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Road watch Cameras with intelligent image processing can help traffic managers to spot incidents and respond quickly Words | Paola Clerici, Sprinx Technologies, Italy Incident detection and vehicle tracking is achieved at an advanced level with video analytics software from Sprinx Technologies
With ever-increasing numbers of vehicles causing congestion within city centers and on highways, local authorities are under increasing pressure to react quickly and effectively to any traffic incidents, as well as anticipate when traffic jams will occur. Video surveillance and video analytics are becoming powerful tools to meet these needs. The proliferation of video cameras, the technology maturity of video analytics and, last but not least, the high cost of human operators and the high rate of overlooked events, are some of the driving factors of the rapid growth of the video intelligent solutions for traffic applications. The surveillance camera is an innovative and useful technology in traffic monitoring and control. These cameras can record traffic patterns, providing valuable data for transportation authorities making decisions regarding future development and traffic planning. Video analytics experts at Sprinx Technologies and video surveillance specialists at Hanwha Techwin have combined their expertise to offer a complete, easy-to-deploy and affordable traffic event detection and reporting solution. The Automatic Incident Detection (AID) and Traffic Data Collection application from Sprinx Technologies is now able to run onboard all Hanwha Techwin Wisenet X cameras,
meaning the ability to detect incidents and keep traffic on the move has been significantly enhanced.
Intelligent vision system The new Wisenet X camera with onboard Sprinx AID application is a vision system that, as well as providing high quality video, is capable of extracting specific information from the captured images, generating event descriptions that can be used in an intelligent and automated system. The AID application on board Wisenet X cameras offers distinctive advantages over normal cameras by performing not just image capture, but also image analysis and event detection. AID uses intelligent image processing to quickly alert operators about traffic incidents and queuing and, at the same time, enables the collection of statistical data such as vehicle classification, counting and flow to be recorded. An origin-destination matrix feature highlights traffic conditions at busy city center crossroads and roundabouts with simultaneous monitoring of different lanes. AID Software also detects wrong-way drivers and smoke in tunnels.
Reliable alert generator AID Software can be relied on to generate an alert when traffic incidents occur, as well as when traffic
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