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Intelligent sensors for real-time Hazard detection and visual indication on highways

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Resumo:Traffic collisions, in particular high speed car accidents often result in huge damages, long traffic queues and loss of human lives. In this work, we present an inteligente modular autonomous system that monitors traffic in highways and alerts drivers of sudden stops, in poor visual conditions. The system is composed of several identical modules, to be placed in the middle of a highway’s lane, that sense the lights and communicate their presence and velocity to their neighbour modules via RF. With such information, the nearby modules estimate the velocity of the passing cars. When the module ahead detects a car passing at a much slower speed than what was previously estimated, it alerts the other modules, so they produce a visual indication for the oncoming drivers, preventing accidents.
Autores principais:Oliveira, J.
Outros Autores:Soares, J.; Lourenço, A. R.; Duarte, R. P.
Assunto:Intelligent transportation systems Auto traffic monitoring Low-power embedded system Ad-hoc wireless communication Sensor network
Ano:2017
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Repositório Científico da Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa
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Resumo:Traffic collisions, in particular high speed car accidents often result in huge damages, long traffic queues and loss of human lives. In this work, we present an inteligente modular autonomous system that monitors traffic in highways and alerts drivers of sudden stops, in poor visual conditions. The system is composed of several identical modules, to be placed in the middle of a highway’s lane, that sense the lights and communicate their presence and velocity to their neighbour modules via RF. With such information, the nearby modules estimate the velocity of the passing cars. When the module ahead detects a car passing at a much slower speed than what was previously estimated, it alerts the other modules, so they produce a visual indication for the oncoming drivers, preventing accidents.

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