2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mathematical Approach toward Eliminating Traffic Congestion as seen in Visual Illusion Phenomena
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22760068
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Engineering fundamentals
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| Research Institution | Meiji University |
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Principal Investigator |
TOMOEDA Akiyasu 明治大学, 研究・知財戦略機構, 講師 (70551026)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 交通流 / 自然渋滞 / 渋滞緩和 / 縦断勾配錯視 / ツェルナー錯視 / デルブーフ錯視 |
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| Research Abstract |
The traffic congestion at "sags" is caused by the enhancement of fluctuations due to the visual illusion where drivers are not able to correctly perceive the slope of the road and fail to realize that it is going uphill. As one solution to correctly perceive road inclination, we proposed drawing stripe patterns on both sides of a road. We investigated how people would perceive slopes in respect to these stripe patterns, and examined the effectiveness of the solution proposed. Moreover, the variation in speed depends on the presence or absence of Delboeuf illusion patterns was also investigated on the real road situation.
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