Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Genetec launches Security Center

December 4, 2012

Canadian security solutions provider, Genetec, has introduced its Security Center, which blends licence plate recognition (LPR), video surveillance and access control into one easy-to-use platform. This latest version of Security Center introduces new features designed to enhance video monitoring, simplify the system’s operation, and streamline upgrades and maintenance activities. Also featured is Plan Manager, a map-based interface that allows users to create a virtual environment from maps, floor plans, o

New Zealand planning more speed cameras

December 3, 2012

The government of New Zealand aims to improve road safety in the country by installing more speed cameras nationwide. Currently, the ratio of speed cameras per 100,000 people stands at 1.3 compared to 2.5 and 4.8 in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria respectively. The New Zealand Transport Agency is to be allocated US$8.05 million to increase the number of speed cameras from the existing 55 units to 100 or more by 2015. Associate Transport Minister Simon Bridges welcomed plans to increase

Vitronic to supply enforcement systems

December 3, 2012

In an effort to make their roads as safe as those of Europe, the Sultanate of Oman is investing in enforcement technology. As part of this initiative, the Royal Oman Police has awarded Vitronic a contract to supply 200 fixed speed enforcement systems and 26 red light enforcement systems. Poliscan speed and red light enforcement systems use laser technology to detect the speed and position of vehicles in the enforcement zone, simultaneously detecting multiple violations across several lanes, even in heavy t

Georgia DOT upgrades

December 3, 2012

Georgia’s Department of Transportation’s has upgraded its Advanced Traffic Management System in response to increased traffic density and demands on its transportation infrastructure. New Jersey based-Activu has installed state-of-the-art video wall displays and intelligent network-based visualisation software that integrates with 1,645 video detection cameras, 500 full-colour closed-circuit television cameras, its NaviGAtor II and 511 systems, changeable message signs, Navigator website, and smartphone app

Further Middle East contract for Jenoptik

December 3, 2012

German traffic solutions manufacturer Jenoptik, which has already successfully installed systems in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia, is to equip a further 600 sites in Oman with the company’s latest speed and red-light monitoring systems. Jenoptik will also provide assistance with planning, carry out training, upgrade existing systems, supply and install software for an incident processing centre and support the commissioning process. The order, received from Waleed Associates and the

Muscat employs Sensys enforcement

December 3, 2012

Swedish company Sensys Traffic is to supply red light enforcement systems to the Royal Oman Police in the city of Muscat, as part of a three party agreement with the police and its local partner, Trifoil. In a contract worth US$3.6 million, systems will be installed at complex crossroads in the city, using the company’s new RS242 radar to monitor violations, identify lanes and classify vehicles. “The RS242 radar is very accurate and reliable. This has been proven in competitive testing around the world and

Caltrans selects TransSuite

December 3, 2012

TransCore ITS is to supply the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) with its TransSuite traffic control system for management and centralised monitoring of existing traffic signals statewide. The TransSuite system will support Caltrans’ strategy to proactively manage traffic through the monitoring of traffic signals and traffic conditions at state-operated intersections. TransCore ITS will develop an interface to the Caltrans controller firmware to support once-per-second communicati

Peek VideoTrak-IQ approved by Texas DOT

December 3, 2012

US headquartered Peek Traffic Corporation has announced that its VideoTrak-IQ video-based vehicle detection system has been approved by the Texas Department of Transportation. VideoTrak-IQ combines multi-channel viewing, easy set-up and multiple individual zone settings, and offers the ability to conveniently modify the configurations of up to 26 detection zones per channel. The colour camera delivers the powerful option of lens control over the coax. Zoom and focus settings can be controlled from the Vide

France to install new average speed camera system

December 3, 2012

A new average-speed camera, which can measure driving speeds over several kilometres, will be installed near Besançon. By late 2012, around 20 cameras will be installed in France. Similar systems exist in Italy, the UK and Netherlands. Some 13,000 to 15,000 vehicles use the portion of road near Besançon each day. During a test period, 40 speed infractions were recorded each day. Depending on the infraction, photos taken were sent to the main traffic control centre in Rennes. Local authorities claim the stre

Machine vision standards definition moves forward with establishment of new forum

December 3, 2012

The new Future Standards Forum will homogenise standards develop in the machine vision and partnering sectors. Here, machine vision industry experts discuss developments. By Jason Barnes At the Vision Show, which took place in Stuttgart at the beginning of November, the European Machine Vision Association, the US’s Automated Imaging Association and the Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA) established a joint initiative, the Future Standards Forum (FSF). This, said the EMVA’s President Toni Ventura, a