Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

High-performance digital camera supplier Point Grey has introduced plug-and-play interoperability between its Grasshopper3 and Flea3 USB3 Vision cameras and Matrox Imaging Library (MIL), a comprehensive software tool for developing machine vision, image analysis and medical imaging software applications. The two companies have been working together since summer 2013 on the USB3 Vision implementation. Matrox Imaging already provides support for Point Grey’s GigE Vision and FireWire products and with the r

David Crawford previews a work zone travel breakthrough. In February 2014, the Port of Long Beach in California launched what it claims is a groundbreaking construction zone navigation aid - LB Bridge mobile app. The app is designed to help drivers during the Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement programme by keeping them up to date on activity and the ensuing traffic diversions when construction starts in summer 2014. The unusually content-rich app is designed to convey current project news (enlivened by phot

David Crawford reports on how the authorities in New Zealand are using Bluetooth technology to monitor the effects of a new expressway as it is being constructed. New Zealand Highway Agency (NZHA) is using Bluetooth-based vehicle detection to assess the impact of its biggest road building project as the various sections are completed. The large-scale deployment of a Bluetooth-based vehicle detection system is making substantial contributions to traffic data needs in progressing the new Waikato Expressway, a

Machine Vision technology is easing the burden on hard-pressed control room staff and overloaded communications networks.

The field-proven and reliable outdoor Ulisse compact HD PTZ camera is now available in full HD 1080p, providing excellent high definition video quality for demanding security applications, including: traffic and highway control, borders, stadiums and industrial surveillance, prisons, military installation and perimeter surveillance. The day/night camera incorporates a 20 times optical zoom lens and is able to accurately identify specific scene details. Flexible control of pan/tilt/zoom functions allows

According to Dutch company Arvoo, its ScanGenius turns every car into an automatic number plate reading (ANPR) scan car and is now available an all-in-one ANPR car roof box, comprising processing units, GPS systems and ANPR and panoramic cameras. Multiple ANPR cameras simultaneously scan all number plates over a 360 degree radius, providing contextual number plate information, while additional cameras are available for panoramic views and videos. Number plate information can be augmented with accurate G