P&L E-Communications, LLC Government Systems (PLEGOV) demonstrates pipeline damage prevention monitoring with adapted AVT234© to NGA/NYSEARCH personnel at Consolidated Edison Manhattan Test Site
Source: PRWeb Newswire (11/14/08)
Rochester, NY (PRWEB) November 14, 2008 -- PLE Government Systems announced today that it demonstrated it's Phase I video monitoring for damage prevention product A-GAS to NYSEARCH one of the premier natural gas research, development and demonstration (RD & D) programs in the United States,to display progress achieved towards project goals of providing unattended monitoring of gas pipeline Right of Ways (ROW).
Using patented Target Motion Cueing (TMC) technology, AVT234 is the industrys leading automated object discovery and
change detection in surveillance solution, providing unattended video analytics to be used to protect critical infrastructure sites including ports, airports, chemical plants, and
utility company sites.
In November, PLE ran live testing at the ConEd facility on 16th
and C, in Manhattan. During the live testing a backhoe, mini-backhoe and
breaker were operated to perform simulated digging. Test results for all test runs at ConEd resulted
in all simulated excavation scenarios that were not completely occluded by
traffic being detected with alarms and no false detections.
BACKHOE
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Test
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Time
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Range from Camera
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Hit
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Miss
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False Alarms on Traffic or
Other
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Comments
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3)
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1033-1035
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250
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X
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0
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4)
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1040-1042
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250
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X
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0
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5)
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1044-1046
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250
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X
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0
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3)
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1140-1142
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200
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X
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0
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4)
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1144-1146
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200
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X
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0
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5)
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1147-1149
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200
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X
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0
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3)
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1203-1205
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150
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X
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0
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4)
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1211-1213
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150
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X
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0
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5)
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1215-1217
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150
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X
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0
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3)
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1241-1243
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100
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X
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0
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|
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4)
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1254-1256
|
100
|
X
|
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0
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|
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5)
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1301-1303
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100
|
X
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0
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3) FRONT
VIEW BUCKET OPERATION
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4) SITE
VIEW BUCKET OPERATION
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5) BACK
VIEW BUCKET OPERATION
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Mini-Backhoe detected at 200
MINI-BACKHOE
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Test
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Time
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Range from Camera
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Hit
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Miss
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False Alarms on Traffic or
Other
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Comments
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3)
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0855-0857
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250
|
X
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0
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|
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4)
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0901-0903
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250
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X
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0
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5)
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0906-0908
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250
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|
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0
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Mini-Backhoe totally
occluded by traffic
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3)
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0915-0917
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200
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X
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0
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4)
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0919-0921
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200
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|
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0
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Mini-Backhoe totally occluded by traffic
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5)
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0926-0928
|
200
|
X
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0
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3)
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0932-0934
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150
|
X
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0
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|
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4)
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0938-0940
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150
|
X
|
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0
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5)
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0942-0944
|
150
|
X
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0
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|
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3)
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0952-0954
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100
|
X
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0
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4)
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0959-1001
|
100
|
X
|
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0
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5)
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1004-1006
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100
|
X
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0
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3)
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1026-1028
|
50
|
X
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0
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4)
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1031-1033
|
50
|
X
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0
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5)
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1038-1040
|
50
|
X
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0
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3) FRONT
VIEW BUCKET OPERATION
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4) SITE
VIEW BUCKET OPERATION
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5) BACK
VIEW BUCKET OPERATION
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Breaker detected at 200
BREAKER
|
Test
|
Time
|
Range from Camera
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Hit
|
Miss
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False Alarms on Traffic or
Other
|
Comments
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6)
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1240-1242
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250
|
X
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0
|
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6)
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1236-1238
|
250
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|
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0
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Breaker totally occluded by traffic
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|
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6)
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1233-1235
|
200
|
X
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0
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6)
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1225-1227
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150
|
X
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0
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6)
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1220-1222
|
100
|
X
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0
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6)
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1215-1217
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50
|
X
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0
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6) TYPICAL
BREAKER OPERATION BY ROCKING
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About NYSEARCH.
NYSEARCH manages one of the premier natural gas research, development and demonstration (RD & D) programs in the United States. The NYSEARCH organization, with many members and associate members from around North America, was originally set up as a New York RD & D organization but has grown in recent years because of its success in delivering high value RD & D projects, its high leverage on the research dollar and its products that provide quantum leap innovation and savings. NYSEARCH is headquartered in New York City and is administered by the Northeast Gas Association with headquarters in Needham, Mass.
About P&L E-Communications
PLE Government Systems develops industry-leading automated object discovery and change detection in surveillance solutions, used to protect
critical infrastructure sites including ports, airports, chemical plants, and other at-risk facilities. Founded in 1999,
Rochester-based PLE Government systems provides smart surveillance analytics solutions and perimeter video system enhancements.
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