June 28, 2006, Eagle Pass, Texas-- University of California, San Diego (UCSD) engineers will today unveil a novel wide-area, multi camera, computer-vision system for monitoring a key U.S.-Mexico border crossing between Eagle Pass, TX and Piedras Negras, Mexico. The prototype system will be used to deter and detect criminal activity and ensure smooth traffic flow around the Camino Real International Bridge which crosses the Rio Grande River and serves as a commercial thoroughfare between Texas and Mexico. The Camino Real toll bridge is managed by the City of Eagle Pass, and following a demonstration for city and state officials from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and tutorial for police officers later in the afternoon, the Eagle Pass police department will begin using the system to observe critical locations under and around the bridge.
