LPT panels for variable messaging signs (TO.020)

A Spanish Group, with over 40 years of experience in road safety, has developed a LPT (Low Power Technology) panels for variable messaging signs, which give the highest luminosity and use minimal power consumption. The Group is looking for commercial agreements.

Description:
The new LPT VMS product range use minimal power consumption of less than 500 watts, even for the largest VMS for traffic control and regulation, and less than 20 watts for VMS used in public transport sites. This results in an energy saving of over 80% in comparison to energy consumption levels of VMS panels currently available on the market.

LPT has been tested and can be applied to all types of LED VMS, keeping in line with all communication protocols. The performance of VMS installed on motorways is in tune with results obtained in laboratories and are in compliance with requirements dictated by the highest specifications.

Innovative aspects:

Reduced power consumption and minimal heat generation extend the product life cycle, the level of performance, and the efficiency of LPT panels, and at the same time allows a simple connection with small sections of cable, and therefore, are very easy to install, and can be integrated into an independent supply using renewable energy.

The advantages provided by VMS LPT technology also include a reduced investment in installation, and the operation and maintenance of the installations.

Low consumption of the VMS LPT results not only in a saving in financial terms, but also serves to reduce CO2 emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere, in line with sustainable development policies promoted by governments around the world.

The LPT technology of the Group responds to any combination of the features specified in the European Standard EN12966, in which recommendations for the selection of VMS panels are included, taking into account energy efficiency criteria.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Developed, available for demonstration

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Competitive advantages

• Reduce power consumption by over 80%.
• Require simple connections and minimum sections of cable.
• Investment saving in installation, operation and maintenance.
• Contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere.
• Allow an independent energy supply using renewable energy.
• Provide high efficiency and pro-long life of LEDs (100,000 hrs = 11 years).
• CE marking certification within the European Standard EN12966.

Type of collaboration sought:
Commercial agreement with technical assistance

FLAT - Electronic High Performance Evaporative Cooler (TO.022)

A Spanish Company has developed an Electronic cab cooler (Bycool Flat) witch completes the features of the vehicle when decreasing the internal temperature of the cabin is needed. The Company is looking for commercial agreements.

Description:

Bycool Flat integrates the most advanced technology in its extra-flat cover. It works either with the engine on or off therefore it is fully indicated for loading and unloading operations and during stop over rest periods.

HIGH PERFORMANCE EVAPORATIVE COOLER
•Top Quality Internal control and distribution panel
•Installation without drilling the cab roof
•International technical assistance network

IT IMPROVES THE WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERE
Its active carbon filters ensure that the air entering in the cab is free of dust, pollen and airborne particles

IT PROTECTS THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE
It works when your engine is off. It allows you to drive or relax in your cab in pleasant temperature conditions

FULLY ECOLOGICAL
It only consumes water. Environment Friendly.
Save Fuel (there is no need to start the engine of the vehicle when the system is on)

Technical Features:

•Control of all the functions from the remote control by radio frequency (RF) or from the electronic display.
•It is not necessary to point to the sensor, avoiding distractions while driving.
•Aerodynamic design.
•Two water tanks, one outside for water supply, with a capacity of 35 litres, and the second one anti-overflow, integrated into the equipment.
•Engine: Double turbine.Low power requirement (from 0,4A to 4A). Capacity 900m3/hour
•Water pump (noiseless)
•Electric protection
•Low consumption of water
•Minimum maintenance
•Microprocessor: 8 Speed selector. Timer. Controls of water level. Indicator of water pump state

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Type of collaboration sought:
Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Ecological evaporative cab cooler for Long-distance road trucks (TO.021)

A Spanish Company has developed Bycool-Evolution, an innovative evaporative cab cooler for long-distance road trucks. The company is looking for commercial agreements.

Description:

Bycool-Evolution allows driving or resting in cabin under comfortable temperature conditions while avoiding additional accommodation expenses. Its main application is Long distance road trucks.

• The new product protects the engine of the vehicle: It works either with the engine ON or OFF therefore it is fully indicated for loading and unloading operations and during stopover rest periods.
• Inmediate fuel saving: It avoids consuming fuel.
• Increases the work performance and improves comfort during daily work. It allows you to drive or relax in your cab in pleasant temperature conditions while saving additional accommodation expenses.
• Fully ecological: It only consumes water. Environment friendly
• High performance electronic cab cooler
• Installation without drilling the cab roof.
• Top quality air distribution panel and electronic control.
• Prepared for Transport of Dangerous Goods ADR.
• Available in 12 V and 24 V

Technical Features:

•Control of all the functions from the remote control by radio frequency (RF) or from the electronic display.
•It is not necessary to point to the sensor, avoiding distractions while driving.
•Aerodynamic design.
•Two water tanks, one outside for water supply, with a capacity of 35 litres, and the second one anti-overflow, integrated into the equipment.
•Engine: Double turbine. Low power requirement (from 0,4A to 4A). Capacity 900m3/hour
•Water pump (noiseless)
•Electric protection
•Low consumption of water
•Minimum maintenance
•Microprocessor: 8 Speed selector. Timer. Controls of water level. Indicator of water pump state

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Type of collaboration sought:
Commercial agreement with technical assistance

DANTE - New Technologies Development and Intersection Design, for Integrated Road Safety Improvement (TO.019)

A National Consortium composed by several leading companies on the traffic sector and with the support of research centers, has developed DANTE project. One of the results of the project is an innovative system to improve road safety at T junctions and crossroads on conventional double way roads, where most fatal accidents on that kind of roads take place.
The developer is looking for commercial agreements.

