Traffic sensor using a color vision method

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2902, Issue , 1997, Pages 156-165

  Chachich, Alan C ^a   Pau, A ^a   Barber, A ^a   Kennedy, K ^a   Olejniczak, E ^a   Hackney, J ^a   Sun, Q ^a   Mireles, E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Detectors; ITS; IVHS; Machine vision; Sensors; Traffic detection; Transportation; Travel time; Video

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER VISION; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SENSORS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ITS; IVHS; MACHINE VISION; TRAFFIC DETECTION; TRAVEL TIME; VIDEO;

TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

EID: 33749559810     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.267141     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

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