Improving traffic flow and promoting roadway safety, Image Sensing Systems (ISS) has introduced its Autoscope Terra products, a new generation of video detection solutions that leverages Texas Instruments Incorporated’s (TI) DaVinci technology to generate high performance digital video processing and provide accurate, real-time vehicle and incident detection. By using the DaVinci technology portfolio of products, including the processors, software and development tools that simplify digital video development, ISS was able to create the new generation of Autoscope products in record time.
The Autoscope Terra family of products, which includes the Autoscope Solo Terra and Autoscope RackVision Terra systems, utilizes TI’s TMS320DM6446 system-on-chip (SoC) based on DaVinci technology and targets Intelligent Transportation Systems markets which include intersection control, highway monitoring and tunnel safety. Autoscope Terra products instantly generate high-quality video output made possible through the DM6446, which is optimized for video encode and decode applications with its integrated video accelerators, peripherals, complementary software and development tools.
To increase efficiency in product development, ISS relied on TI’s DM644x Digital Video Evaluation Module (DVEVM), which includes highly optimized multimedia codecs, application programming interfaces (APIs) and frameworks. Additionally, ISS used the Digital Video Software Development Kit (DVSDK), an innovative tool set that helps designers decrease basic system design from months to weeks, allowing them to direct resources to product differentiation.
By harnessing the performance of TI’s DM6446 processor with ISS’ proprietary detection algorithms in the Autoscope Terra systems, ISS offers multi-threaded software that processes video images in real-time to monitor traffic, extract data and transmit detector outputs while simultaneously streaming MPEG-4 digital video. Each Autoscope Terra product includes MPEG-4 streaming, allowing video output to be viewed over the internet by transportation personnel. As a result, incidents such as traffic accidents or a fire within a tunnel can be easily detected by Autoscope Terra systems to alert the appropriate emergency responder as needed. Transportation operations that utilize the Autoscope Terra products are provided real-time data and alarm notification to allow for quicker response time.
The Autoscope Solo Terra and Autoscope RackVision Terra products are distributed in Asia by ISS subsidiary Flow Traffic Ltd., in Europe by Image Sensing Systems Europe Ltd. and in the Americas by Econolite. For more information on Autoscope Terra products, visit autoscope.com.
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