Description:

The system consists of two stereoscopic cameras that detect the trajectory and speed of the vehicle on the main road when it is 80–250 m. from the intersection.

A Lidar system detects any other vehicles within 80 m of the intersection, while a Stop-control system detects the speed and trajectory of the vehicle on the secondary road, determining whether or not it is going to stop.

These integrated systems detect what is happening at the intersection by means of a centralizing system that analyses data and, if a possible conflict is detected, triggers an alarm to warn the drivers involved.

There are two ways of communicating with road users: with variable messages and beacons of different types on the road itself, plus an I2V system on the vehicle, presenting the information on a PDA device.

Innovative aspects:

Detection systems used in open environments by the moment, are usually based in electromagnetic loops, with this kind of technology is not possible to detect uniquely the vehicles.
With this new system vehicles are detected by video analysis technology, which provides uniquely vehicle identification, with a high reliability, and also the system notifications are made by innovative products, using mobile devices with I2V communications and variable message signals with low energetic waste.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Developed, available for demonstration

Financial source of the technology:
National project

Competitive advantages:

As the previous studies for junction accident have developed, the conventional crossroad is the most dangerous kind of intersection in our country, which accumulates an 86% from the total of fatal accidents occurred in junctions.

The smart cross system represents an advantage for conventional roads users due to the support of the new technologies, which provide real time information about the risk each driver is exposed to, giving them the chance for modified their behavior on time.

Current state of intellectual property:
Secret know how

Type of collaboration sought:

Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Innovative solutions in the field of Tunnel light signaling, using the latest LED technology and photoluminescent elements (TO.018)

A Spanish company working in the field of marking and signalling roads, railway and airports has developed a smart signalling system for tunnels emergency exits. The system eases evacuation and rescue team actuation in case of accidents. The company is looking for commercial agreements with technical assistance.

The system consist in using Photoluminescence signals for a greater visibility of the emergency exits, complemented with the use of flexible dynamic LED tape with the following characteristics:

• 2 mm width
• Great adaptation capacity to different geometrics
• LEDs encapsulated in resine.
• High fire resistance and high sealing IP68
• easy installation and low maintenance cost
• 200.000 hour life
• 12 V DC supply

Innovative aspects
The system helps to avoid random behaviour of persons, with an easy instruction comprehension and total integration in main control systems.

Current stage of development of the technology
Already on the market

Financial source of the technology

Private funding

Type of collaboration sought:
Commercial agreement with technical assistance

E-Rescue System (TO.016)

A Spanish SME has developed and patented a device for vehicle seats with emergency kit and stretcher incorporated. It is a fully-integrated device in car seats. The company is looking for technical cooperation, joint-venture agreements and licence agreements.

Description:
When it comes to rescuing an injured person from a vehicle following a traffic accident, it is very frequently necessary to immobilize the person by keeping the head-neck-column of the person immobilized in order to be able to proceed to his or her extraction or extrication from the vehicle so that they can be taken to the nearest hospital. In order to immobilize the victim there exists specific rescue equipment such as soft collars, extrication jackets, back boards, etc., which are brought and applied by the rescue teams. In theory, this rescue equipment has a series of drawbacks.
The first drawback is that the equipment has to be available at the moment of the rescue, which is not always the case, as for example in situations in which the rescue has to be carried out with considerable urgency, even before the arrival of the recovery teams at the site of the accident, and when, in the case of a multiple accident, the recovery teams do not have sufficient equipment for being applied to all the injured people needing it.
Another drawback, especially important when it comes to immobilizing the neck-column axis of the injured person by means of an immobilization board, is that, in order to be able to attach that board to the back of an injured person who is still sitting in his or her seat inside the vehicle, it is usually necessary to move the person away from the back of the seat in order to introduce the board between the back of the injured person and the back of the seat, which, on the one hand, requires moving the person with the danger that this could cause spinal injuries and, on the other, in order to introduce the board between the back of the injured and the back of the seat, it is necessary to have some maneuvering space which is not always available in vehicles that have been involved in accidents, and finally, the application of those boards requires a length of time that in some cases is excessive under the circumstances of the accident or of the person who has to be rescued.

Innovative Aspects:

• The installation of the seats in the assembly line would not be altered by the addition of this system.
• E-Rescue System® does not alter the aesthetics, ergonomics, quality or geometry of the seat. The system is hidden.
• The evacuation of people with this system is always faster and safer than conventional methods of rescue teams, because the patient is not handled during the immobilization process.
• Each passenger has the system fully integrated into their seat. This is an important advantage, because the ambulances are usually equipped with a single kit. In addition, any person involved in the accident scene may help the victim while awaiting the arrival of emergency services.

