Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

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.

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission recently approved the purchase of new technology and software to replace the aging traffic counting system at the agency's 18 road bridges. The US$268,724 purchase of radar traffic counters, auxiliary system and software will be made from Signal Services of West Chester, Pennsylvania through the Pennsylvania Department of General Services COSTARS Program. The Commission collects traffic counts to make data-driven decisions related to budgeting, maintenance an

The London Borough of Enfield is deploying the latest digital ANPR system from Videalert as part of a major ongoing contract with OpenView Security Solutions Limited, the council’s incumbent provider of CCTV installation and support services and one of the UK’s largest independent security system integrators. The system has already been installed at eight locations, where it has replaced the existing legacy NDI Recognition Systems equipment, and will be extended to a further fourteen locations across the b

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

Clearview Intelligence, which has been working with Nedap Identification Systems over the past year on the installation of car park monitoring solutions in a number of UK retail and employee car parks, has been awarded Nedap’s Certified Partner status for wireless vehicle detection. The recent installation of Clearview’s Insight Parking solution incorporating Nedap’s Sensit wireless parking sensor technology at the flagship Next retail store in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and the National Grid employee

Industrial camera manufacturer Basler has reported an eight per cent increase sales in fiscal year 2015 to US$97 million from (EU85.4 million) from the previous year’s sales of US$90 million (EU79.2 million). According to plan, the company increased its staff in 2015 to make optimum use of medium to long term growth potential, reducing the high profitability and cash flow level of the previous year to invest in the company’s future. Against the background of 2015’s annual result, the company predict

UK-based ANPR specialist CitySync, part of TagMaster, is launching its latest ANPR camera at Intertraffic in Amsterdam, 5-8 April. The CitySync 50 has been developed through co-operation and collaboration between CitySync and TagMaster technical teams and is an all-in-one camera for free-flow parking, access control/security and traffic applications. The camera offers comprehensive on-board capabilities and is designed to be used globally with a variety of illumination options, both infra-red and whi

From 4 April 2016 Clearview Traffic Group and its brands, Astucia and Golden River will unite under the single brand of Clearview Intelligence. Commenting on the change, managing director Nick Lanigan said that the global financial challenges of the past few years have brought with them significant change to the company’s customer base. As a result, its proposition has evolved, offering customers even greater flexibility in solutions. He said the company continues to innovate with its core technology, bu