Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2009, 11(4):61-64 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2009.4.61-64
A Contribution to the Traffic State Estimation by Means of Image Processing
- 1 Department of Transportation Networks, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Zilina, Slovakia
The success of traffic simulations depends largely on the simulation model validity and on accuracy of input data. For input data acquisition, video cameras are used to survey the traffic at junctions or at other places along the road to collect video data. The velocity, distance between the vehicles, acceleration and other relevant parameters can be extracted from the collected data. The estimated values are used for calibration of the simulation model. The data that has to be collected for calibration or validation of the simulation system, differ from country to country and reflects the driver behavior. For that reason, the data collection must be performed and the simulation system calibrated, each time when modeling a different traffic area. The more accurate the obtained parameters, the more accurate the traffic simulation would be. The image processing methods and the expected accuracy of traffic state estimation, such as vehicle position, speed and acceleration, is discussed in the paper and applied to the evaluation of driver behavior necessary for the calibration of the microscopic simulation systems.
Keywords: microscopic systems, transportation simulation, error estimation, image processing
Published: December 31, 2009 Show citation
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