Current stage of development of the technology:
-Development phase (Prototype)

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Competitive advantages:
The system can be installed during manufacturing process.

Current state of intellectual property:
Patent applied
Comments:
Patent application number: 20100001545

Type of collaboration sought:

-Technical cooperation
-Joint venture agreement
-Manufacturing agreement
-License agreement

Type of partner sought:
The invention comes within the technical field of seats for vehicles and particularly in the sector of vehicle seats that are at least partially separable from the structure of a vehicle in the event of rescue.

Comments: Market opportunity: Armored vehicles sector.

TRAILER CAMP: A modern system with surveillance camera and GPS (TO.017)

A Spanish company working in the field of marking and signalling roads has developed a light smart camera for video-communication. The camera allows real time following of road and infrastructure works and environmental surveillance. It is wireless and works with solar energy. The company is looking for commercial agreements with technical assistance.

Description:

One of the main advantages of the system is that it is wireless and easy to install, without the need to lay any foundation. Its standard place is on the top of vehicles, like trailers and vans; installed on an adjustable mast with revolving holder that allows a 360º view of the surroundings. It works with solar energy.

Main features

- Double camera. Automatic day and night function.
- x5 Zoom
- internal shooting
- 8Mb memory
- integrated image management
- fix image and video sending up to 1 per second
- GPRS, 3G, HSPA communication
- programmable resolution upto1600*1200
- less than 2 w consume

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Financial source of the technology:

Private funding

Type of collaboration sought:

Commercial agreement with technical assistance

E-Light: Innovative emergency chemiluminescent lighting system for cars (TO.015)

A Spanish SME has developed and patented an emergency lighting system for vehicles. The system is especially useful for vehicle accidents, as it allows a quickly identification, definition and illumination of the crash site. The company is looking for Joint venture agreement, manufacturing agreement, technical cooperation and/or license agreement.

Description:
A Spanish SME has developed and patented an emergency lighting system for vehicles. In the case of a breakdown or, especially, of a traffic accident, involving a vehicle the position of the vehicle needs to be signaled in order to warn other drivers of the presence of the stationary vehicle so as to avoid subsequent chain collisions.

This emergency lighting system actives itself when the airbags signal is activated in case of an accident. The system sprays a luminescence liquid to the car; also the system includes some transparent tubes, outsider the car, which is filled up with the liquid. The car is visible at nigh and more accidents can be avoided.

The activation can also be done pushing an activation button. This option is really interesting in cases of potential danger. The signalisation also allows to locate car that have gone outside the track and fragments spread around the accident site.

The invention comes within the technical sector of safety systems and particularly emergency signaling systems for zones that need to be lit in order to provide greater visibility for parts and/or environs of installations or vehicles. This signaling is especially important in situations in which the vehicle is stationary in a position that invades the carriageway and/or in atmospheric conditions of low visibility.

The invention is particularly useful in the emergency signaling of vehicles and parts thereof, such as ships, aircraft, helicopters, containers, railway and metro trains and, especially, for land vehicles including mobile machinery for public works. It can also be applied to emergency lighting for zones in industrial facilities such as ports, airports, sports centers, metro and railway stations and tunnels, to buildings such as homes and offices, sports centers and shopping centers. The system is especially useful for vehicle accidents, as it allows a quickly identification, definition and illumination of the crash site.

Innovative aspects:
The liquid has 2 purposes, first is to illuminate the car to avoid other collisions, especially at night, and the second is to easy the rescue and localisation works. It reduces time to signal the site and to recognise the site.
The chemiluminescence liquid is harmless for humans and the environment and biodegradable; It can be washed out with water. The can light a site between 8 and 12 hours.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Development phase
Prototype

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Competitive advantages:
The system can be installed during manufacturing.

Current state of intellectual property:
Patent granted

Comments:

Patent application number: 20090185361

Type of collaboration sought:

-Technical cooperation
-Joint venture agreement
-Manufacturing agreement
-License agreement

Comments: Special sector of application: Armored vehicles

New “Antikamikaze System” (TO.013)

A Spanish leading company in the road safety sector has developed a new “Antikamikaze System”, which detects vehicles that circulate in the opposite direction and warns other drivers by sending a message to the light frames and informs the Police.

Description:

The company presents a system of detection of vehicles that circulate in the opposite direction to the authorized one, what is commonly known as “Kamikazes“.

The system consists of a series of Doppler sensors and LED signs that are placed in the exits of the divided highways and freeways. When it detects the infraction (200m range), it activates a visual notice (luminous LED signalling), being able to incorporate also sonorous reinforcement, in order to prevent the "confused" driver from continuing and gaining access to the route in the opposite direction. The system acts in two ways: first it alerts the driver on the scene, but also sends an alert message to the Traffic Control Centre or local authorities, notifying that an incursion in the wrong way is taking place.

