Distributed Visual Surveillance with Resource Constrained Embedded Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 272-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mangesh Chitnis ◽  
Claudio Salvadori ◽  
Matteo Petracca ◽  
Paolo Pagano ◽  
Giuseppe Lipari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Moving Objects ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Visual Surveillance ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Image Capturing ◽  
Object Counting ◽  
And Control ◽  
Node Energy

In this chapter, we present an innovative technique of line sensor based image capturing and processing in order to detect moving objects such as vehicles. Line Sensor techniques, when used in MWSN, may achieve faster processing results with much less storage and bandwidth requirements while conserving node energy. Line Sensor based processing algorithms provide novel ways for object counting, classification and speed measurement. This solution presents itself as an ideal low-cost candidate for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to monitor and control urban traffic.

New Intelligent Transport Systems Applications in Europe to Improve Bus Services

2002 ◽  
Vol 1791 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Hounsell ◽  
Graham Wall
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Bus Priority ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Message Signs ◽  
Investment Process ◽  
Bus Services

Applications of information technology are expanding rapidly across all modes of transport, under the general heading of intelligent transport systems (ITS). For bus-based public transport, a cluster of applications has been developed that can help improve the efficiency and performance of buses on the street, thus helping to provide a real transport alternative to the private car. An initial summary of a range of such ITS examples in Europe is provided, including automatic vehicle location (AVL), bus priority in traffic control systems, automatic ticketing systems, automatic camera enforcement systems, and variable message signs. Then the focus shifts to one area where activity is most pronounced—the implementation of AVL systems and their integration with urban traffic control (UTC) systems. A review of typical AVL/UTC systems operational in Europe is then presented through the identification of some eight alternative architectures and associated system characteristics, such as the technologies used and the location of bus priority “intelligence.” This is followed by a summary of examples from cities in Europe that have implemented these architectures, together with typical results illustrating the effectiveness of these systems. The diversity of architectures, technologies, and systems is recognized as beneficial in providing customer choice, but can generate a significant difficulty for decision makers in local authorities wishing to invest in public transport ITS technologies. A concluding discussion lists some of the key issues involved in this investment process.

scholarly journals STATISTICAL PROBABILITY EVALUATION OF OPERATING ITS

Transport ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfas Baublys ◽  
Aldona Jarašūnienė
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Description ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Statistical Probability ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Loop Detectors ◽  
Probability Evaluation ◽  
Control Technologies ◽  
And Control

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) work with information and control technologies providing the core of ITS functions. Some of these technologies like loop detectors are well known to transportation professionals. However, there are a number of less familiar technologies and system concepts that are keys to ITS functions. Although information and control technologies act as a technical core of ITS, human factors also remain vitally important and potentially very complex issues. The process of operating ITS is influenced by a number of random factors. Along with an assessment of dependence upon separate random factors, the classification of those in the whole hierarchical structure of operating ITS is presented. Statistical information on operating ITS is renewed and replenished in the course of time. With the growth of information amounts, the costs of storing them also increase. Therefore, the article presents relevant algorithms for obtaining required statistical assessments with the least statistical information. It is deduced that while modelling the process of operating ITS, an analytical description of random factors applying non‐parametric assessment is suitable.

scholarly journals “Mass Centre” Vectorization Algorithm for Vehicle’s Counting Portable Video System

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-297
Author(s):  
Vladislav Gaidash ◽  
Alexander Grakovski
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Basic Algorithm ◽  
Counting System ◽  
Object A ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Mass Centre ◽  
Mobile Vehicle

Abstract Vehicle counting is one of the most basic challenges during the development and establishment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The main reason for vehicle counting is the necessity of monitoring and maintaining the transport infrastructure, preventing different kind of faults such as traffic jams. The main applied solution to this problem is video surveillance, which is presented by different kind of systems. Some of these systems use a network of static traffic cameras, expensive for establish and maintain, or mobile units, fast for redeployment, but fewer in diversity. In this paper, one particular concept of a low-cost mobile vehicle counting system is investigated, which uses an object detection method based on calculating “mass centre” of detected features of possible object. A hypothesis of improvement of the basic algorithm was formulated and a modification was proposed. In order to prove the hypothesis, both basic and modified algorithms were tested and evaluated.

