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Basler has added eight new Ace models to its camera range, with the latest generation of CMOS sensors from ON Semiconductor’s Python series. The new cameras feature a combination of compact design, CMOS sensors with the latest global shutter technology and are said to have an excellent price/performance ratio.

Volvo Penta will begin production of 5 and 8litre industrial engines in India, aimed at the Indian market, next year. The company has already been supplying engines for industrial and marine applications, to customers in the country for more than two decades. The 5 and 8litre engines will be made for Indian customers at the VE Powertrain (VEPT) plant in Pithampur, near Indore. A new line will be added at the plant exclusively for the Volvo Penta engines. Volvo Penta will begin production of 5 and 8li

The MAV IQ automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera range has been extended with new models, the IQ:SL and an optional expansion module for attachment of peripheral devices, such as radar for speed indication, or pan/tilt control.

Kapsch CarrierCom has launched its mobi.guider solution, which provides end-to-end automatic fare collection (AFC) intermodal transport control systems (ITCS) tools that can be integrated into public transport operators’ IT systems. The mobi.guider is said to feature an intuitive graphical user interface and offers an adaptable solution for drivers and dispatchers and helps operators work more productively and react faster to incidents and disruptions on the route.

The latest industrial USB 3 uEye CP camera from IDS Image Development Systems is now available with On Semiconductor’s Python 500, 2000 and 5000 CMOS sensors, which are suitable for use in machine vision, intelligent transportation applications, inspection, security and surveillance.

Tyco Security Products has extended its Illustra IP camera line with the new Illustra Pro 2 megapixel mini-dome cameras. These feature UltraVision low light technology, allowing the camera to maintain colour video well below 1 lux and improving its ability to identify people and objects of interest in low light conditions.

In terms of vision, joined-up thinking and exploiting the potential of ITS, the authorities in Riyadh are showing how it should, and can, be done (see page 52). Faced with a fast-growing population and ever-increasing congestion, the city’s authorities decided the situation required a solution beyond the gains that can be made by deploying ITS alone, so it is adding a metro – a completely new travel mode.

Schreiner PrinTrust's RFID windshield tags provide automated, contactless vehicle identification for access control to parking garages and electronic billing of parking space as well as for other automatic vehicle identification (AVI) applications such as tolling and fleet management. The tags come in two variants and are optimised for different frequency ranges: the Global Secure tag provides dynamically encrypted communication and an authentication feature capable of identifying original tags, while the P

Vehicle identification and detection specialist Nedap has launched Nedap MOOV, an access control system designed for vehicle entrances in cities, industrial estates and parking facilities. The dedicated MOOV city access control module utilises Nedap’s VMC vehicle management controller to enable administrators to manage access to the city in a secure way, at any time from any location via the cloud. The vehicle access management module is for business parks with multiple tenants and is designed to ensure onl

A driving simulator designed to improve safety at speed for all emergency service vehicle drivers has been launched by Babcock International. Whilst the prototype has been created to mimic a standard fire engine, Babcock believes the concept can be adapted to train the drivers of any emergency response vehicle. The simulator features a 200° wraparound screen with modifiable seat and controls, while its software is programmed with 270km (167 miles) of multi-terrain routes including urban, city and rura

Automatic vehicle identification and parking detection technology specialist Nedap has launched the uPASS Target, a high-end RFID reader designed or long-range identification using the Rain RFID (UHF EPC Gen II) Standard. According to Nedap, uPASS Target is suitable for applications where vehicles and other moving objects must be identified automatically using passive RFID tags. The new reader offers a read range of up to 10m (33 ft.) which enables it to provide long-range identification of vehicles, peo

Ortana hit the ground running at Intertraffic 2016, with a busy first day on the stand and a third place in the Innovation Awards for its Meteos 251 overhead road surface sensor. “The show has been very good for us so far,” said Ali Ruhi Alsancak, Ortana regional manager, Middle East, Asia and Africa. “We were placed third in the awards and had a lot of visitors to the stand.”

You might think that a static metal or concrete bollard would be a cheap way of marking off a restricted area or car park. But it can cost up to €30,000 to install a bollard. And costs continue to be incurred, as bollards will typically be damaged by vehicles five or six times in a year. In fact, it is five times cheaper to install a camera and link it to licence plate-reading software and a ‘white list’ of vehicles that are allowed to enter the restricted area, says Erik Dijkshoorn, director of Vigilans, w

Enforcement systems specialist Agendum is celebrating award of a new contract from Geneva’s Fondation des Parking (FDP) for assisting with a project piloting digital parking enforcement in the city.

Telegra has come up with a clever means of solving some common problems in video based automatic incident detection (AID). The company’s new XAID system is essentially software that improves the accuracy of video AID by tracking and recording the path of vehicles or people and then acting on any object that behaves in an unusual manner.