TrafficCast acquisition combines Bluetooth detection technologies for traffic applications

US-based TrafficCast International is to acquire Traffax, the Maryland-based company which in 2009 commercialised Bluetooth sensor technology developed at the University of Maryland for traffic data collection and analysis. Traffax products, marketed under as BluFax Bluetooth traffic monitoring (BTM) will be merged into TrafficCast’s BlueTOAD operating unit. For both companies, Bluetooth sensors detect anonymous identifications used to connect Bluetooth devices such as hands-free headsets and mobile pho
November 12, 2015 Read time: 1 min
US-based 826 TrafficCast International is to acquire 2262 Traffax, the Maryland-based company which in 2009 commercialised Bluetooth sensor technology developed at the University of Maryland for traffic data collection and analysis.  Traffax products, marketed under as BluFax Bluetooth traffic monitoring (BTM) will be merged into TrafficCast’s BlueTOAD operating unit.

For both companies, Bluetooth sensors detect anonymous identifications used to connect Bluetooth devices such as hands-free headsets and mobile phones.  An integrated operating system calculates travel times by analysis of timestamps on subsequent detections in passing vehicles.  Traffax licensed a related patent from the University of Maryland in developing its technology and has additional patents pending; TrafficCast holds separate patents related to the technologies involved.
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