An Embedded Hardware-Software System to Detect and Foresee Road Ice Formation

Author

Meindl, Tassilo ; Moniaci, Walter ; Pasero, Eros ; Riccardi, Marco

Author_Institution

Polytech. of Turin, Turin

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

4884

Lastpage

4891

Abstract

This paper presents a reliable ice detection and forecasting system based on a special road weather information system and a data processing algorithm for ice event forecasting. The ice detection system is mainly based on two innovative sensors, developed ad hoc for this particular application; namely an ice sensor for the reliable detection of accumulation of ice or water on the sensor and a salinity sensor for the purpose of freezing point calculations. These data are then used by a statistical data processing algorithm or a neural network for ice event forecasting.

Keywords

driver information systems; embedded systems; forecasting theory; neural nets; statistical analysis; embedded hardware-software system; forecasting system; ice event forecasting; innovative sensors; neural network; road ice formation detection; special road weather information system; statistical data processing; Data processing; Ice surface; Information systems; Moisture; Neural networks; Road safety; Sensor systems; Sensor systems and applications; Snow; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Neural Networks, 2006. IJCNN '06. International Joint Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9490-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IJCNN.2006.247168

Filename

1716778