Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Australian DTI Group, which provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services to the global mobile security industry, is setting its sights on the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) sector, with a compact in-vehicle enforcement system. The system utilises high definition recording with internal and external vehicle cameras, including thermal imaging cameras and integration of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). Data from the cameras is transmitted to a sunlight readable touch s

According to a new market research report, Road Safety Market by Solution (Red Light Enforcement, Speed Enforcement, Incident Detection Systems, Bus Lane Compliance, Automatic License Plate Recognition), by Service, by Region - Global Forecast to 2020, published by MarketsandMarkets, the size of the road safety market is estimated to grow from US$2.35 billion in 2015 to US$3.63 billion by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1 per cent. With an increase in the number of road fatality rate, the

Provincial Traffic Officers in South Africa have been issued with new hand-held devices by the Department of Transport and Public Works as a fast, information-verifying tool that will assist enforcement. These devices have been entirely developed and tested over the past two years by the Department and will be in operation across the Western Cape; a first of its kind in South Africa.

Siemens has released a new Stratos journey time monitoring module (JTM), enabling traffic managers to manage real time journey information more effectively and help ensure optimal network operation.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Traffic Engineering Research Laboratory (TERL) has approved Image Sensing Systems’ RTMS Sx-300 radar detector to its specification 660.

Videotec’s latest Ulisse Radical thermal PTZ camera has pan-tilt positioning and thermal imaging to detect people and objects even when dark or during inclement weather, extreme temperatures or thick smoke.

Sydney Trains, which provides railway services in the city of Sydney and surrounding area, has awarded Indra a contract valued at around US$52.6 million to modernise the railway network video surveillance system, using state-of-the-art technology. The project is expected to be completed within five years and includes maintenance for three years. Indra will fully equip two control centres using closed-circuit television (CCTV) in a network of over 150 commuter stations, and will install state-of-the-art o

Sick’s tunnel monitoring technology provides early warning of unsafe visibility and pollution conditions inside road and rail tunnels and ensure the safety of vehicle occupants and tunnel staff. Its VISIC100SF tunnel environment monitor combines visibility measurements, with a range of up to 15km, CO detection of 0- 300ppm (≤3% accuracy) and NO detection of 0-100ppm (≤3% accuracy).