On 2/1/09, Renuka Warrier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Date:01/02/2009 URL: > http://www.thehindu.com/2009/02/01/stories/2009020159441300.htm > Front Page > > Taking care of the security underbelly > > Shanthi Kannan > > Now available: state-of-the-art undervehicle scanner > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ZenScan can detect bombs, explosives and contraband > > It can also click driver's picture and the number plate > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > CHENNAI: With security threats increasing across the world, the focus is now > on checks. Vehicles, usually cars and two-wheelers, are often used by > terrorists > to trigger blasts. After the Mumbai terror attack, all hotels, airports, > offices and other important locations across the country have made > inspection > of vehicles entering their premises mandatory. > > Most hotels use an inclined mirror to search for items hidden under the > vehicle. Given the low flexibility of the manually-held mirror, such an > inspection, > however, does not allow an elaborate view of the entire undercarriage. So > this inspection system is susceptible to human errors. > > Kapil Bardeja and Anoop Prabhu, founders of the Delhi-based KritiKal > SecureScan Pvt Ltd., a subsidiary of KritiKal Solutions Pvt. Ltd, (an Indian > Institute > of Technology-Delhi incubated company), have come up with a state-of-the-art > undervehicle scanner "ZenScan," which can be either embedded in or mounted > on the ground. > > ZenScan - Advanced Vehicle Scanner System - is computer vision-based. It > uses a high-end, electromechanical and camera-based assembly to image the > underbelly > of the moving vehicle at the entrance of any high security installation. > > As a vehicle passes over this scanner, the camera sees through a small slit > and captures line-by-line images, and stitches them together to form a > composite > undervehicle image without the need for stopping it at the entrance. This > helps in detecting bombs, explosives, and contraband. The image gets > displayed > on the guard's monitor in real time. > > The scanner comes with an option of two or three additional auxiliary > cameras to capture hard-to-view angles such as the suspension area and the > space between > tyres. > > If the driver image is needed, there is another optional side-view camera, > which clicks the right-side of the vehicle and captures his or her > photograph. > And, there is a frontal camera that not only detects the number plate but > also reads and tags it with all other details captured. These cameras also > record > the date and time of the vehicle crossing the security checkpoint. > > ZenScan has been designed with a fully automated surveillance and access > control system covering the vehicle, passenger and driver, Mr. Bardeja says. > There > are additional software database management modules to help in quick storage > and retrieval of images as well as related data captured. > > It requires 7-10 days to install the embedded version, while the > surface-mounted version needs three or four days. The cost of the various > versions of this > scanning system ranges between Rs. 17 lakh and 30 lakh. > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > thanks for this new technical development and to the friend who has send this. if you dont mind i would like to know more about this friend also.regards raghu.
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