SWARCO LEA: Cooperative mobile LED variable-message sign

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

• Swarco LEA is the leading European manufacturer of mobile LED variable-message signs;
• it also makes LED passenger information displays and LED parking displays;
• its in-house R&D department is constantly developing technologies to prepare products for future integration into smart environments;
• a regional Gazelle award winner in 2006, the company is today present on every continent and in 2019 won an FDI Award in the smart development of products and services category;
• the company’s products use a patented optical system that ensures minimal energy consumption for the greatest possible autonomy of the product and to extend the working life of electronic components and directional LEDs to reduce light pollution.

BREAKTHROUGH SOLUTION: Cooperative mobile LED variable-message sign:

• the cooperative mobile LED variable-message sign is a smart product with numerous functionalities designed to be used in various applications: informing road users about incidents/road conditions, estimating travel time on a specific route, detecting the speed of passing vehicles, monitoring traffic conditions via CCTV cameras, communicating with vehicles and infrastructure via ITS-G5 technology, etc.;
• the mobile LED sign can function autonomously or be controlled locally with the help of a custom application or remotely from a control centre;
• integrated sensor units enable it to monitor current conditions on a section of road and communicate them to road users in real time in the form of easily intelligible information or instructions;
• in this way the system ensures that journeys are safer and more predictable, and that travelling takes less time and therefore causes less pollution;
• a patented optical system also ensures minimum energy consumption and a reduction of light pollution.