Falcon

Overheight warning system

Falcon is a warning system used to alert over-height vehicles of an upcoming restrictive vertical clearance. This single high-resolution sensor can scan multiple lanes with higher accuracy than traditional sensors.

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A truck as seen in Falcon
A diagram of the Falcon system

Falcon’s solution system

The Falcon solution replaces less accurate solutions using a three-line scan to warn oversized vehicles of a potential collision with an upcoming overhead structure. Falcon consists of a 3D LiDAR sensor and camera to accurately measure vehicles as they travel at highway speeds. A dynamic message board is used to immediately signal over-height vehicles to exit before the upcoming bridge.

See Falcon in action

Watch our Falcon video on YouTube to learn about the system’s features and how it works.

Falcon Traffic monitoring portable option [2:05]

Benefits of the Falcon system

Accurate, real-time traffic count

Transportation agencies need accurate data to forecast budgeting for highway maintenance. Falcon replaces traditional traffic count systems and provides accurate, up-to-date traffic counts with additional data available that older traffic systems cannot provide. The traffic can be filtered by date, height, length and speed. Once installed, Falcon will provide constant traffic count data.

Immediately available data

Multiple data sets are instantly available to agency users. There is no need to lay temporary count cables or install traffic count devices in the pavement roadbed. Falcon can easily be remounted along different roadways wherever existing DOT-maintained poles exist.

Intuitive software and dashboard

Falcon clients access live or archived data using an ESRI ArcGIS Dashboard. Summarized data can be viewed using custom filters. Each individual vehicle data point can be viewed by clicking on the Falcon link in the Traffic tab. An image of each vehicle is captured along with 3D LiDAR scan which provides accurate dimension measurements.

System components and specifications

System components

A LiDAR sensor and camera can be mounted on existing DOT maintained poles to capture vehicles across multiple lanes as they travel at highway speeds.

System specifications

Max Detection Range 200m at 30% reflectivity
Angular Resolution (H)2 380 Hz; 1140 lines/sec
Range Accuracy ± 3 cm
Laser Wavelength 905 nm
Laser Safety Class 1 (eye safe)
Operating Temperature -40°C to +65°C
Environmental Protection IP67
Points per Second 315K (single return)
Falcon system components
Falcon data portal

Data dashboard

A web-based dashboard displays transactions in real-time. The displayed data includes the vehicle’s height and length, images of the vehicle, 3D dimensioning, a time stamp, axle count, axle position, and vehicle classification.

Let’s talk about Falcon

General contact

info@hypointsolutions.com

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