The developer manufactures products of common use in road and highway works marking, like road post, cylindrical bollards polyethylene barrier, roadstud, beam barrier cateyes, speed bumps, cones, luminous devices … anything to provide safety to road workers and drivers.

The company designs and makes products and solutions for specific problems, applying the latest technology in intelligent signalling, by using sensors, hardware, dopplers, presence detectors, LED lighting, variable message devices, solar powering, … to guarantee the safety and to optimize the good use of our highways.

Innovative aspects:

Till now, no device existed to avoid this type of accidents, theses drivers provoke many deaths and consequences by this cause, in most cases, we speak about a simple momentarily absent-mindedness, about drivers of advanced age, foreign (mostly British) or just drunk driving effects. If they are warned at the moment of this involuntary infraction, automatically the danger situation is minimized.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Developed, available for demonstration

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Current state of intellectual property:
Secret know how

Type of collaboration sought:

-Commercial agreement with technical assistance
-Technical cooperation

SAFECROSS: Smart Pedestrian Crossing for People with Reduced Mobility (TO.012)

A Spanish company has developped a new product that consists of smart management of traffic-light-controlled pedestrian crossings, where an artificial-vision system detects any people who are still crossing when the green “cross” phase is coming to an end.  The company seeks commercial agreements.

Description:

The system has been designed for people with reduced mobility, as it provides real-time monitoring of how quickly people are using the crossing.
If any pedestrians are detected (for example, because of crowding, disabled people, etc.), the traffic controller automatically adds more time to the green phase. If the crossing is empty when the time is running out, vehicle traffic can proceed, thereby contributing towards streamlining traffic flow.

Functional specifications:
The system has the following basic features:

•Detection of pedestrians using the crossing.
•Extra lighting in addition to street-lighting when pedestrians are using the crossing.
•Easy adaptation to a SICE MF4 or MFU3000 regulator.

The SAFECROSS system is made up of the following components:

• Artificial vision camera(s) automatically detect(s) any pedestrian(s) using the crossing.
• Extra LED lighting on the crossing when it is being used by pedestrians at night.
• Intelligent Lighting
• Phase-extension algorithm.

If the traffic controller detects anyone still using the crossing when it is reaching the end of the pedestrians’ green phase, the time (minimum time) is extended until the pedestrian has crossed to the other side.

This feature is enabled when the pedestrian light turns green.

 In parallel, the extra LED lighting on the crossing is turned on to supplement the ambient street-lighting.

Innovative aspects:
Adaptative pedestrian detection modifies traffic controller timing in order to make road crossings safer.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Current state of intellectual property:
-Secret know how
-Copyright protected

Type of collaboration sought:
Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Technical brochure (2.6 MB)

ICARO: Road network conservation management (TO. 011)

The Engineering department of a Spanish SME has got ICARO application, a management system in continuous developing process. It aims at the global management of road network.

One of the most valuable tools of ÍCARO application is the cartography typical of GIS, that allows a quick and easy representation, through topics, of any elements or/and characteristics of the road.

The different modules of ÍCARO application are described as follows:

GEOMETRY: It shows, graphically and numerically, geometrical data of superelevation, slope, radius of curvature, visibility distance and all the transversal profile measures.

INVENTORY: It includes a database with elements such as: road markings, vertical signs, annexed elements, the surroundings, milestones, geographical references, bridges and tunnels of the road. Each one of them has a personalized file allowing updated information related to their characteristics, condition, inspections and works.

PAVEMENTS: The continuous updating of information in this area gives the possibility to know the current structure of roads, as well as the record of all the works carried out in the pavement, with its characteristics such as work date, used materials, name of the company that carried out the work…

AUSCULTATION: All measures taken by high performance vehicles can be consulted: historical, statistical values etc., of structural and functional characteristics of the pavement.

ROAD SECURITY: With all the information related to accidents, ÍCARO gives the possibility to automatically obtain black spots, Risk and Mortality index so as to analyze road security.

TRAFFIC: It´s possible to consult counting stations data of the road. All the provided information allows an automatic calculation of the service level of the whole network.

CONSULTATIONS: It represents a potential tool that easily allows the gathering of all the application information. Consultations can be made of any area, though the main function of this tool is to make cross consultations of different areas. Thus, it´s possible to quickly obtain specific data in tables (exportable to Excel) which can also be represented in the cartography obtaining maps that can be included in reports.

DIVISION INTO STRETCHES: It provides tools to divide the road into homogeneous stretches. Each one of them will be characterized by statistical values so as that the current and future situation can be analyzed.

PAVEMENT EXPERT MANAGEMENT: Once the quality level is determined, it´s possible to obtain conservation as well as auscultation action plans adapted to the technical needs of the organization exploiting a network. These needs which are based on auscultation parameters evolution can be subsequently adapted to the annual available budget.

ROUTINE CONSERVATION: It gives the possibility to manage working reports and incidences of the network. Updated information makes it easy to obtain detailed invoices and reports facilitating and expediting road conservation and management process.

