An Algorithm to Estimate Mean Traffic Speed Using Uncalibrated Cameras

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-107

  Dailey, Daniel J ^a   Cathey, F W ^a,b   Pumrin, Suree ^a,c,d  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Camera; Speed sensor; Vehicle length distribution; Video image processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001884239     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6979.880967     Document Type: Article

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