Brigade Electronics will showcase a diverse range of its most durable radar and camera systems, as well as its signature broadband sound alarm to the African mining, construction and haulage markets at Bauma Africa in September as well as launching its Smarteye 3600 camera system. Making its debut in the inaugural show’s ‘UK Pavilion’, Smarteye is the first in a new generation of intelligent vehicle safety solutions: a camera system designed to eradicate blind spots, reducing collisions and driver information overload thanks to a single bird’s-eye view of the entire vehicle and its immediate surroundings.
Comprising four cameras placed around the vehicle, Smarteye technology works by ‘stitching’ each image together to provide a complete and accurate all-round view, as if from above. Powered by software from ASL Technology, a specialist software developer of video image processing and other products, each camera’s ultra-wide angle lens renders a realistic, light-balanced video image displayed in real time on a high-definition cab monitor– with programmable options to highlight areas of greatest risk.
Visitors will be able to see the Smarteye system in action as part of a broader product showcase, which comprises its Backeye range of heavy duty cameras and monitors, its new-to-market digital wireless system, and a selection of its popular Backsense radar products: Xtreme, WorkZone, and WorkSight. Brigade’s bbs-tek, white sound reversing alarm will also be on display – which continues to earn international industry plaudits for its patented directional sound that only grabs attention in the immediate vicinity of danger.
Karel De Bont, Brigade Electronics’ South African director, said “Equipment owners and operators across Africa see safety as an absolute necessity, in all industries. That’s why Brigade continues to focus on providing solutions that surpass industry standards and deliver in even the most challenging natural environments.”