In total, the company has several pavement management systems in more than 47.000 kilometers in different road networks of the world.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Current state of intellectual property:
Secret know-how

Type of collaboration sought:
Technical cooperation
Commercial agreements

PARKONTROL: Smart Management of Parking Spaces Reserved for Handicapped People (TO.014)

A company of Madrid Region has developed a smart system for the automatic detection of parking spaces reserved for handicapped drivers. It sends a real-time alarm to a control centre if such a space is occupied without the proper authorization. The company seeks commercial agreements with technical assistance.

Description:

The system applies technology to find a solution to a long-term problem for low mobility people: the difficulty they have finding somewhere to park because the spaces reserved for them have been occupied by able-bodied drivers.

The project applies technology to the search for a solution to the long-standing problem of parking bays reserved for the handicapped being used by vehicles without permission.

The application of the system is particularly important when it comes to parking spaces for disabledHandicapped people, since the problem is a long-standing one for which no successful answer could be found.

The project has been approved by all the various handicapped-people's associations and federations, and also won an award from the Madrid Regional Federation of Organisations for People with Physical and Organic Disabilities for the most innovative R&D project.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Current state of intellectual property:
Patent granted

Video showing how the system works

Technology for automatic crack detection on pavements surface images (TR.01)

A Spanish SME is looking for an innovative system for automatic detection of cracks in pavements using image analysis.

The company, founded in 2002, develop new technologies in the area of Civil Engineering, and provides a wide range of solutions to any work subject to be automated, innovating methods, systems and offering tools that help technicians and managers.

The company is looking for research groups or SMEs for technical cooperation agreements in this area.

FIONA: Special vehicle for a complete road inventory (TO.010)

A Spanish SME has developed FIONA vehicle which is suitable for a complete road inventory.

FIONA offers different functions allowing image records and geometrical data collection.

Data collection and process:
A complex developed software enables live synchronization of all the information provided by the vehicle

Operators:
FIONA vehicle was developed with the aim of getting the best results in situ. For that reason, there are three places in the car which are fully approved.

The first place is assigned to the driver, the second is to an operator to ensure the correct data collection and the third is reserved to any person who wants to help in the process of inventory data collection and wants to check working methods which are always based on safety and quality.

Its principal characteristics are the following:

• Two high speed cameras takes front and rear images, enabling road and the surroundings record.
• A lineal high resolution scan camera and a laser detect existent fissures on the pavement.
• Inertial intelligent measurement system with 12 axes enables collection of superelevation, slope and radius of curvature data. .
• G.P.S system guarantees georeferential data gathered with submetric accuracy.
• An odometer located on a wheel enables the synchronization between data and images.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Current state of intellectual property:
Secret know-how

Type of collaboration sought:
-Technical cooperation
-Commercial agreements

Road Safety Auditions Know-how (TO.009)

An innovative Spanish SME carries out Road Safety auditions, analyses potential risks so as to reduce or even eliminate them in currently used road as well as in roads under construction or with works.
The objective of auditions is to maintain the road in properly driving, safety conditions and functionality aiming at reducing accidents or its effects to the maximum.

Description:

SAFETY AUDITIONS IN CURRENTLY USED ROADS

It consists of a comprehensive analysis of the possible factors influencing an accident, geometry, superelevation, vertical signs, obstacles, the regularity (I.R.I), friction (T.F.C) and road marking visibility (Retroreflection).

Analyzing these aspects both in situ and at the office, we can stablish in the report the necessary works to comprehensively improve road safety elements as well as safety conditions for users.

ROAD SAFETY AUDITIONS IN ROADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR WITH WORKS

During road works, risks can be greater.
An audition of such nature represents an adequate study of the elements affecting driver´s safety in stretches under works as well as in diversions and accesses.

Before the work research, a construction project and accident review is made of the area.

After several visits to road works with or without prior notice and in different circumstances (different times of the day, weather conditions), a report is made including signs, retroreflectors and existent defenses.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Current state of intellectual property:
Secret know-how

Type of collaboration sought:
Technical cooperation
Commercial agreements

Pavement design and pathology know-how (TO.008)

A Spanish SME has widely experienced pavement conservation experts.

Company Know-how and Services:

Conservation Plan Design:

The Company has specialised in long term conservation researches, helping the manager plan works and foresee spending.
With network auscultation and geometry information recently collected and with contrasted auscultation models, it´s possible to plan conservation works. Although these works are mainly adapted to technical criteria, they are also adapted to available budgets of the concessionaire so that urgent works be prioritized.


Pathology Research:

Research pathology are based on through visual inspections and auscultations campaigns with the aim of analyzing the current pavement condition, possible causes of deteriorations and the most adequate regeneration solutions.

With this information analysis and with the help of computer tools, it´s possible to obtain, using different efficient and effective methods, detailed reports including probable regenerations of the pavements.
If the proposed solution fits conservation needs, the company will render a technical leadership service for the works. When they finish and a new auscultation campaign is carried out, it will be possible to measure repair effectiveness.

