A technology company that uses computer vision to mine traffic video for data recently released a free cloud platform to which departments of transportation and engineers can upload an unlimited amount of footage and traffic data and find and connect with video consultants and contractors. Additionally, the company is releasing a new piece of hardware that plugs traffic signals into the “internet of things” (IoT).
“My main use for Miovision Central is as a centralized database for all the traffic counts we do,” says Vanessa Jorge, Maser Consulting, Red Bank, N.J. “Traffic counts” track the number and type of vehicles that pass through traffic lights during specified hours of the day. “Before, I’d get traffic counts via email as attachments, and I’d have to do filters and searches through my email to find the data [to] send along to my colleagues,” says Jorge.