Grant Win in Oakland County, Michigan
Contact:
Dr. Spiro G. Voglis, Chief Executive Officer
Image Sensing Systems, Inc. Phone: 612.603.7709
Saint Paul, Minn., March 30, 1998 - The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), Michigan has awarded ISS a research and development (R&D) contract to enhance the Autoscope system for video detection application in Oakland County. The contract is awarded under Phase III of the FAST-TRAC project of RCOC. The goal of the FAST-TRAC project is to improve traffic safety and reduce congestion in Oakland County through the use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
As a part of the project, ISS will further advance Autoscope capabilities in archiving video snapshots and detecting surface street incidents. These improvements are unique in the industry, very important to certain street traffic operations and should enhance sales and competitiveness of the Autoscope product line. ISS will also provide technical assistance to RCOC that will enable multiplexing of Autoscope data with RCOC's SCATS signal control data and will enable the integration of Autoscope's data collection capabilities with RCOC's TIMS traffic management system. The project is a 12 month effort starting in February, 1998 which will generate $377,000 in revenue. Over the last several years ISS has successfully leveraged product R&D funding to develop applications needed in the market.
Dr. Spiro G. Voglis, CEO of ISS, said, "This project helps us advance the Autoscope technology for adaptive control of surface street traffic. At the same time, it allows us to better server RCOC, the user with the largest installation of Autoscope units in the world."
ISS is the developer of Autoscope, the first and most widely used wide-area video vehicle detection system in the United States and abroad. Autoscope uses video cameras, special computers (called machine vision processors) and proprietary image processing techniques to automatically analyze freeway and surface street video to detect, count, and classify vehicles, measure traffic speed, and detect traffic incidents. Autoscope systems are used in advanced traffic management and traffic data collection systems to reduce congestion, improve safety, and improve roadway planning. There are over 1,000 Autoscope video cameras deployed by RCOC in Oakland County and over 5,000 Autoscope video cameras deployed worldwide. ISS's stock is traded on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market under the symbol ISNS.
