Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

US-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group and Australia's major investment bank Macquarie Group, have announced today that they will purchase Redflex Holdings for US$304 million.

The new Quantum Plus real-time DVR from Vista CCTV is a feature-rich digital video recorder offering scalable recording from CIF resolution at 400ips to D1 (4CIF) resolution at 100ips.

Prosilica has released the GC780, a new low-cost camera with a GigE Vision-compliant interface. The ultra-compact GC780 (33x46x38mm) features the 0.5in Sony ICX415 progressive scan CCD sensor and runs 64 frames per second at full resolution (782x582).

Premier Electronics has announced its new W series Super-Wide Dynamic Range (SWDR) cameras which can render a clear image of both light and dark objects in the same scene by using double exposure technology to achieve a much wider dynamic range.

JAI has developed a new In Image Triggering (IIT) traffic camera system that is able to handle a wide range of advanced vehicle imaging and vehicle recognition (ANPR) applications in open road tolling, congestion charging, section speed control, parking access control, journey time and other traffic management applications.

MATE-Intelligent Video has released Version 4.0 of its intelligent video analytics system and a new intelligent video encoder, TriggerNG (Next Generation), a transmission device with 4CIF/CIF resolution and MJPEG/MPEG4 video streaming.

Optelecom-NKF, manufacturer of Siqura advanced video surveillance solutions, has released its first ONVIF-compliant High-Definition (HD) IP cameras, the Siqura 6x series, with HD (720p) and Full HD (1080p) versions.

KBC Networks has launched a series of environmentally hardened, Ethernet edge switches. The ES range includes an unmanaged entry-level series, suitable for straightforward IP camera networks, as well as switches that offer fibre interfaces, embedded serial server data ports and Small Form Pluggable (SFP) ports - a flexible port that allows users to select either a fibre SC or RJ45 interfaces.

Vicon Industries has released ViconNet Version 6, the latest version of its open-platform video management software that offers full support for H.264 encoding and is compatible with a wide range of third-party network and megapixel cameras. According to the company, its support of ONVIF standards provides users with many options for integration with consumer off-the-shelf network video and computer hardware.

Point Grey has launched the Grasshopper2 GigE Vision digital camera series. The first available models incorporate a Gigabit Ethernet digital interface and are based on mono and colour versions of the Sony ICX274, a 2 megapixel CCD that runs at 30fps; and the ICX625, a 5 megapixel CCD that runs at 15fps. The compact Grasshopper2 measures just 44x29x58mm in size and offers new features such as opto-isolated GPIO for industrial triggering and strobe output, new multi-exposure trigger modes, and improved on-ca