Traffic Engineering & Technology - What Makes Us Safe?

According to government statistics, most of the illegal substances that come into the United States are trafficked across official border checkpoints disguised as something else. Therefore, border security officers need to distinguish suspicious persons and vehicles from thousands of other cars without causing delays in the traffic.

Often working with inadequate staff, border security agencies must evaluate a vehicle’s history to make timely, informed and accurate decisions on arrests. Here, the technology of license plate readers (LPR) and container code readers (CCR) will be crucial. Accurately reading the license plate of a moving vehicle will enable officers to rapidly identify the car’s origin and cross-check black or white lists. In addition, officers can integrate the headshot of the driver or other data into the decision-making process.

LPR and CCR technology can also assist the police with traffic monitoring. It can help identify stolen vehicles or wanted suspects and make AMBER and Silver Alerts more effective.

LPR and CCR technology is also applicable to the management of commercial trucks, which need to undergo many safety and compliance checks while on the road. Streamlining these checks will reduce costly delays for customers and distributors. Toll booth management can also benefit from LPR and CCR technology.

LPR technology is also critical to policing agencies that need to monitor and identify suspect vehicles for criminal elements or speed enforcement. For state agencies, LPR is critical to automated toll road management by helping to identify vehicles and their user status and facilitating the billing process.

For these reasons, IIoT is helping to accelerate LPR and CCR technology adoption. IIoT devices can support I/O and sensors that facilitate license plate image capture and algorithms for image recognition for image analysis. With connectivity to the cloud, IIoT devices can also access and combine different datasets for more holistic decision-making.

Stringent IIoT Requirements for Traffic Engineering

Since the IIoT devices are in mission-critical applications, accurate analyses are essential in helping law enforcement personnel make the correct decision. The IIoT devices need to be ruggedized to withstand harsh weather, temperature fluctuations, vibrations and shock. As repair will be challenging, given the high number of remote checkpoints, SBC hardware needs to be reliable and low-maintenance. High processing power and networking capability are musts as well.

ADL’s Embedded Solutions

ADL offers compact systems and SBCs that are high-performing, rugged and reliable. Also, the compact systems and SBCs offer effective data integration through their multi-port connectivity.

Compact systems ADLEPC-1500, ADLEPC-1520, and ADLEPC-1600 are fanless embedded PCs. They all have small form factors, a wide operating temperature range and multiple types of input / output ports that enable easy expansion, customization and integration. All are based on the Intel Atom® processor, which provides superior and reliable performance and all systems are Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT.

Our edge-connect ADLE3800SEC, ADLE3900SEC and our 3.5-inch E3800HD / HDC series and E3900HD / HDC series (formerly codenamed Apollo Lake) are single board computers that have been specially optimized for Size, Weight, and Power (SWAP). They are also ruggedized with a wide operational temperature range. Based on the Intel Atom® SoC, it delivers maximum performance in the smallest footprint. These SBCs also provide robust support for video graphics with the integrated Intel HD Graphics engine.

The edge-connect SBCs feature a full range of connectivity ports that enable smooth expansion and help reduce cabling while increasing the mean time between failures.

Ability to use a single SBC across products and applications to provide stability of CPU, software, firmware and hardware revisions.

Custom expansion boards allow for a perfect fit of the overall solution. A flat, low profile and horizontal configuration could easily be built to different shapes, attached vertically or even stacked above the CPU.

ADLE3800HDC and ADLE3900HDC are lower I/O, lower-cost versions of the ADLE3800HD and ADLE3900HD with full display capabilities.

The ADLE3900HD / ADLE3900HDC offer a wealth of onboard features including a maximum resolution of 4K @ 60Hz with dual-display support.

Moreover, ADL SBCs have a full range of connectivity ports that enable smooth expansion and help reduce cabling while increasing the mean time between failures.