Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Traficon is presenting a new multi-functional video image processor for traffic control, called the VIP-IP. The first Automatic Incident Detection (AID) board analysing for analysing images coming from network cameras, the board has been developed to respond to the upcoming trend towards IP cameras.

Following the acquisition of Australian vehicle enforcement systems supplier, Aspect Traffic, leading traffic enforcement specialist Gatsometer has announced it is branching out into Australia.

Iteris's Greg McKhann makes the case for policymakers to look more seriously at the use of ITS as a means of increasing existing infrastructure capacity

URS has been awarded a two-year contract, with the option for a two-year extension, by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to provide operations and support services for the Gateway Guide Transportation Management Centre (TMC) located in St. Louis, Missouri. The centre monitors over 350kms interstate utilising nearly 500 sensors and 250 traffic cameras in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

Traficon's Head of Product and Application Management Robin Collaert offers up a discussion of the likely future green requirements of traffic video systems. At the most basic levels, ITS has the potential to significantly reduce the amounts of time which vehicles spend waiting at intersections, and less time spent waiting means less in the way of vehicular emissions. All of that will hardly come as news to most laypeople, let alone transport professionals. However, the reality is that even today too many r

Traffex 2011 sees the world launch of the Truvelo 'D-Cam L', a dual-capability speed and red light camera. The versatile device may be used as a speed camera alone, or be deployed at a red light intersection where it will monitor red light offences and act as a speed camera on the green and amber phases.

PIPS Technology is highlighting SpeedSpike - the latest in average speed enforcement technology.

Siemens's commitment to innovation, energy and cost-saving sustainable solutions is reinforced at Traffex with the latest developments in Extra Low Voltage (ELV) technology, retrofit LED solutions and easy-access roadside equipment.

The county-wide expansion of CCTV coverage in Florida Department of Transportation's District Four is detailed by Citilog's Eric Toffin

Gonzalo García Palacios, R&D engineer with Quality Information Systems, writes about ANPR developments in the Spanish market In an increasing number of countries, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems are a growing market. They have become a fundamental part of many ITS systems, whether publicly or privately owned, and essential to any user which looks seriously to give the best services to its customers or wants to improve its facilities' performance.