Title :
Application of machine vision techniques for the evaluation of highway pavements in unstructured environments
Author_Institution :
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Abstract :
Machine vision approach was applied in automating pavement distress measurement procedure. Current automated distress measuring devices are described. The paper discusses various image processing algorithms adopted for such devices. Limitations of the automated devices are presented.<>
Keywords :
civil engineering computing; computer vision; inspection; computer vision; highway pavements; machine vision techniques; pavement distress measurement; road pavement inspection; unstructured environments; Automated highways; Current measurement; Image analysis; Image processing; Inspection; Machine vision; Reflectivity; Road transportation; Solid modeling; Surface cracks;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Robotics, 1991. 'Robots in Unstructured Environments', 91 ICAR., Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa, Italy
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0078-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICAR.1991.240439