Current stage of development of the technology:Already on the market

Current state of intellectual property:Secret know-how

Type of collaboration sought:

Technical cooperation
Commercial agreements

BUS-S CONTROL SCHOOL (TO.007)

A Spanish private company offers a innovative control system of children when going to and from school by GPS / GSM for protection against robbery, kidnapping, loss, etc. Also for people with disabilities or reduced mobility. Software as a Service (Saas) from the Internet and smartphones. We look for potential customers.

Description:

By an identifier in the child's backpack or on his wrist, parents or guardians will receive a message to know:

-When he got to school
-When entering and leaving the bus
-Know the proximity to the arrival
-On the way parents can know where the bus is , by querying at internet or mobile phone.

In case of transport of elderly or disabled people also to know their status or situation at all times.

Innovative aspects:
GPS / GPRS / RFID throughout the process. The child is monitored all the way from home to school and back home.
Control by mobile phone alerts and access to real-time tour bus

Current stage of development of the technology:
Already on the market

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding
National Project

Competitive advantages:
-Parents peace of mind knowing where children are at all times when they are out of sight in transfers to school. The same for disabled people
-Value added to the learning center, daycare center, residence etc.

Current state of intellectual property:
Copyright protected

Type of collaboration sought:
Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Type of partner sought:
Schools, colleges, school transport, transport for disabled or elderly

Smart sensors for energy efficient cities (TO.006)

A Spanish research group from Alcalá University has developed a smart-sensors-based technology that can be applied to improve the energy efficiency of urban environments in an holistic fashion. This technology covers areas such as Intelligent Transportation Systems and Energy Efficient Measurement applications. The group is interested in establishing commercial or technical cooperation agreements with companies involved in urban traffic management or energy distribution and generation.

Description:

The highest energy costs of cities are focused on transportation systems and heating/refrigerating systems. The development of different technologies specially designed to optimise the energy consumption needs to deal with both type of systems to have a proper impact. Following this statement, a research group of the University of Alcalá has developed two main new technologies. On the one hand, a set of smart sensors have been created to optimise the use of transportation systems in urban environments. Among them we remark:

- Signalised roundabouts and intersections, adaptive to the current traffic status.
- Adaptive traffic monitoring and management.
- SmartCross: optimal traffic lights timing by pedestrian detection in pedestrian crossings.
- Prioritising public transport vehicles in roundabouts and intersections.
- Outdoor parking slots monitoring by a fleet of public transport vehicles applied to reduce the time needed to find a free parking slot.

On the other hand, thermal imaging technology is also available to identify homes and buildings that may need improvements in their isolation installations. A specially vehicle is equipped with infrared cameras, GPS and range-based sensors. It takes thermal images of homes in winter and summer months to automatically identify buildings showing poor isolation capabilities (heat and cool losses trough poorly isolated walls, windows and roofs). These images contain information about the global positioning of each one of the buildings analysed. Thus, digital and interactive maps can be provided to the user, including specific information about thermal isolation of each of the elements analysed by the system.

Innovative aspects

In the context of transportation, innovative aspects come from the use of new sensors that provide richer information than current sensor technologies, as well as the novelty of the proposed applications. On the other hand, the automatic creation of thermal efficiency digital maps has not been proposed up to now. These maps will be very useful for local authorities to improve the energy efficiency of their local communities.

Current stage of development of the research result:
Development phase

Funding Research:
National project

Competitive advantages

Competitive advantages by commercialising new systems focused on improving the energy efficiency, reducing emissions and ecological foot of cities. The main, but not unique, customers are local authorities of towns, cities and communities. This technology can be seen as an holistic system, or it can be offered in its different parts adapted to different needs.

Current state of industrial and intellectual property:
Patent applied

Type of collaboration sought:
-Technical cooperation
-Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Comments

The type of collaboration sought implies the steps needed to adapt the technology to the needs and activities of the company that assumes its commercialisation. Likewise, it implies further technical engineering maintenance.

Among the companies that may have potential interest in this technology we remark companies that are responsible of the urban traffic management systems, such as the following: SICE, ETRA, Ferrovial, INDRA, etc. In addition, this may be of special interest for energy distribution and generation companies as well as companies that provide different thermal isolation solutions, such as the next companies: ACS, Dragados, FCC, Endesa, Iberdrola, etc. Finally, medium companies with a high degree of innovation may be interested in commercialising the proposed technologies.

A development phase is still needed with a total cost between 150.000-250.000 €.

Embedded electronic system for the supervision of vehicles (TO.005)

A Spanish research group of Electronics Department of the Alcala University has developed an open electronic system that allows to establish services of intelligent vehicle for transport using EGNOS tools (geographical positioning system). This model has the capacity of data transmission to long distance (movable telephony) and to short distance (radio frequency). Technical cooperation is required.

Description:

This open operative system contribute to some services of intelligent vehicles inside transport world. The embedded electronic system is implanted in a vehicle with high computational capability (operative system eCos) and with communications for mobile telephony, communications for short distance and with a system of geographical positioning EGNOS.

This platform presents two services as demostration:
-Detection of speeding vehicles depending on the maximum authorized speed
-Implementation of the idea of " pay as you drive " in order to invoice the vehicle assurance.