scholarly journals A Low-Cost Vehicular Infrastructure of Monitoring and Communicating Information for Intelligent Transport Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 930-943
Author(s):  
Daniel Rodrigues ◽  
Jessica Nayara Severino ◽  
Andre Luis Cristiani ◽  
Fabiano Tadeu Mathias Costa ◽  
Luis Hideo Vasconcelos Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport

scholarly journals MONITORING A SEMAPHORED CROSSROADS USING FPGA DE0

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
G. Predusca ◽  
M. Bogdan
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport System ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Development Platform ◽  
Quartus Ii

Abstract Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is a worldwide movement meant to use advanced technology to make the ground transport systems more efficient, clogging-free, more secure and less polluting. The present technologies permit the development of applications for traffic monitoring in a semaphored crossroads. The solution proposed is a low-cost one, using FPGA DE0 development platform. The implementation and simulation of the application have been realized in Quartus II 13.1 and the diagrams corresponding to the outputs and inputs have been obtained using ModelSim- Altera 10.1d.

FORMING THE CONCEPT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT OF THE CITIZENS ‘INTELLECTUAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Georgyi Baranov ◽  
Tetyana Danylova
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
The City

This article is devoted to the process of modeling dynamic systems of city intelligent transport systems (CITS) with the help of information technologies. The proposed means of fundamentally new integrated subsystems CITS, simultaneously covers arrays of heterogeneous data and use modern neural network technologies to provide information support for the management of transport systems. The safety of the ecological state as a result of the influence of urban traffic in the conditions of industrial centers was formalized for information technologies. Descriptions are executed as mathematical models of complex particles of objects of the city intellectual transport network with the use of heterogeneous fragments. Strategies and methods of systematic management are analyzed for solving complex problems of reducing the ecological load of the city. Ontological descriptions in basic model forms that are focused on ensuring the safety and ecology of urban applications to overcome contamination, risks and threats. This direction involves the creation of systems for automated management of transport infrastructure, which at the moment requires the solution of a range of scientific and technical tasks.The built-in neural network models of dependence will effectively solve planning problems with controlling influences on the infrastructure of urban intelligent transport systems, which will improve the characteristics of the traffic flow and reduce the environmental burden on the environment. The analysis of transport infrastructure and the activities of organizations that have a direct influence on it, has allowed us to propose a scheme for the use of heterogeneous information in the information support of the management of environmental safety and the throughput of the street-road network of urban intelligent transport systems. Keywords: information technology, transport system, situational management, risks, models of the situation.

scholarly journals Network Management and Monitoring Solutions for Vehicular Networks: A Survey

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 853 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Dias ◽  
Joel Rodrigues ◽  
Vasco Soares ◽  
João Caldeira ◽  
Valery Korotaev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vehicular Networks ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Efficient Solutions ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Node Density ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Network Disruption ◽  
Open Issues

Vehicular networks are emerging as a promising technology that enables reliable and low-cost solutions for intelligent transport systems (ITSs), mainly due to their enormous potential to be considered for multiple purposes and scenarios. These networks are characterized by unique and challenging features such as packet fragmentation, low node density, short contact duration, and network disruption. These features may result in the absence of a path between the source and destination nodes, which is one of the most challenging issues faced by this type of network. To overcome some of these problems, it is necessary to provide vehicular networks with sophisticated tools or methodologies to implement monitoring and management operations. However, designing efficient solutions for this type of network is not an easy task due to its particular characteristics. This paper elaborates on a comprehensive survey focusing on promising proposals to deal with monitoring and management functionalities in vehicular networks. This work aims not only to present the state of the art on monitoring and management solutions but also to analyze their benefits and drawbacks, identify open issues, and provide guidelines for further contributions.

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