CPAS under vehicle surveillance and inspection systems use high speed area scan vision cameras and industrial PC’s to bring all your security components under one management systems.
Vehicles have commonly been used as weapons for conducting anything from simple crimes to acts of terrorism, so the practice of inspecting vehicles at check posts is not a new phenomenon. An early method of accomplishing undercarriage checks was using mirrors to inspect for things like fugitives, smuggled contraband goods, and explosives. This method, however, has its limitations since it provides only a partial view of the underside of the vehicle while potentially putting the person conducting the scan in harm’s way.
Understanding this, Comm Port Technologies, a developer of technology-based security solutions, introduced its Comm Port Area Scan (CPAS) under-vehicle surveillance and inspection system (UVIS), to meet the growing need for securing premises by checking vehicles at points of entry. CPAS UVIS is a complete inspection system consisting of an area scan camera, monitor, industrial PC, license plate reader camera, driver image camera, LED lighting, and associated hardware and software modules.
Images generated by the CPAS UVIS system are instantly compared to a reference image of the underside of the vehicle through Comm Port’s Automatic Change Detection Module (ACDM) software. This software can be used for comparison of any images, whether identical, partially dissimilar, or substantially different, and is immediately able to detect any variations and anomalies found in the undercarriage of the vehicle and flag them for further inspection.
Every time a vehicle enters a site it passes over the Comm Port vehicle inspection cameras and is automatically logged within ACDM. The vehicle registration number is recorded via integration with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology and images of the vehicle’s underside are stored. The under-vehicle inspection cameras, set into the ground, compile high resolution images of the vehicles’ underside, creating a virtual ‘fingerprint’. If any anomalies are found, these are raised as an alarm within ACDM and the vehicle is prevented from entering the site.
The heavy-duty, baseplate is made of diamond plate material with the scanner and light arrangement included in a one package system. Weight bearing capacity comes standard with a 48-ton capacity and an optional 110-ton option available. The system is designed to withstand harsh environments, rugged terrain, and extreme temperatures. Likewise, cameras and lighting are encased in sturdy, weatherproof housings. LEDs offer the most reliable, low-heat light source available, with a typical life of over 100,000 hours.
Under Vehicle Inspection Systems (UVIS) are often modular puzzle pieces to a larger overarching security and defense system plan. As such successful deployments and designs demand that modularity, be present in the native architecture as well as the hardware itself. To that end, Comm Port Technologies Inc. has spent countless hours working with its dealers and integrators during on-site physical site installation and commissioning to gather real world data in designing its new Communications Box (COMMBOX) which is now included with every CPAS system package.
As Comm Port’s customer base has expanded during its 25-year history, it has built a stellar reputation for continuous improvements incorporated in their UVIS products – specifically to provide more accuracy for immediate decision analysis. The company is led by the original founding executives and has maintained its privately-held ownership throughout its history. This has allowed Comm Port to control strategic and business decisions that ensured a consistent focus on meeting the specific needs of its customer base.
Comm Port’s advanced CPAS products use color area scanning technology to effectively scan and inspect the undercarriage of vehicles for real-time search and analysis of images for explosive devices, suspicious objects or contraband- such as drugs, weapons or explosives (IED). This makes the CPAS system ideal for government buildings, defense buildings, Palace entrances, parliament buildings, prison entrances, Federal Reserve Bank entrances, underground parking garages, oil field terminals, refineries, nuclear power plants and any other high-profile government or industrial building that could be a potential target for attack.
Benjamin Renshaw
VP Sales
Comm Port Technologies
485 Hyson Road, Unit 1
Jackson, NJ 08827
www.cpuvis.com
info@cpuvis.com