About the actual GPS, it has as advantages a greater precision, availability and uniformity. Their possible fields of application are aviation, railroad, highway (pay as you drive), etc. The future will pass through the GALILEO system that will have a greater precision (lower to a metre) and availability (95 % in urban areas) among other advantages, and it hopes that generates around 100.000 uses.

Innovative aspects

A similar opened electronic system allows to implement different intelligent services for transport. It is a positioning system of high precision, possibilities of communication for long distance(movable telephony) and short distance (radio frequency). The detection of vehicles speeding depending on maximum authorized speed and the implementation of the idea of " pay as you drive " in order to invoice the vehicle assurance.

Current stage of development of the research result
Development phase

Funding Research:
National project

Competitive advantages

As an open system totally programmable, it has several possibilities of transport application. It is a system of low reconfigurable cost based on the application necessities. It is possible to be applied for the detection of robbed vehicles, control of fleets of vehicles, automatic detection of traffic infractions, payment of automobile insurance, automatic payment in tolls and parkings, also with the possibility of use it in the railroad and marine transport.

Current state of industrial and intellectual property
Patent granted

Comments

Patent granted with reference P200101349

Type of collaboration sought

Technical cooperation
The research group seeks for cooperation agreements with companies from the transport sector, developers of applications within the transport sector, automobile insurances companies, General Directorate of Traffic, etc.
The concrete activity that the company must do as a part of the agreement is the definition of the specifications for the implementation of the solution.

Face tracking and pose estimation with automatic 3D model construction (T.O. 004)

A research group from the Electronic Department of Alcalá University has developed a method for robustly tracking and estimating the face pose of a person using stereo vision. The method is invariant to identity and does not require previous training. A face model is automatically initialised and constructed on-line. This method could serve as the basis of a monitoring system for driving or behavior analysis of drivers and it has been tested on sequences registered in a naturalist simulator and a moving car. The group is interested in commercial agreements with companies from the automotive components sector, simulators designers and electronic entertainment (interfaces for PCs, TVs, video games, etc).

Description:
The model is formed by a set of 3D tri-dimensional points of the face. These points are automatically selected in the first image obtained from the cameras. The face is located using Viola&Jones method, and points in the face that present adequate characteristics for tracking are found with Harris detector. Up to 30 points are used.

The image patches around the 2D projections of these points on each camera are tracked on each frame, using the Simultaneous Modelling and Tracking (SMAT) algorithm. This algorithm builds a model of the changes of the appearance or texture around each point.

The 3D pose is obtained from the 2D points using POSIT, redundantly for both cameras to improve robustness.

Tracking may fail for some points on each frame. RANSAC is used to discard erroneous points from the estimation of the pose. After a set of correctly tracked points (inliers) is obtained, the position of the outlier points is reset accordingly to the estimated pose.

Points become occluded as the head turns and can not be tracked. The system is able to robustly estimate the pose of the face in presence of turns of up to ±90º. It uses a novel technique that completes the model as the face rotates and employs the method of bundle Adjustment to adjust the model.

The system is able to track a driver’s face robustly in real conditions. Experimental results and an analysis of the performance are ready to be presented.

Innovative aspects:

For the first time, this system of computer vision is able of recognizing the orientation of the human face, with no need of previous identification of the person or offline training.

This system is innovative in the way of joining the three algorithms that uses for its functioning: SMAT, RANSAC and POSIT. To the best of our knowledge they had never been used before in that way.
Current stage of development of the research result:
Developed, available for demonstration

Funding Research:
National project

Competitive advantages:

This method works in real time (30 images per second) and it takes 33 milliseconds to execute the algorithms.

It is a very robust system that keeps on working even in situations for which the model has not been designed (sudden turns of face, strong shadows, etc). The system works with increased estimation error but tracking of the face is not lost.

Current state of industrial and intellectual property:
Secret know how

Type of collaboration sought:
Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Comments:
The group is looking for commercial agreements with technical assistance with companies specialized in components for the automotive sector, companies of video games, virtual reality, interface in control of robots, driving simulation...

ILCS - Intelligent Lighting Control System (TO 03)

This proposal is an intelligent control system of the activity of street lighting luminaires based on LED technology. This system is intended to start / stop / mitigate conveniently the lights located primarily on highways. This will achieve significant energy savings and a significant reduction of CO2. There is no control system as this one so far, and thanks to the technology implemented in the luminaire, value-added functions can be implemented.

Innovative aspects:

Thanks to this proposal, significantly save of the energy cost of the roads where vehicle traffic is low/medium in certain time, will be achieved.The autonomous intelligent system on / off / lighting control is not implemented in any current system. Also thanks to wireless technology it forms a mesh structure of streetlights that can share information between them and even make a coordinated lighting.

Current stage of development of the research result:
Development phase

Funding Research:
Private funding

Competitive advantages:
This proposal shows a new alternative and efficient way of saving energy and CO2. This is due to the fact of consuming energy only when is needed and not having the luminaries on unnecessarily. Bridging the gap, the saving can be extrapolated to the escalators that could be in low power mode when there are no people.

