Performance of fiber optic vehicle sensors for highway axle detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2902, Issue , 1997, Pages 168-174

  Meller, Scott A ^a   Zabaronick, Noel ^b   Ghoreishian, I ^b   Allison, J ^b   Arya, Vivek ^b   De Vries, Marten J ^b   Claus, Richard O ^b  

^a F and S Inc   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Axle detectors; Fiber optic sensors; Intelligent transportation systems; Traffic sensors

Indexed keywords

AXLES; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SENSORS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

CONVENTIONAL SENSORS; FIELD TESTS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC FLOWS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTS; TRAFFIC SENSORS; TRAFFIC SYSTEMS; VEHICLE CLASSIFICATIONS; VEHICLE SENSORS; VEHICLE WEIGHTS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0346609859     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.267142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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