SVR-500IS Radar Launched
The SVR-500IS radar has been launched to address Automatic Incident Detection (AID) requirements for highway safety. This innovative radar uses our unique measurement technique to quickly detect wrong-direction drivers, pedestrians, animals, debris and stopped vehicles on the highway. The SVR-500IS builds upon the field-proven SVR-500 Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) radar by adding new detection types such as wrong-direction drivers. Our unique Instantaneous Speed (IS) technology measures the speed of all vehicles and objects during a single scan. This instantly shows not only the speed, but also the direction of travel, either toward or away from the radar, allowing for instant and accurate wrong-direction driver detection and behavioural analysis to distinguish the type of obstruction, such as object, person or animal.
Our unique and elegant technique allows us to offer full 360-degree coverage without resorting to expensive brute-force processing or error-prone scan-to-scan tracking, resulting in a clear operational advantage.
The special antenna arrangement used on the SVR-500IS radar allows detections almost directly underneath, even when mounted high. This improves radar coverage, removing the need to infer the presence of vehicles, thus eliminating a major source for missed detections and false alarms. Additionally, the beam shape is designed to cope with normal height variations of roads, eliminating the need for precise mechanical tilt adjustments during installation.
The SVR-500IS radar can control a nearby camera to zoom onto the hazard automatically to provide visual confirmation of the nature of the incident. This reduces the burden on the control centre operators, allowing them to formulate an appropriate response quickly rather than trying to select the nearest camera then move it manually, all of which takes valuable time and may be prone to error.
