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Road Traffic Flow Surveillance Robust for Poor Visibility Conditions Using Infrared Thermal Image Processing

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23560631
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Civil engineering project/Traffic engineering
Research InstitutionTokai University

Principal Investigator

IWASAKI Yoichiro  東海大学, 基盤工学部, 教授 (20168561)

Project Period (FY) 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords車両検出 / 画像処理 / 道路交通流自動監視 / 赤外線サーモグラフィ / 視界不良環境 / パターン認識 / 赤外線エネルギー反射 / 温度画像 / 環境変動 / 交通流自動監視 / 交通流状態検知
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have proposed two methods, method 1 and method 2, for detecting vehicle positions and their movements using thermal images taken with an infrared thermal camera. Method 1 detects vehicles robustly under four different environmental conditions which contain poor visibility conditions in snow and thick fog. Method 2 detects vehicles in thermal images for which the vehicle detection accuracies of method 1 are low. By combining these two methods, high vehicle detection accuracies are realized under various environmental conditions. We have proposed a traffic flow automatic surveillance method using traffic information obtained by the two methods, and have shown the effectiveness of our proposal. This surveillance method distinguishes uncongested flow and congested flow in each lane. The method also detects traffic problems such as vehicle accidents, broken down vehicles, and illegal parking.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (10 results)

  • [Journal Article] Robust Vehicle Detection under Various Environments to Realize Road Traffic Flow Surveillance Using an Infrared Thermal Camera2015

    • Author(s)
      Yoichiro Iwasaki, Masato Misumi, and Toshiyuki Nakamiya
    • Journal Title

      The Scientific World Journal

      Volume: 2015 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1155/2015/947272

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Robust Vehicle Detection under Various Environmental Conditions Using an Infrared Thermal Camera and Its Application to Road Traffic Flow Monitoring2013

    • Author(s)
      Y.Iwasaki, M.Misumi, T.Nakamiya
    • Journal Title

      Sensors

      Volume: Vol. 13, Issue 6 Issue: 6 Pages: 7756-7773

    • DOI

      10.3390/s130607756

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Road Traffic Flow Automatic Monitoring Robust for Various Environments Using Thermal Image Processing2013

    • Author(s)
      Yoichiro Iwasaki, Masato Misumi, Toshiyuki Nakamiya
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings in 1st International Virtual Conference on ITS 2013 (Intelligent Transportation Systems 2013), August 26-30, 2013

      Volume: 1 Pages: 76-82

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Vehicle Detection Even in Poor Visibility Conditions Using Infrared Thermal Images and Its Application to Road Traffic Flow Monitoring2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoichiro Iwasaki, Shinya Kawata and Toshiyuki Nakamiya
    • Journal Title

      Emerging Trends in Computing, Informatics, Systems Sciences, and Engineering, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 151, Springer

      Volume: 151 Pages: 997-1009

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-1-4614-3558-7_85

    • ISBN
      9781461435570, 9781461435587
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Robust Vehicle Detection under Various Environmental Conditions Using Infrared Thermal Images and its Application to Road Traffic Flow Monitoring2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoichiro Iwasaki, Masato Misumi, and Toshiyuki Nakamiya
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings in Advanced Research in Scientific Areas, The 1st Virtual International Conference on Advanced Research in Scientific Areas (ARSA-2012) Slovakia, December 3 - 7, 2012

      Volume: なし Pages: 2027-2032

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Robust vehicle detection even in poor visibility conditions using infrared thermal images and its application to road traffic flow monitoring2011

    • Author(s)
      Yoichiro Iwasaki, Shinya Kawata and Toshiyuki Nakamiya
    • Journal Title

      Measurement Science and Technology

      Volume: 22 Issue: 8 Pages: 085501-085501

    • DOI

      10.1088/0957-0233/22/8/085501

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 赤外線サーモグラフィカメラを用いた環境変動に強い道路交通流監視2014

    • Author(s)
      岩崎洋一郎、中宮俊幸
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会ITS研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本大学 (熊本県熊本市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-19
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線サーモグラフィを用いた環境変動に強い道路交通流監視を実現するための車両検出手法の開発2014

    • Author(s)
      岩崎洋一郎、中宮俊幸
    • Organizer
      日本産業技術教育学会第27回九州支部大会
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡教育大学 (福岡県宗像市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-04
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線サーモグラフィを用いた環境変動に強い道路交通流監視2014

    • Author(s)
      岩崎洋一郎、中宮俊幸
    • Organizer
      平成26年度電気・情報関係学会九州支部連合大会(第67回連合大会)
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島大学 (鹿児島県鹿児島市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-19
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線サーモグラフィの特性を生かした物体検出 ―道路交通流計測と駅ホームからの転落者検出―2014

    • Author(s)
      岩崎洋一郎、中宮俊幸
    • Organizer
      日本産業技術教育学会第57回全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本大学 (熊本県熊本市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線温度画像処理を用いた視界不良時にも適応可能な交通流自動監視2011

    • Author(s)
      岩崎 洋一郎、川田 真也、中宮 俊幸
    • Organizer
      日本産業技術教育学会第24回九州支部大会
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県男女共同参画センター てぃるる
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線温度画像処理を用いた環境変動に強い道路交通流自動監視手法

    • Author(s)
      岩崎洋一郎, 三隅政人, 中宮俊幸
    • Organizer
      平成25年度(第66回)電気関係学会九州支部連合大会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線温度画像処理を用いた視界不良時にも適応可能な交通流自動監視手法

    • Author(s)
      岩崎洋一郎, 三隅政人, 中宮俊幸
    • Organizer
      日本産業技術教育学会第26回九州支部大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大分大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線温度画像の特性を活かした車両検出

    • Author(s)
      岩崎 洋一郎、三隅 政人、中宮 俊幸
    • Organizer
      平成24年度電気関係学会九州支部連合大会(第65回連合大会)
    • Place of Presentation
      長崎大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線温度画像処理を用いた環境変動に強い車線別交通流自動監視

    • Author(s)
      岩崎 洋一郎、三隅 政人、中宮 俊幸
    • Organizer
      日本産業技術教育学会第25回九州支部大会
    • Place of Presentation
      宮崎大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 赤外線温度画像処理を用いた環境変動に強い道路交通流自動監視

    • Author(s)
      岩崎 洋一郎、三隅 政人、中宮 俊幸
    • Organizer
      第27回熊本県産学官技術交流会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本県産業技術センター
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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