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ProVida is the world's leading mobile surveillance and speed enforcement brand, actively in use in 70% of UK police forces and stretching across 20 countries worldwide. The system has also been translated into more than 10 different languages.
The heart of ProVida combines high quality digital surveillance with the ACPO approved Police Pilot speed measurement tool. Detailed information of road offences such as speeding or dangerous driving are overlaid on the video system which can be downloaded.
Evidence gained can be used to convict offenders and is accepted in all UK courts and an ever increasing number of overseas jurisdictions.
Petards ProVida is now one of the world’s best selling in-car police surveillance brands with over 70% of UK police forces actively using at least one ProVida system.
The brand has also stretched to over 20 countries as diverse as Hong Kong and Dubai to Italy and Sweden.
There are four components that make up the ProVida solution, but what has enabled the brand to grow globally is the integration of these components and ease of use to the end user:
In 2010, Petards launched their latest ProVida product - ProVida 4000.
The new system offers less component parts (a major issue for police cars already crammed full of policing tools), higher quality video output and up to 500 hours of recording time.
See ANPR Cameras
in 1986 by JaiVISION, it was used in Denmark
with Rigspolitiet Denmark (the Danish national police).
There are several international variants for the "SPEED" counter on the camera:
The other variants were:
and from 1994 onwards
In 1996, a new version was launched, and this was in the format of
By 1997, the screen was in a new format of:
the "v" and "s" represent "vehicle" and "speed", literally.
Foreign versions of the above were:
where "h" is "egen hastighed", literally "own speed" in Danish
.
The heart of ProVida combines high quality digital surveillance with the ACPO approved Police Pilot speed measurement tool. Detailed information of road offences such as speeding or dangerous driving are overlaid on the video system which can be downloaded.
Evidence gained can be used to convict offenders and is accepted in all UK courts and an ever increasing number of overseas jurisdictions.
Current ProVida
In 2002, the ProVida brand was purchased by UK based Petards Group (Head Office in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear).Petards ProVida is now one of the world’s best selling in-car police surveillance brands with over 70% of UK police forces actively using at least one ProVida system.
The brand has also stretched to over 20 countries as diverse as Hong Kong and Dubai to Italy and Sweden.
There are four components that make up the ProVida solution, but what has enabled the brand to grow globally is the integration of these components and ease of use to the end user:
- ProVida Surveillance
- ProVida Speed Measurement
- ProVida Mobile ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition)
- Specialist Cameras
In 2010, Petards launched their latest ProVida product - ProVida 4000.
The new system offers less component parts (a major issue for police cars already crammed full of policing tools), higher quality video output and up to 500 hours of recording time.
ProVida ANPR
Available as either a stand alone system or integrated with ProVida speed measurement and surveillance system, The ProVida (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) ANPR System is the latest generation of ProVida equipment targeted towards police forces.See ANPR Cameras
Automatic number plate recognition
Automatic number plate recognition is a mass surveillance method that uses optical character recognition on images to read the license plates on vehicles. They can use existing closed-circuit television or road-rule enforcement cameras, or ones specifically designed for the task...
ProVida History and Details
Developed in DenmarkDenmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
in 1986 by JaiVISION, it was used in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
with Rigspolitiet Denmark (the Danish national police).
There are several international variants for the "SPEED" counter on the camera:
- SPEED - United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, The Netherlands - EGEN HASTIGHED - DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
- from the Danish word egen hastighed meaning "own speed" - GESCHW - GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- from the GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
word geschwindigkeit meaning "speedSpeedIn kinematics, the speed of an object is the magnitude of its velocity ; it is thus a scalar quantity. The average speed of an object in an interval of time is the distance traveled by the object divided by the duration of the interval; the instantaneous speed is the limit of the average speed as...
", abbreviatedAbbreviationAn abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
to GESCHW.
Versions
Early versions had the following display:- PP SPEED
- 000.00 Mph
The other variants were:
- PP SPEED
- 0.00 Mph
and from 1994 onwards
- PP SPEED
- 0.00 m.p.h.
- SPEED
- 000 m.p.h.
In 1996, a new version was launched, and this was in the format of
- v: 0.00mph
- o: 0mph
By 1997, the screen was in a new format of:
- s: 0.00mph
- o: 0mph
the "v" and "s" represent "vehicle" and "speed", literally.
Foreign versions of the above were:
- h: 0.00km/t
- o: 0km/t
where "h" is "egen hastighed", literally "own speed" in Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
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