Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Acquired by US-based thermal imaging solutions supplier Flir Systems in December, 2012, Belgian video traffic systems company Traficon has become fully integrated into the organisation and is now known as Flir Intelligent Transportation Systems. The company recently inaugurated a new office in Marke, Belgium, at a ceremony attended by Vincent Van Quickenborne, mayor of Kortrijk, who referred to the many international successes of Traficon and praised the intellectual capital of the company: “Well trained, e

With more roadway construction underway than ever in the state, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is introducing its first highway safety feature that incorporates a queue warning system and temporary rumble strips to reduce work-zone collisions. Making its debut along a central Texas stretch of I-35, the system uses sensors to measure the speeds of approaching vehicles and then warns drivers through portable, electronic signs about upcoming traffic backups due to night lane closures in work zo

Econolite’s intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are to be implemented in China’s Smart Cities urbanisation project to enhance roadway efficiencies and safety. The Smart Cities urbanisation project is part of the country’s recently announced infrastructure-based stimulus package estimated at US$6.4 trillion, ten times larger than China’s 2008 stimulus package. The company’s ITS solutions will first address the growing traffic congestion in the Panyu District of Guangzhou, where Econolite and regional pa

In a bid to minimise accidents on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway in India, the Noida Authority is to issue a tender for an intelligent transportation system (ITS), including a control room, emergency call boxes, message signs, CCTV, speed cameras, VIDS cameras and a meteorological data system. According to officials, completion is projected within six months of the tenders being finalised and the project launched. Once in place, the system will reduce travel times and improve traffic safety and surveill

The latest V9360 hemispheric cameras from network video management systems supplier Vicon Industries provide high-resolution, continuous 180-degree or 360-degree coverage. An integral fisheye lens and four megapixel sensor captures a complete 360-degree view, which is delivered as two 180-degree panoramic images visually stacked on top of each other within a single video stream. All de-morphing is performed within the cameras prior to transmission, so a distortion-free image is delivered to the video manage

Image Sensing Systems (ISS) has introduced what it claims is the fastest, most accurate automated licence plate recognition (ALPR) engine in the world with its CitySync rapid plate recognition technology. The system reads a licence plate numerous times and uses multiple advanced methods for both optical character recognition and plate finding for each plate read. The system looks for objects and then initiates multiple processing techniques that run concurrently on vehicles travelling at speeds up to 190 km

The latest machine vision cameras from Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) include the Mako series, an ultra compact machine vision camera with a typical 29 x 29 mm format and GigE vision and USB3 vision. The GigE version will include seven models with resolutions ranging from VGA to 4.2 Megapixels. The USB3 version will be available later this year with five sensors and VGA up to 4 Megapixel resolution. Both variants will feature the latest CMOS sensor technology. Other new cameras include the high-resoluti