HIGHWAYS AGENCY USE X-VIEW FOR LIVE VIDEO TRAFFIC MONITORING

1st December 2006

London, England – December 1st 2006 – e-mediavision.com, a leading UK based innovator of advanced technology solutions for image display and manipulation, has provided the award winning X-View M32SH series Multiviewers to the UK’s Highways Agency, for monitoring of live CCTV video traffic monitoring.

The Highways Agency’s newly designed traffic monitoring and response centre located near the M6 motorway in Warrington, monitors the traffic flow for the entire major motorway network in the North West of England. The 24/7 operational centre relies heavily on CCTV video to provide visibility of traffic flows in order to provide quick responses for major incidents.

Working in conjunction with the Highways Agency project team, e-mediavision.com designed, delivered and installed a working solution on time, in budget. The new control centre is cylindrical in shape, which in itself posed a challenge & required a unique design for the display of the multiple CCTV cameras. Rather than taking the normal approach of using back projection cubes, e-mediavision.com opted for a unique design that would meet operational requirements and be very cost efficient in terms of the running costs. E-mediavision.com designed a solution that comprises of three giant 4 meter by 3 meter front projection screens driven by high brightness Panasonic dual lamp projectors which provide high brightness images on the large screens even in the high ambient light conditions. The dual lamp system ensured that should one lamp fail the second would automatically take over, for ease of servicing the e-mediavision system provides on screen messages to operators to notify them that the lamp will need changing some 250 hours before failure, the system status can also be monitored via the network interface. The large projected images are driven from the award winning X-View M32SH multiviewers, each providing the ability to display up to 32 sources of video or computer inputs in a virtual monitor mosaic configuration, with individual captions per source window, which allows the operators to easily identify displayed camera sources. The video images are mixed with the relevant computer generated graphical map of the road networks. Main operator controls via a keypad as well as supervisory control software ensures that the system remains flexible according to operational requirements. The X-view M32SH multiviewers are enabled with dual redundant power supplies and front loading hot swappable input cards ensuring that any repairs can be undertaken without adversely affecting the monitoring operations. The X-View multiviewers are interfaced to the projection devices via X-Tools line drivers and high resolution, low loss interface X-Tools cabling systems to ensure optimum picture quality at long distances. 

The use of DLP based projection technology and the X-view multiviewers provides a perfect combination to realising a virtual monitor display wall for CCTV monitoring applications, the running costs, space requirements, air conditioning and power requirements are all greatly reduced compared to other display technology which leads to a more efficient system without compromising functionality.

e-mediavision.com not only provided the main control room displays it also designed and installed the paging system as well as the internal TV system and distribution elements.

Kash Acharya, Managing Director at e-mediavision.com adds, “We are delighted to work with the UK’s Highways Agency in providing an advanced technology solution with our award winning X-View Multiviewers, the enhanced feature set and advanced picture processing of the X-View provides a very competitive solution to the many alternatives available. We truly listen to client needs and are able to customise our solutions to suit individual requirements, one of the many reasons why we are the prime choice partner with some of the worlds leading companies.”

About e-mediavision.com:

e-mediavision.com, based in London, England, provides leading innovative solutions for Broadcast, CCTV Surveillance monitoring, IT and Audio Visual applications. The company’s product brands which encompass POINT-HD broadcast graphics systems, Award winning X-View Multiviewers, X-Com control and monitoring system, X-Tools interface & engineering solutions have been adopted by some of the worlds leading companies in Broadcast, Security and Audio Visual markets.

e-mediavision.com combines innovation with experience to realise robust, cost effective, flexible solutions that meet the needs of clients. Focusing on total customer satisfaction the company’s global base of experienced resellers, technical support and sales personnel are committed to providing a professional level of service which meets the expectations of clients.