IDOT buys Citilog’s VisioPaD

Video monitoring specialist Citilog has supplied its VisioPaD to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to enhance security at key bridges and overpasses in East St. Louis. The project was funded with homeland security grant financing and enables real-time and automated detection of security and traffic incidents.

Eight pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras are currently in operation, and use VisioPaD, which has been developed for automatic incident detection and advanced video surveillance on highways, expressways, bridges and tunnels. VisioPaD can be integrated into any existing traffic management system.

“We found Citilog’s solution a cost-effective and accurate method for maximizing our ability to enhance incident detections across key roadway infrastructures in East St. Louis,” says Brian Sneed of IDOT. “Using homeland security funding, we deployed Citilog’s solution, which seamlessly integrated into our existing camera infrastructure so we were able to rapidly get up and running.”

VisioPaD provides several advantages, including: no configuration required; automatic and dynamic calibration; adapts to PTZ and fixed cameras; no preset position; field proven technology; compatible with IP and analogue closed circuit television systems; integrated pre- and post-incident video recording; and digital video recording.

18 June 2008