Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Video surveillance supplier Hikvision and its Central African partner, Skylinks Technical Services, have recently completed the installation of an IP CCTV surveillance network for Aviance Ghana at Kotoka International Airport. A total of thirteen cameras now maintain close scrutiny of the 650 hectare site and protect passengers, aircraft and cargo.

Christie’s high-performance LCD flat panels offer both tiled display options and high resolution discrete displays, coupled with energy efficient LED backlighting and high pixel density for critical monitoring applications or digital displays.

The Entero HB range of video cubes from audio and visual specialist Christie offers standard-sized, stackable, rear-screen and front-screen projection cubes. Front access design addresses space limitations with the ability to put the cubes directly up against a wall while maintaining performance, image quality and reliability.

Dutch access control specialist Nedap has supplied its ANPR Access licence plate recognition system for use at Lithuania’s border with Belarus and Russia, where kilometre-long queues of vehicles were commonplace, with waits of up to six days at peak times. The system is integrated with the new queue management service (EVIS), developed by GoSwift, which enables motorists to pre-book their border crossing by entering their details and vehicle registration online, with the option to pre-book a slot or join

Aiming to fight worsening traffic congestion on San Diego’s roads, city officials have created a US$163 million master plan to install modern stoplight timing systems and other advanced technologies that combat gridlock, says the San Diego Union-Tribune. The master plan, the first of its kind in city history, comes as many neighbourhoods are bracing for more dense developments to absorb the region’s growing population. In addition, recent analysis by the San Diego Association of Governments shows that

Moxa has introduced new technology which it claims improve network reliability for smart transportation applications. V-On Video Always On is a video stream recovery technology on Moxa's latest Ethernet switches that provides 50ms redundancy for multicast video streams when used with Moxa's Turbo Ring or Turbo Chain. The company says that with a simple configuration setting, the technology enables the video stream to resume almost as quickly as the network itself.

Hikvision's Smart IP camera range has been boosted by the addition of four 6mega pixel ultra HD cameras that provide a total resolution of 3072 x 2048 at full frame rate. Like the DS-2CD4065F-(A) SMART IP box camera launched last year, all four of the new models are said to feature high specifications and are powered by Hikvision's Smart technology. This includes Smart codec, Smart focus, Smart IR, Smart facial recognition, SMART line crossing detection, Smart voice recognition and Smart license plate reco