Abstract :
To accurately study traffic patterns and incidents, researchers need a data set that encompasses day and night lighting, various weather conditions, and different road configurations. Therefore, the VME-MS team needed an all-weather, self-illuminating, mobile sensor station. ERIM is combining three Perceptron 3D Lasar datacameras with ERIM custom software, which extracts vehicle positions and headings from the raw data. The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute will use the system to analyze traffic flow, near-miss incidents, and the effects of various active safety systems in a cooperative agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; image processing; road vehicles; safety; traffic engineering computing; traffic recording; video cameras; CCD video camera; ERIM; ERIM custom software; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Perceptron 3D Lasar datacameras; VME-MS; data set; mobile sensor station; road configurations; traffic flow analysis; traffic patterns; vehicle positions; weather conditions; Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Road safety; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; System testing; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle safety;
