Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

Transport for London (TfL) has awarded Siemens a contract to upgrade and operate the capital’s detection and enforcement infrastructure (D&EI) contract for the next five years, including the supply of equipment, systems and services for monitoring traffic as part of TfL’s low emission zone (LEZ) and congestion charging schemes. Commencing in January 2015 with the implementation phase, the new agreement includes the replacement, support, maintenance and operation of instation systems and services includi

Following targeted long-term marketing efforts, Sensys Traffic has succeeded in winning an order for traffic safety systems worth US$754,000 from a customer in Qatar. The Middle East is now Sensys’ second largest market and the order from Qatar means the company now has customers in eight of the region’s 14 countries. In light of this development, Sensys has decided to establish a local presence in the Middle East during 2015, in order to better meet demand from both existing and new customers. The mai

Econolite Group has appointed Mark Nogaki as its vice president of sales, responsible for the company’s worldwide sales program, reporting directly to Econolite Group president and COO David St Amant. Nogaki will be responsible for driving Econolite’s domestic and international sales programs to the next level. His track record with companies such as Toshiba, Raytheon, Cambio Technologies and ClosingCorp will be vital in helping Econolite identify and realise key business development objectives to meet t

The Western Australia State Government has launched a three pronged response to the road toll on Western Australian roads in 2014. Road Safety Minister Liza Harvey said the response would target three major components of the road toll: speed; motorcycle fatalities; and country road crashes. Four additional fixed speed cameras will be installed in existing locations across the metropolitan area, bringing the total operating at all times to five.

The Noida Authority in India is to launch its intelligent traffic management system (ITMS) on the Noida-Greater Noida expressway from 11 January, following a week of trials from 5 January. The system will monitor traffic on the expressway and includes emergency call boxes linked to the expressway control room, as well as CCTV and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras to provide 24/7 surveillance. LED message boards will provide drivers with information on road and weather conditions and wa

Thomas Falck, who has been acting as Q-Free’s CEO on a contract basis since January 2014, has been appointed CEO from 1 January 2015. Falck says he has had a hectic first year at Q-Free, and is positive about taking on the role permanently.

The ecoBART digital driving style assistant, developed by German companies pei tel Communications, MAExperience and seideltec solutions, measures parameters such as drivers’ acceleration and braking and sends an acoustic signal when preconfigured thresholds are exceeded.

German company Covisys develops a range of high-performance machine vision for many industries, including automotive, using cutting edge HTML5 technologies like WebRTC for video streaming and WebSockets for control of its smart cameras and devices.

Designed specifically for police forces which require the same features as the popular Mirror Monitor Controller (MMC), Kustom Signals has released its Anywhere Monitor Controller (AMC) option for the robust and reliable G3 Vision in-car integrated video system.