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USA Signal Technology Successfully Completes First Installation of Its Wireless Video Surveillance System to Help Railroads Recover Millions From Boat Collisions With Drawbridges
By Market Wire Last Update: 10/4/2006 8:01:06 AM Data provided by
DALLAS, TX, Oct 04, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- USA Signal Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: USSG) (www.usasignal.com) has successfully completed the first installation of its wireless video surveillance camera system that monitors, detects and records video evidence of boats and barges colliding with drawbridges. This first system was installed for the Florida East Coast Railway at its Stuart, Florida drawbridge. The Company expects that this will be the first of many installations on other railroad bridges.
"The system has been running for several months, transmitting high resolution video from four cameras to a server where the railway can view and record any damages that have occurred," explains Bob Stevenson, CEO of the Dallas, TX-based Company that designs, markets and manufactures state-of-the-art traffic signaling and monitoring systems. "Field tests has resulted in several customer requested system enhancements," continues Mr. Stevenson. "This includes capturing high resolution 'snap-shots' that are emailed to a technician to pinpoint damage. We have also provided for transmitting low resolution continuous video images where there isn't a DSL link with bandwidth high enough to send high resolution video."
Boats and barges colliding with railway drawbridges are of great concern to the railroad industry since it occurs about once or twice a week somewhere, and can cost millions in annual repairs. The USA Signal system provides the railroad with documented visual evidence of any occurrence to seek restitution from the boat or barge owner that damaged its bridge.
The USA Signal wireless video surveillance camera system monitors and records all boat traffic approaching and passing under the railway drawbridges where it is installed. Utilizing the railroads existing infrastructure, high-resolution video of each boat, including registration number and name, is recorded and simultaneously sent wirelessly to a security office where the information is also recorded and can be viewed by security officers. The video recording is for use in legal proceedings following collisions.
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