The actual state of the art makes it now possible to have fully automatic video based incident detection covering both the main road and the hard shoulder. The direct incident detection systems based on video images cover the entire highway and will provide the fastest way (10 seconds) to detect the incidents. They show the highest detection rate with the lowest false alarm rate and also the lowest false alarm cost. Indirect incident detection based on partial coverage of a highway will also provide fast incident detection (2 minutes) in a reliable way and will permit incident verification. Available data support our claim that using video signals for detecting traffic data and incidents is the most reliable and cost-effective solution currently available. A full coverage, video incident detection system on a busy highway has an economic payback period of less than 6 months, this even without taking into accounting the number of lives saved or the ecological impact.
Sparing lives and saving time a unified approach to automatic incident detection
Rettung von Leben und Einsparung von Zeit - ein vereinheitlichtes Verfahren zur automatischen Unfallfeststellung
2000
5 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 6 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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