Accurate
real-time positioning information is fundamental to the future of
intelligent transport systems, enabling a wide range of asset tracking
and personalized information services for people on the move. Silva
Rosa has a strong heritage in the technologies (satellite and cellular)
that sit behind these locations based services.
Wireless
and Fixed Communication
Technology-driven
transport solutions are increasingly using a combination of fixed
and wireless networks, depending on availability and suitability.
Silva Rosa is expert in both. Communications
technology is setting the pace of change and the art of the possible
in ITS. Through our extensive telecommunications experience we are
playing an instrumental role in that change.
Image
and Biometric Processing
Many
aspects of ITS depend on accurate ID management. Traditional ID methods,
often document-based, tend to be slow and hard to integrate with other
digital systems, and they cannot offer the security that modern transport
applications require.
Image and biometric processing
are fast-evolving alternatives, encompassing a range of techniques
from fingerprinting to iris scanning. Image and biometric processing
also involves smart camera technology, Auto Number Plate Recognition
(ANPR) and sophisticated computer analysis of image-based data.
Biometric data can be
used for ‘access control’ performing verification to the
previously captured biometric information – checking if the
access card holder is the person they say they are. This can be both
for physical access and for logical access (e.g. to computer systems).
When you need more rigorous identification, you might need to correlate
biometric details with multiple databases. This requires different
accuracy rates, eliminating margins of error and highlighting known
security threats. Here ‘fusion’ techniques supply added
value, smartly combining the results of biographic and biometric matching.
Outstation
and Devices
The
expansion of network bandwidth and the proliferation of low-cost sensor
and transmitter devices have transformed the use of IT in mobile applications.What
really matters for ITS is scale and integration.
We have developed the
connections between engine management systems; in-vehicle displays,
off-board computers and cellular phones, and we have the experience
not only to integrate these elements but to do so for many vehicles
moving over a wide area.
Large
Transaction Systems
By their nature ITS must
capture information from thousands of distributed devices. Imagine
the volume of data required for a national road-pricing scheme, and
the importance of the security and reliability of any system which
captures combines and processes that information. ‘Back office’
processing on this scale is not a routine task. You must have the
systems and business intelligence expertise to turn this complex data
into useful information, as well as experience of managing large,
mission critical, secure and reliable systems.
We
have a strong track record deploying and managing these large-scale
systems, not least in the highly demanding applications of the finance
sector.
ITS demands secure, robust,
and reliable transaction systems on a large scale. Silva Rosa demonstrates
all of these exacting requirements every day, around the world.
Technologies
Accurate
real-time positioning information is fundamental to the future of
intelligent transport systems, enabling a wide range of asset tracking
and personalized information services for people on the move. Silva
Rosa has a strong heritage in the technologies (satellite and cellular)
that sit behind these locations based services. 
Technology-driven
transport solutions are increasingly using a combination of fixed
and wireless networks, depending on availability and suitability.
Silva Rosa is expert in both. Communications
technology is setting the pace of change and the art of the possible
in ITS. Through our extensive telecommunications experience we are
playing an instrumental role in that change. 
Many
aspects of ITS depend on accurate ID management. Traditional ID methods,
often document-based, tend to be slow and hard to integrate with other
digital systems, and they cannot offer the security that modern transport
applications require. 
The
expansion of network bandwidth and the proliferation of low-cost sensor
and transmitter devices have transformed the use of IT in mobile applications.What
really matters for ITS is scale and integration. 
We
have a strong track record deploying and managing these large-scale
systems, not least in the highly demanding applications of the finance
sector. 
