A review of computer vision techniques for the analysis of urban traffic

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 920-939

  Buch, Norbert ^a   Velastin, Sergio A ^b   Orwell, James ^b  

^a Seibt Co GesmbH   (Austria)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closed circuit television (CCTV); intersection monitoring; road user counting; road users; traffic analysis; urban traffic; vehicle classification; vehicle detection; visual surveillance

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV); ROAD USERS; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS; URBAN TRAFFIC; VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION; VEHICLE DETECTION; VISUAL SURVEILLANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; DETECTORS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MONITORING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TELEVISION NETWORKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VEHICLES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 80052346510     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2011.2119372     Document Type: Review

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