Authors:
Alva Sheehy
and
Kenneth Dawson-Howe
Affiliation:
Trinity College, Ireland
Keyword(s):
Route Planning, Optical Character Recognition, Petrol Price Determination, Vision Application.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
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Biomedical Signal Processing
;
Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics
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Data Manipulation
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Health Engineering and Technology Applications
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Human-Computer Interaction
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Image and Video Analysis
;
Image Formation and Preprocessing
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Implementation of Image and Video Processing Systems
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Methodologies and Methods
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Motion, Tracking and Stereo Vision
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Neurocomputing
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Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
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Pattern Recognition
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Physiological Computing Systems
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Real-Time Vision
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Sensor Networks
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Soft Computing
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Software Engineering
;
Video Analysis
Abstract:
The system described in this paper is an extension to the standard satellite navigation systems used in vehicles. A new route planning algorithm is developed using both shortest path and simplest path criteria and then this algorithm is extended to allow the incorporation of a visit to a petrol station along the route. The choice of petrol station is based on a combination of the relative location of the petrol stations and the cost of petrol at those stations. The price of petrol at each petrol station is constantly updated on a central server which is provided with prices by all vehicles which are using the system as they pass by. The price of petrol is determined using a camera mounted on the dashboard of the car, the images from which are processed with reasonably standard OCR software. When a vehicle requires fuel the central server provides prices for petrol stations in the vicinity of the planned route.