In the past few years, surveillance and display equipment
has become an integral function in a myriad of transportation-based
applications. Already used to report on traffic congestion, assist in fleet
management and provide transit groups on-board video, not to mention
security-related applications, this equipment provides an extra set of
electronic eyes to the operators.
TM+E offers this brief overview of products offered by
manufacturers, each of which voluntarily provided information in reference to
transportation surveillance and display equipment.
Barco Projection Systems
Barco’s turnkey solutions provide the hardware
necessary to design, furnish and equip state-of-the-art traffic control rooms.
The company combines projection systems, graphic controllers, mechanical
structures, software, cabling, consoles, ergonomic studies, room layout design
and expert project management for a turnkey solution that puts users in total
control.
The company’s latest application, the Barco MP-display
wall, is configured as 3 x 2 cubes based on poly-silicon LCD technology. Using
30-bit color management software, all display cubes are adjusted so that the
wall offers a homogenous screen image.
www.barco.com
Cohu
Traffic video has a new look with the Cohu i-dome CCTV
camera. The i-dome has been engineered and manufactured expressly for traffic
management installations, with a host of specifications complying with NEMA-TS2
ratings.
Built to last much longer than a typical dome camera, it is
sealed and pressurized to provide maximum protection against grime and insects.
www.cohu-cameras.com
Econolite/WTI
Econolite Control Products Inc. and Wireless Technology Inc.
offer 2.4- and 5.8-GHz Wireless Video and Data Transmission Systems. The
systems offer high-resolution, real-time video and data for long- or
short-range transmissions and works in conjunction with transportation systems,
surveillance cameras, VMS and traffic control devices.
The 2.4-GHz system offers up to nine field-selectable
operating frequencies with a transmission range of up to 50 miles. The 5.8-GHz
system provides 130 field-selectable operating frequencies with a transmission
range of up to 20 miles. Both transmissions can be repeated up to four times
and can transmit up to 1,000 lines of resolution broadcast-quality, real-time
30 frames per second color video.
www.econolite.com
International Road Dynamics Inc.
IRD’s Driver Management System integrates Siemens-VDO
Automotive in-vehicle technology into a complete business system to monitor and
report vehicle operation and location information.
DMS collects driver performance and vehicle operation data
providing concise reports, enabling objective tracking of driver performance.
In addition to helping improve safety and reducing costs, the systems provide a
means to better organize and manage a business fleet.
www.ird.ca
Kalatel/GE Interlogix
Kalatel’s new MobileView III digital recording system,
designed for transit applications, provides monochrome or color recording from
1 to 30 pictures per second, a hard drive that holds up to 10 weeks of color
and up to 19 weeks of monochrome images and upgrades for present MobileView II
users.
When used in conjunction with the MobileView patented
cellular transmission system, users can capture, store locally and transmit
images to a central monitoring station, which can also dial into the bus system
and request images at any time.
www.interlogixinc.com
MG2
[MG]2 Inc. is a developer and provider of the world’s
first lowering system exclusively for use with multiple function surveillance
cameras. The system allows a camera to be lowered to ground level for safe,
simple and fast maintenance.
The need for a bucket/lift truck is eliminated. Previously
required lane closings, outriggers, crash trucks and cone crews are eliminated.
With the use of the lowering device, designs are no longer limited by location
or height.
www.mgsquared.com
Opticomm Corp.
Opticomm Corp.’s FMV 574 is a simplex video
transmission system with the optional combination of one duplex audio or one
duplex data. It is available as single and multimode, with operating distance up
to 3 km. The city of Los Angeles is using Opticomm Model FMV 574 units to bring
video from cameras to 16 hub locations.
www.opticomm.com
Perceptics Corp.
Perceptics’ License Plate Reader identifies and
records the alphanumeric code, state/province of origin and country of issue on
both retroreflective and non-retroreflective plates.
The real-time process minimizes wait time while the
information gathered can be linked to databases for background checks, usage
statistics and updates to existing records.
www.perceptics.com
PULNiX
The Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat is deploying section speed
control systems utilizing PULNiX America video-based vehicle matching systems.
By controlling speeds at a steady pace over specific roadway segments, the systems
have proven to significantly reduce traffic congestion, pollution, accidents
and fatalities.
The speed control systems incorporate PULNiX high-resolution
traffic cameras and vehicle-matching technology. PULNiX also is using these
products in electronic toll video enforcement, ticketless parking lots and
homeland security applications.
www.pulnix.com
Schwartz Electro-Optics Inc.
The AUTOSENSE units from Schwartz Electro-Optics can be
mounted overhead or to the side of a traffic lane to perform vehicle detection
and classification functions for a multitude of applications. These
applications include toll collection, traffic-flow analysis, bridge/tunnel
clearance verification, traffic monitoring and serve as a highly accurate
trigger for enforcement cameras.
www.seo.com
Speed Vision Technologies Inc.
The new OmniSpeed LR400 high-speed long-record system from
Speed Vision Technologies Inc. is a high-speed camera system that can record
directly to high-capacity disks in a portable ruggedized housing. Providing
high resolution, the system is easily operated using a high-bright touch screen
LCD to access a familiar Windows-based GUI. TME
www.speedvisiontech.com
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