138.76 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 24.3 per cent from 2015 to 2020. The report, Smart Transportation Market by Solutions (Tic