Applications of Video Surveillance Systems for Traffic Data Acquisition

Vasil Lakov

2011

Abstract

The process of urbanization raises city population and extends city boundaries, which leads to heavier road traffic, environmental pollution and bigger financial losses. Due to spatial structure and influence of many factors on transport conditions, the transport system requires complex management methods. To be widely adopted, traffic management projects have to have the lowest possible price and highest effect on transportation. To accomplish these requirements, city authorities have to know what and where the halting points are. Using existing CCTV cameras for traffic purposes can empower authorities to easily obtain city-wide traffic data. This paper analyzes the benefits and problem areas of CCTV systems when used for traffic surveillance and present different ways for improving reliability and accuracy of these systems. Examined areas are camera settings, optical filters, mounting place, digital image processing techniques for image enhancing and object extraction and objects filtering based on their properties.

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in Harvard Style

Lakov V. (2011). Applications of Video Surveillance Systems for Traffic Data Acquisition . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Internet Applications for Traffic Surveillance and Management - Volume 1: FIATS-M, ISBN 978-989-8425-87-4, pages 102-113. DOI: 10.5220/0004473501020113


in Bibtex Style

@conference{fiats-m11,
author={Vasil Lakov},
title={Applications of Video Surveillance Systems for Traffic Data Acquisition},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Internet Applications for Traffic Surveillance and Management - Volume 1: FIATS-M,},
year={2011},
pages={102-113},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004473501020113},
isbn={978-989-8425-87-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Internet Applications for Traffic Surveillance and Management - Volume 1: FIATS-M,
TI - Applications of Video Surveillance Systems for Traffic Data Acquisition
SN - 978-989-8425-87-4
AU - Lakov V.
PY - 2011
SP - 102
EP - 113
DO - 10.5220/0004473501020113