Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Miovision, US-based supplier of intelligent traffic solutions is to supply the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has purchased Miovision’s Scout video collection units (VCU) to standardise and automate their traffic data collection for state transportation projects. Indiana’s transportation agencies are responsible for the planning, building, maintenance and operation of the state’s transportation system that serves 6.5 million residents. In the past, INDOT used manual data collection methods or

US-based Perceptics, the company that performs most of the US government licence plate camera reads at the land borders, is to present its Build, Own, Operate and Maintain (BOOM) model for Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) systems at an Alliance for Toll Interoperability (ATI) webinar scheduled for 16 January. Perceptics claim BOOM will be an industry-first for e-tolling operators and integrators, helping to expedite new technology implementation in the field as an alternative to transponders, whil

In an effort to gather information on the number of walkers and cyclists using pedestrian routes in Angoed and Treforest in Wales, sustainable transport charity Sustrans has installed Eco-Multi counters from UK company Traffic Technology. The counters have been installed on national cycle networks routes in Angoed and Treforest, which provide mainly traffic-free routes, enabling cyclists, walkers and horse-riders to enjoy healthy, affordable and scenic travel to work, school or the shops, or for leisure. T

Sweden's second city Gothenburg will is to introduce a road toll for all motorists entering or leaving the city, similar to one already in place in the capital Stockholm. The system, aimed at financing infrastructure investments, reducing greenhouse gases and cutting traffic in Gothenburg's city centre by around 15 percent, will include some forty toll stations around the city. According to Eva Rosman of the Swedish Transport Agency, the system introduced in Stockholm in 2007 has led to a 15-18 percent redu

Flir Systems announced today that it has acquired the stock of Traficon International

UK-headquartered CA Traffic is to supply an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) journey time system to Tyne and Wear Integrated Transport Authority (ITA), to be deployed as part of the Better Bus initiative along key corridors within the Tyne and Wear region in the north-east of the country. CA Traffic will be supplying around 100 Evo8 intelligent ANPR camera systems, each utilising an HD camera, integrated LED illumination, on-board processor with in built ANPR software and a 3G modem for data transm

Dubai Police continues its road safety initiative by awarding a further contract to Vitronic for fixed traffic enforcement systems; the contract includes PoliScan speed enforcement, combined red light and speed enforcement systems as well as violation processing software. The stationary PoliScan speed systems monitor all vehicles in the surveillance zone equally, even if they are tailgating, changing lanes, driving in the vicinity of road works, tunnels or taking bends. In Dubai the systems come with automa

Enhancements to the Digital Ally DVM-250Plus Video Event Data Recorders (VEDRs) now enable the recorder to utilise up to eight different cameras while maintaining a dual recording feed. Users can customise the automatic record triggers to activate specific cameras, providing the best angle for each type of event while minimising video file sizes and making current or post-event review easier. The automatic trigger can also activate the integrated monitor hidden behind the glass of the rear-view mirror, esp

The Municipality of Randers in Denmark is using Bluetooth technology from Danish company Blip Systems to improve traffic flow in the city. Consultancy company Cowi developed the Cowi CitySense system using BlipTrack sensors from Blip Systems. The popularity of Bluetooth technology makes it ideal for traffic monitoring, as increasing numbers of drivers use Bluetooth-equipped headsets or hands-free systems for their mobile phone. Small boxes with built-in Bluetooth sensors monitor traffic on a 2.5 km long st

Israel-headquartered HTS, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and computer vision systems specialist has been awarded a patent for its license plate character recognition systems by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent covers HTS's system for providing automatic character recognition and specifically, the multi-level neural network based characters identification methods and system. According to HTS, its systems enable precise, reliable, fast and automatic identification of characters on site and