Image Sensing Systems, Inc. Receives Contract for New Application of Autoscope Solo
Contact:
Dr. Spiro G. Voglis, Chief Executive Officer
Image Sensing Systems, Inc. Phone: 612.603.7700
Saint Paul, Minn., April 20, 1998 - Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ/Small Cap: ISNS) - Lockheed Martin Federal Systems has awarded Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISS) a contract to provide Autoscope Solo™ based arterial status monitoring on a major arterial link of the City of St. Paul. The contract is under the Quickstart phase of the ORION Program, the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Model Deployment Project of Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT). The purpose of the Arterial Traffic Status System project in the ORION program is to collect and display real-time traffic status information on signalized arterial roadways for agency traffic engineers who are responsible for the management of day-to-day traffic operations. The intent is to provide a system that will quickly and succinctly convey current overall traffic flow conditions on arterial routes and will alert the operator of significantly changing conditions.
Autoscope Solo is a new member of the Autoscope family of products. It is the first product of its kind that combines camera optics and machine vision hardware into a single, compact standalone integrated unit. The machine vision hardware contains ISS proprietary algorithms that perform advanced traffic measurement functions.
In this Quickstart phase, ISS will provide the Autoscope Solo for the new application of traffic status monitoring. This application includes the measurement of surface street traffic speed from mid-block camera locations. Dr. Spiro Voglis, CEO of ISS said, "This is an application of Autoscope Solo that opens doors to other similar applications. The application is especially significant for smaller size metros where the need is strong for low cost roadway status monitoring with a single mid-block camera."
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 Solo integrates the camera and the machine vision processor into one compact package. 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 5000 Autoscope cameras deployed worldwide.
