RE:New AI product launch for IRD… what this meansThis new product is not exactly a first-time-ever. When I do a search for "CVSA decal reader" I see one other name come up and that is Intelligent Imaging Systems (IIS).
IIS is based in Edmonton and, curiously, was mentioned in an IRD press release from September 10, 2020. IRD was a subcontractor to IIS re a commercial vehicle screening maintenance contract in New York state.
I recall wondering at the time if Quarterhill might have a notion to buy IIS. It looked like a natural fit.
The fact that IRD now is moving onto what has been IIS's turf, well, business is all about competition. But it makes me wonder if at one point Quarterhill did approach IIS and IIS wanted too high a price--and now IRD is responding by building their own capability.
It looks like IRD's product may be a significant advance. To what degree . . . no idea.