Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Allied Vision has introduced two new models to its best-selling camera family, Manta. The Manta G-235 features Sony’s new IMX174 CMOS global shutter sensor and provides outstanding sensitivity, while the Manta G-505 delivers high frame rates at 5 Megapixel resolution.

Staff celebrated Allied Vision’s 25th anniversary with fundraising activities on behalf of international charity SightSavers at the company’s eight sites worldwide. Employees organised fundraising events at each of the company’s locations, including a family festival, flea markets, lotteries, cake sale, etc. Customers and business partners were also asked to contribute with online donations. Allied Vision and parent company Augusta donated an additional $25,000. Altogether, Allied Vision raised arou

Digital Barriers’ SafeZone-edge intrusion detection solution has received the Intruder Alarm or Exterior Deterrent Product of the Year at IFSEC’s Security and Fire Excellence Awards 2014. The judging panel cited the "superior performance", "ease of use" and "market moving pricing" as key factors in the award. Launched in April 2014, SafeZone-edge was designed to address the limitations that are typically associated with video-based intrusion detection solutions. By combining outstanding performance wi

Image Sensing Systems (ISS) has named Dale E. Parker as its interim President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Kris B. Tufto. He has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Image Sensing Systems since June 2013 and will continue serving on the Image Sensing Systems Board. Parker has extensive experience working in senior executive positions for both public and private companies in a variety of industries and has served on numerous boards. Mr. Parker currently is a m

From March 2015, Transportation Control Systems (TCS) will be the dealer for Global Traffic Technologies’ (GTT’s) Opticom priority control solutions and Canoga traffic sensing solutions throughout the south-eastern United States. GTT has expanded its partnership with the Florida-based company, which has been the GTT dealer in southern Florida since 2007. With this development, TCS’s territory will now include all of Florida, as well as Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, North

Aalborg City Business Association in Denmark is using sensors to measure the impact of major events, such as the annual Christmas market. They have installed BlipTrack, a system developed and produced by Danish information technology company Blip Systems, with sensors placed at various pinch points in the pedestrian area to monitor real-time pedestrian flow, people´s dwell time and movement pattern, from the moment they enter an area until they leave and everywhere in between. The sensors collect data