The Ogier Electronics SVR-500IS Automatic Incident Detection (AID) radar scans the full 360 degrees to rapidly detect all highway incidents. The radar detects stopped vehicles, wrong-direction drivers, debris, pedestrians, wildlife and obstructions. Detection zones are configured easily to set up different carriageways, slip roads, emergency areas and hard shoulders, as well as defining areas of no interest. In addition to reporting location data for the stopped vehicle, the SVR-500IS can take automatic control of a nearby CCTV camera, pointing it at the incident for visual assessment in the control centre. This reduces operator workload for the fastest response.
- Total coverage 500 metres (250m in all directions)
- Full 360-degree coverage monitors all carriageways, slip roads and hard shoulders.
- Detects stopped vehicles within typically 8 seconds
- Detects people and animals on carriageways.
- Detects debris and obstructions.
- Detects wrong-direction drivers.
- All weather performance (rain, fog, mist, snow)
- Works in any ambient light level
- Scans all carriageways (10+ lanes)
- Can be installed at height to see over tall vehicles
- Minimal blind spot underneath sensor, even when mounted high
- Automatic control of PTZ cameras
- Instantaneous speed measurement technology requires no external signal processing
- No annual licensing fees or hidden costs
Ogier Electronics’s radar technology operates in the license-exempt 24GHz frequency band. This results in excellent detection characteristics and good immunity to interference from air traffic control, marine radar systems, microwave ovens, wireless links and WiFi, all of which typically operate at other frequencies.
The SVR-500IS radar uses our innovative and unique instantaneous speed measurement technique that 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. Unlike most other radars, we don’t need multiple scans to measure speed, which avoids any degradation when traffic densities increase and vehicles are obscured more frequently.
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.
