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    The document describes an optical traffic monitoring system being developed by researchers at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The system uses cameras installed at multiple locations to track objects in traffic flow and automatically generate traffic data in real-time. It aims to overcome limitations of existing induction loop and floating car data systems. The integrated system includes cameras, an image acquisition system, hardware-based image processing unit, and processing software. Researchers are developing algorithms to characterize traffic patterns using sensors, fusion of visual and infrared data, and analyzing traffic flow areas. The goal is a continuously reliable system for monitoring traffic at intersections and along roads.

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    The document describes an optical traffic monitoring system being developed by researchers at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The system uses cameras installed at multiple locations to track objects in traffic flow and automatically generate traffic data in real-time. It aims to overcome limitations of existing induction loop and floating car data systems. The integrated system includes cameras, an image acquisition system, hardware-based image processing unit, and processing software. Researchers are developing algorithms to characterize traffic patterns using sensors, fusion of visual and infrared data, and analyzing traffic flow areas. The goal is a continuously reliable system for monitoring traffic at intersections and along roads.

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    The document describes an optical traffic monitoring system being developed by researchers at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The system uses cameras installed at multiple locations to track objects in traffic flow and automatically generate traffic data in real-time. It aims to overcome limitations of existing induction loop and floating car data systems. The integrated system includes cameras, an image acquisition system, hardware-based image processing unit, and processing software. Researchers are developing algorithms to characterize traffic patterns using sensors, fusion of visual and infrared data, and analyzing traffic flow areas. The goal is a continuously reliable system for monitoring traffic at intersections and along roads.

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    The document describes an optical traffic monitoring system being developed by researchers at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The system uses cameras installed at multiple locations to track objects in traffic flow and automatically generate traffic data in real-time. It aims to overcome limitations of existing induction loop and floating car data systems. The integrated system includes cameras, an image acquisition system, hardware-based image processing unit, and processing software. Researchers are developing algorithms to characterize traffic patterns using sensors, fusion of visual and infrared data, and analyzing traffic flow areas. The goal is a continuously reliable system for monitoring traffic at intersections and along roads.

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    TRAFFIC MONITORING: Optical

    sensing system improves traffic-


    flow evaluation

    By
    SHRUTHI KOMAL GUDIPATI
    Why Optical Systems?
    • Traffic-data measurement systems often
    used today are induction loops embedded
    in the pavement and the so-called floating-
    car-data technique

    • Optical systems can overcome these


    limitations

    2
    Continued. . .
    • The variety of optical sensors offers
    greater flexibility in system development
    and application

    • several cameras can be installed at


    multiple locations to compensate for
    occlusions

    3
    Continued. . .
    • able to observe and analyze local and
    wide-area traffic and automatically
    generate traffic data

    • image sequences acquired by these


    systems can be used to track all the
    objects that take part in the traffic flow

    4
    The Institute of Computer Science
    at the Humboldt-Universität zu
    Berlin (Germany)

    • testing an integrated optical system for


    image analysis in traffic monitoring in
    conjunction with the German Aerospace
    Center

    5
    Their Goal

    • develop algorithms for characterizing


    traffic patterns that can be implemented in
    programmable logic arrays or in digital
    signal processors in the camera system
    itself to support real-time signal
    processing

    6
    System Requirements

    • be able to acquire and evaluate traffic


    image sequences at intersections and
    along lanes or roads

    • has to work continuously and reliably

    • sensor-data fusion
    7
    Hardware and software
    components

    • mechanical and optical components, an


    image-acquisition system, a hardware-
    based image-processing unit, and image-
    processing software implemented in a
    standard microprocessor

    8
    An integrated optical system

    9
    Components of the system
    • mechanical and optical components

    • an image-acquisition system

    • a hardware-based image-processing unit

    • an image-processing software
    implemented in a standard
    microprocessor
    10
    FPGA
    • a high degree of parallelism

    • a flexible structure

    • low clock frequency

    • low power loss

    11
    Sensor-data fusion
    • Need to know the spatial relationship between
    the camera sensors

    • One kind of fusion -- RANSAC or Random


    Sample Consensus

    • Another approach involves augmenting the VIS


    spectral range of observation by adding a
    thermal-infrared (TIR) sensor to the system
    12
    Using epipolar geometry. . .

    13
    14
    Another Problem
    • the issue of calculating amounts for
    characterizing traffic flow--the so-called
    "traffic active area."

    • invisible routes that are the optimal


    connections between their points of
    interest, subconsciously chosen in the
    same way by most individuals
    15
    Movement of pedestrians

    16
    REFERENCES
    • 1. R.D. Kühne, R.-P. Schäfer, J. Mikat, K.-U. Thiessenhusen, U. Böttger,
    and S. Lorkowski, Proc. 10th IFAC (Int'l. Fed. of Automatic Control) Symp.
    on Control in Transportation Systems, Tokyo, Japan (2003).
    2. S. Lorkowski, P. Mieth, R.-P. Schäfer, CTRI Young Researcher Seminar,
    Den Haag (NL), Nov. 11-13, 2005.
    3. Xilinx Corp.
    www.xilinx.com/publications/xcellonline/partners/xc_pdf/xc_nuvation43.pdf.
    2005
    4. Z. Zhang, Int'l. J. Computer Vision 27, 2, 161, Kluwer Academic
    Publishers, Boston (1998).
    •
    BEATE MEFFERT is head of the signal-processing and pattern-recognition
    group at the Institute of Computer Science, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin;
    ROMAN BLASCHEK and UWE KNAUER are graduate students at
    Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin,
    Germany; e-mail [email protected].

    17

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