Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

The new Galil from Premier Electronics is a powerful day and night multi-sensor observation head especially developed for security applications. It allows medium-range observation and detection using state-of-the-art thermal imaging and CCD technology.

Motorola and PIPS Technology, a Federal Signal company, have announced an Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) solution, featuring new low-profile digital Slate cameras and an ALPR expansion board that fits Motorola MW810 mobile workstations, which saves space and eliminates additional hardware costs.

German camera-accessory manufacturer Bilora has announced the Bilora photo-geotagger, based on the u-blox Capture & Process GPS solution. The hot-shoe accessory allows virtually any SLR camera to instantaneously capture position anywhere in the world each time a photo is taken. With specially developed PC/Mac software, photos are matched with fixes and geotagged with latitude/longitude and street address details which can be displayed on a satellite map. Photos can be conveniently stored and recalled based

Bosch Security Systems is enhancing its camera range with new smart surveillance technology. Embodied in the recently introduced Dinion 2X day/night fixed camera and the Flexidome 2X day/night dome camera, the company claims advanced levels of imaging for the most demanding surveillance applications.

Bosch Security Systems has announced the successful integration of its MIC Series 550 high-speed pan-tilt-zoom cameras with MG Squared’s Lowering System – a device used frequently in ITS and secure perimeter installations. The combination makes it even easier and safer to install and maintain pole-mounted MIC Series 550 cameras in these settings.

Genetec has released AutoVu 4.3, the newest version of its IP license plate recognition solution which now includes features such as real-time alarming and email notification, colour, sound and priority assignment to hotlists, covert hit notification, wildcard hotlists, permit sharing and long-term overtime. In law enforcement applications, AutoVu's real-time alarming and email notification quickly informs assigned recipients of matched license plates or hits. Users can assign different priorities to hotlis

UK-headquartered CitySync has redesigned its popular bollard ANPR camera in a stainless steel finish to blend in for applications where a low-mounted camera is called for. The JetCam Bollard gives optimum performance for car parks and access control systems 24 hours a day in varying lighting and weather conditions. The new slender housing provides a mounting for the ANPR camera at approximately the same height as front car plates, reducing the issues associated with line of sight such as tailgating or que

Mitsubishi claims that its new Seventy Series video wall projection cube provides an increased mean time between failure equivalent to over 10 years of continuous operation, new levels of automatic image maintenance and built-in processing with up to six windows per screen. Using industry-standard DLP technology, the new cubes incorporate features such as automatic lamp changing, automatic brightness adjustment, and automatic colour balancing to provide a continuous high-quality control room video wall.

Sitraffic Guide is a new type of dynamic parking guidance system from Siemens Mobility. It has been developed not only to guide car drivers to unoccupied parking spaces in a city but also to be used as an integral part of a traffic management control centre. Previously, according to Siemens, parking guidance systems were mostly operated as isolated, standalone systems. However, communities are now requiring that such sys

Hi-Tech Solutions, a developer and provider of optical character recognition (OCR) computer vision systems, has announced a special License Plate Recognition (LPR) solution for sports stadiums. The system allows a huge number of cars to enter and exit the stadium's parking lot easily and rapidly, avoiding bottlenecks, allowing VIP entry, enhancing security and helping the police.