Lane and vehicle lane departure detection
The alarming rate of accidents has added to the increasing rate of mortality. This emphasizes on the need of intelligent traffic monitoring systems. Lane crossing and over-speeding by drivers have accounted to be a prime cause of the rising number of accidents. A video based solution as compared to the current pre-existing techniques such as radars, has an advantage in terms of being cost effective, portable, compact, energy-efficient and easy installation. The proposed study attempts to provide a video-based solution for CCTV camera footage which detects lanes and identifies vehicles that have departed from their lanes. The experimental results in this project have been carried out with Beaglebone Black.
This document contains a discussion of the reasons why Experimental Project No. 621 (Pavement Instrumentation) did not succeed. A detailed discussion of the steps taken by the Iowa Department of Transportation to make the experiment work are contained in this document, along with recommendations for future projects.