Detection of roadway sign condition changes using multi-scale sign image matching (M-SIM)

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-405

  Tsai, Yichang J ^a   Hu, Zhaozheng ^a   Alberti, Chris ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE MATCHING; TRANSPORTATION;

CHANGE DETECTION; DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; DETECTION RATES; FISCAL YEARS; IMAGE FEATURE ANALYSIS; NOVEL ALGORITHM; SIGN CONDITIONS; TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; GPS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951004888     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.76.4.391     Document Type: Article

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37. (Received 15 July 2008; accepted 21 April 2009; final version 15 July 2009)