Laser‐scanner‐based powered two‐wheeler traffic monitoring. Issue 25 (1st December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vivet, D.; Prabhakar, Y.; Subirats, P.; Lecomte, C.; Violette, E.; Bensrhair, A.
• Is Part Of: Electronics letters. Volume 49:Issue 25(2013)
• Page Start: 1620
• Page End: 1622
• Publication Date: 2013-12-01
• Subjects: measurement by laser beam -- optical radar -- optical scanners -- traffic -- vehicles; laser‐scanner‐based powered two‐wheeler traffic monitoring -- detection technique -- single two‐dimensional LIDAR sensor -- road safety -- spatio‐temporal observations -- vehicles -- machine‐learning techniques; Electronics -- Periodicals; 621.381
• DOI: 10.1049/el.2013.2860
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-5194

Abstract

Abstract : Powered two wheelers (PTWs) represent only 2% of the traffic, but 30% of all deaths on the road. European governments have made this particular point a priority for road safety. This presented study overcomes the lack of PTW traffic‐analyser systems in real traffic conditions. A detection technique based on a single two‐dimensional LIDAR sensor is proposed. This system is able to accurately detect and count PTWs with a single sensor in dense traffic on a highway with multiple carriageways. The method consists, firstly, in generating spatio‐temporal observations of vehicles crossing under the LIDAR, then, in classifying vehicles using machine‐learning techniques, and finally, in evaluating PTW traffic. Such a system has direct industrial applications since it is a non‐intrusive traffic‐analyser system that is reliable, easily deployable and inexpensive compared with existing industrial solutions.