Calibrated Video System for Traffic Speed and Vehicle Identification

As a complemented to an ongoing project to instrument a bridge for the measurement of loads and strains, calibrated cameras will give additional useful information. Calibrated in this sense means where necessary the data can be cast into a local coordinate system and obtain actual measurements of distances and speed from the imagery. The primary goal is to set up a trigger such that if a particular stress was exceeded, the camera will collect a time stamped image. This information can be used to determine actual vehicle size and/or if multiple vehicles were responsible for the observed stress.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Delaware Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 778
  Dover, DE  United States  19901
• Project Managers:

  Soneji, Jiten

• Performing Organizations:

  Delaware Center for Transportation

  University of Delaware
  Newark, DE  United States  19716
• Principal Investigators:

  Puleo, Jack

• Start Date: 20070701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 17597

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle identification; Axial loads; Bridges; Calibration; Cameras; Research projects; Strain (Mechanics); Traffic speed; Video cameras
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01459918
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Delaware Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:15PM