Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Three new major motorway schemes on the M1 and M3 will cut congestion and give Britain's drivers smoother, quicker journeys, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced. Construction will now start on the M1 junctions 28-31 in Derbyshire, M1 junctions 32-35a in South Yorkshire and on the M3 at junction 2-4a in Surrey. The new schemes are central to the Government's long term economic plan and part of US$41 billion of investment in the road network by 2021, which will see spending tripled to U

Image Sensing Systems has amended its long-time agreement with Econolite Control Products (Econolite). As of 14 July 2014, domestic marketing and manufacturing of the Autoscope RTMS radar product line will transition from Econolite to ISS. Econolite will continue to manufacture, market and distribute ISS’ video detection products for the Americas, and both companies will work together to make this transition as seamless as possible for their customers, partners and distributors. “We want to thank Econ

Image Sensing Systems has launched its first software-only product, CitySync Recognition as a Service (RaaS), a solution which gives any and all businesses and governments the power to use and access the state-of-the-art CitySync licence plate recognition (LPR) engine. CitySync RaaS is an annual service that provides organisations with a fast, accurate automated licence plate recognition engine. This stand-alone solution can be implemented into any size organisation or infrastructure without the need fo

Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (CUMTD) has increased security and operational efficiency with a new 10-screen transportation control room at its recently-built headquarters building. The authority created a new safety and security system and images from any of the 300 cameras can be displayed on the new video wall which made up from 10 of Christie’s latest 55inch LCD screens. The cameras are installed at the busiest bus stops, at the Illinois Terminal Transfer Facility and in CUMTD’s maintenance and

McCain has appointed traffic industry veteran Donald M. Maas Jr as Director of Business Development of its traffic division. Maas joins McCain's executive team with nearly three decades of experience in the transportation industry spanning both product and project engineering. Maas will play a central role in promoting the company's intelligent traffic control solutions. Maas will also act as a liaison between sales and engineering to ensure product development goals align with customer needs. "Don is

Real-time traffic video from TrafficLand’s international cameras is to be added to data visualisation software company IDV Solutions’ Visual Command Center, offering customers increased situational awareness. The integration of TrafficLand network video with Visual Command Center helps provide security operators with real-time information about risks to operations, threats to personnel and interruptions to supply lines. Security operations teams at Global 2000 corporations and government organisati

Independent tests have shown that Image Sensing Systems’ Autoscope Ex-122 automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera and CitySync LPR engine exceed the new UK National ANPR Standards for Policing (NASP) performance requirements. Issued by Home Office on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the standards require fixed installation ANPR systems to achieve a capture rate of at least 98 per cent of vehicle licence plates passing the camera and a correct read rate of at least 95 per c

Swiss connectivity specialist TE Connectivity is to acquire Measurement Specialties for a total transaction value of approximately US$1.7 billion (including assumption of net debt). Measurement Specialties offers a broad portfolio of sensor technologies including pressure, vibration, force, temperature, humidity, ultrasonics, position and fluid, for a wide range of applications and industries. The combination of TE's sensor business with Measurement Specialties' range of sensors and sensor systems es

Secretary for Transport Martin Matthews today launched an intelligent transport systems technology Action Plan that will help make transport safer and more efficient in New Zealand. The plan identifies what is needed in New Zealand for advancing the introduction of intelligent transport systems technologies. Intelligent transport systems use technologies such as sensors, computing and communications in vehicles and in transport infrastructure such as roads; and include such things as traffic control syst

Technology services company telent has won three prestigious five year contracts worth over US$25.4 million with the UK Highways Agency to maintain critical roadside technology across the east, south-east and M25 regions' motorways and trunk roads. telent now manages all routine and reactive maintenance for over 12,000 technology assets, such as emergency roadside telephones, message signs, traffic signal sites, the Highways Agency weather stations, CCTV cameras, tunnels and many more. The company’