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Embarcadero Systems Corp Releases smartGATE™ and Intelligent Camera™, Increasing Port and Terminal Efficiency
FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida - November
17, 2003 - Embarcadero Systems Corporation (ESC) announced today the debut of its smartGATE™ terminal access solution featuring ESC's Intelligent Camera™ technology. ESC's smartGATE uses an integrated set of tools to optimize terminal operational efficiency and speed trucker turn times. With ESC's extremely accurate Intelligent Camera system, terminal operators can use their closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems to address terminal efficiency at its heart - the gate - where the burden and complexity of scheduling, security, and logistics surround the transfer of containers. For high-volume terminal operators, Intelligent Camera increases the accuracy of existing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) portals: For lower-volume terminal operators, it can be used as a data collection solution.
"Increasing terminal efficiency and saving money is a smart solution," says Bill Peterson, ESC's Director of Systems Integration. Peterson continues, "smartGATE™ is a suite of hardware and software that propels your existing terminal systems into the future with the newest in electronic data collection and validation technologies. smartGATE provides centralized, remote processing of gate transactions for intermodal facilities, resulting in improved productivity, operator safety and facility security.
A key module of smartGATE is Intelligent Camera™, an engineering innovation for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) that provides an effective and affordable terminal data collection solution. "Although Intelligent Camera is a module of smartGATE, it can be incorporated into any gate system, as long as the terminal has CCTV systems installed at the terminal gate," explains Peterson.
Steven G. Lautsch, ESC's Senior Vice President
adds, "Intelligent Camera technology represents an incremental
option to an OCR portal system for high-volume terminals.
Terminal operators can implement this capability without effecting
their existing infrastructure or space requirements. Intelligent
Camera increases terminal efficiency where data accuracy is
a critical element to streamlining terminal operations. Including
Intelligent Camera to the mix enables terminal operators to
obtain additional container and chassis reads, increasing
overall data capture accuracy from the low 90s, without Intelligent
Camera, to the high 90s with Intelligent Camera."*
In addition, Intelligent Camera is a cost effective data collection alternative for the low-density terminal. For lower-volume terminal operators, Intelligent Camera offers a low-cost data collection solution bearing attractive results. Intelligent Camera uses current CCTV equipment and existing infrastructure, giving terminal operators the benefits of automatic data collection without the complexity and added cost of new OCR Portal systems.
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*Accuracy is measured as a percentage of total throughput.
About Embarcadero Systems Corporation
Embarcadero Systems Corporation, located
in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializes in the development
and implementation of advanced software and security solutions
for the transportation industry through its four business
units comprised of: Professional Services, System Integration,
Software Solutions, and Technology Services. ESC is a full
service information systems supplier providing: mission-critical
business analyses, leading edge application designs, disciplined
IT deployments, 24x7 technical support, and reliable data
center application hosting services. The ESC family of products
includes VinTelligent™ for vehicle terminal management, VASTAC®
for facility security and access control, VoyagerTrack® for
cargo status and availability, Premier Appointment System™
to improve gate efficiency and trucker scheduling, webTAMS®
for real-time steamship cargo management and status, and CATOS,
for highly integrated marine and intermodal terminal management
and operations.
Ross Gaisor
Phone: (510) 749-7416
Fax: (510) 749-3801
E-Mail: rossga@esystem.com
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