PhD student’s communications breakthrough “could speed up driverless introduction”

A Scottish postgraduate engineer has apparently made a discovery that could make it easier for driverless vehicles to communicate in cities. The Scotsman newspaper reports PhD student Euan Ward has developed an algorithm that could transform the capability of driverless cars, through the addition of radar technology that is protected from radio frequency interference. It […]

SRL and SVS sign radar deal at JCT Traffic Signals Symposium

SRL Traffic Systems has signed a purchase order for a “significant number” of UMRR11 radar supplied by Smart Video and Sensing. The deal was done during the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham. SVS says it has worked collaboratively with SRL to design a detection solution for the URBAN64 system using the smartmicro UMRR11 radar […]

How a combined radar and CCTV solution is used in traffic data collection

Smart Video & Sensing Ltd helps Portsmouth City Council and National Highways capture traffic data and identify potential queueing traffic near the end of the M275 motorway in Hampshire, UK by deploying the smartmicroTM TRUGRD STREAM intelligent traffic radar with built-in CCTV. Here Peter Eccleson, owner of SVS explains the solution. More details about this […]

Radar-based MOVA solution installed for traffic lights in Taunton

The transport technology firm Smart Video and Sensing have delivered another MOVA (Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation) site using the smartmicro UMRR11 multilane radar. Working with JSTSM on behalf of Somerset County Council, two radar were installed on the busy A38 Wellington Road/Castle Street junction in Taunton. The radar monitors multiple lanes and were programmed for […]

Radar traffic solution “exceeds expectations”

The traffic technology company Smart Video and Sensing is hailing its first road trials of a new radar-based traffic data collection product. The NOVUS solution, trialled on the busy Eastern Road in Portsmouth, consists of a multi lane radar detector, the NOVUS M64 roadside data processor unit and a cloud hosted back office. SVS says […]

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