Current state of industrial and intellectual property:
Patent applied

Type of collaboration sought:

-Manufacturing agreement
-Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Comments:
The group is looking for companies from the construction, electronics, energy, environmental or ICT sector to reach commercial or collaboration agreements. The group is also interested in finding partners for R&D regional or nacional calls and european projects.

Active Assisted Driving Systems based on Computer Vision and Laser (TO 02)

A Spanish research group of the Electronic Department of Alcala University has developed a technology based in systems of active attendance to the conduction by means of vision by computer and laser. These systems are devised to lend aid to the conductor in situations of danger or cases in which the conduction is not adapted (restrained illegal, oscillations, are present obstacles, etc). The research group is interested in commercial agreements with technical assistance or manufacturing agreements.

Description:

The Systems of Active Attendance to the Conduction are devised to lend aid or warnings to the conductor in situations of imminent danger, or those cases in which the conduction is not adapted (restrained illegal, oscillations, are present at of an obstacle, etc). The group has developed several types of techniques of attendance to the conduction based fundamentally on vision by computer and laser:

- Warning of exit advance track
- Warning speed in curved
- ACC based on vision
- ACC based on Laser
- Detection of dream in conductors
- Detection and recognition of deal signals
- Detection of vehicles in dead space
- Nocturnal detection of vehicles
- Recognition of conductors
- Detection of the occupants position
- Detection and recognition of people
- Attendance system to navigation by means vision and GPS

These products are focused in increasing the road security, either on board of an automobile or installed like part of the infrastructure of the route in bridges or tunnels. The solution of this security problem could be automated in massive form.

Innovative aspects

Support the conduction as an alert to the conductor in situations of imminent danger or when the conduction is not suitable. The developed systems show a high capacity of anticipation and a percentage of false alarms practically null.

Current stage of development of the research result:

Developed, available for demonstration

Funding Research:
National project
Private funding

Competitive advantages:
The main advantage derived from the incorporation of this technology lies in the capacity to compete in the market in an innovating form by means of product’s commercialization focused in increasing the road security, either on board of an automobile or installed like part of the infrastructure of the route in bridges or tunnels. The resolution of the problem of security could be automated in a massive form.

Current state of industrial and intellectual property:

Patent applied
The patent of some of the developed systems has been asked for. The rest of systems remain without patenting, although the request of its respective patents will be made in the short term.

Type of collaboration sought:

-Technical cooperation
-Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Comments
The asked technical cooperation refers to concrete requirements and the technical development of tests and training necessary to adapt the technology to the necessities of the company. Also the later maintenance of engineering that needs the applied technology, giving technical attendance to the product, on the part of the company, after its commercialization.

This type of technology would be obvious of special interest of manufacturing companies of automobiles. Secondly, also it would be of the interest of companies of the auxiliary sector of the automobile in charge of the manufacturing components. The possibilities of commercialization of this product with this kind of companies are bigger than with the manufacturers of automobiles directly.

GPS Fleet Tracking System for vehicles and people from internet and cell phone (B.O. 01)

A spanish company working in the field of vehicle and fleet management through the Internet and Mobile phone is looking for Trade Intermediary services (agent, representative, distributor).

Full description:
A spanish company working in the field of management of vehicles, machinery and mobile objects offers its platform system for location and management of vehicles. Vehicles can be tracked through a simple mobile phone; over the Internet, in an iPHONE or even in an Android mobile phone. The platform offers: Secure access, 24 hours a day, 365 days, Official Google Maps, Updates (Map, program and AlertPhone updates), Europe-wide coverage, an open-plan project..

Partner expertise sought:
The distribution and installation of the products in their country.

Thermographic system for counting and sorting road traffic (TO 01)

Empiric is a private Spanish company that develops own technology based on infrared thermography through high-speed hardware FPGA, It allows to developing intelligent systems that process information in real time on the same spot where they are obtained.

Description:

The product is based on a thermal imaging camera that is doing real-time image processing to get the traffic information from at least 3 lanes, computers aren't needed and the bandwidth of the communications system is optimized. The system is immune to the weather conditions and lighting.

Traditional systems are based on gauging turns, is demonstrated low efficiency and installation is invasive. Empiric product proposes a very precise measure that allows its installation without works or traffic court. The vision-based systems often have problems with adverse Weather conditions and changes of light.
Empiric technology based on infrared thermography is immune to all these problems.

Current stage of development of the technology:

Developed, available for demonstration.

Financial source of the technology:

Private funding

Competitive advantages:
The system developed by Empiric allows savings in installation costs and maintenance for the systems traditionally used. If the system is installed at the entrances to the tunnels on roads, can also detect potential risks of any vehicle that can cause a fire inside the tunnel.

Current state of intellectual property:
Secret know how

Type of collaboration sought:

-Joint venture agreement
-Commercial agreement with technical assistance
-License agreement

Specific area of activity of the partner:
Infrastructure, roads, traffic information systems, public works

Tasks to be performed:
Traffic studies, marketing and installation of traffic