{"title":"A selection algorithm for power controller unit of hybrid vehicles","authors":"H. Chin, A. A. Jafari","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082910","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an adaptive power management control strategy that is based on selection algorithm for controlling gas engines and electric motor torque. The state of the art hybrid vehicle technology determines the instantaneous power split in order to increase energy efficiency. The selection algorithm, contained by the power controller unit, uses inputs of analog sensors along with commands from driver's desired speed and makes a selection of outputs from preassigned control states. These states are stored in a knowledge base for revealing engine and motor mixed control strategies. The objectives of the control strategies are to minimize fuel consumption, reduce engine-out emissions, maintain higher level safety, and keep passenger and driver's comfort as the current system.","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123270431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Basel H. Kilani, Patrick A. Campbell, J. Havlicek, M. Tull, A. R. Stevenson, Ronald D. Barnes
{"title":"Peer-based communication for a distributed, virtual Traffic Management Center","authors":"Basel H. Kilani, Patrick A. Campbell, J. Havlicek, M. Tull, A. R. Stevenson, Ronald D. Barnes","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083123","url":null,"abstract":"In an effort to monitor and alleviate roadway traffic conditions, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has deployed a statewide Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) architecture consisting of a large number of devices, including cameras, dynamic message signs, and speed sensors along Oklahoma highways. These devices are connected throughout a private ITS fiber-optic network to controlling stations located at stakeholder agencies statewide, forming a virtual Traffic Management Center (TMC). This decentralized approach allows individual consoles on the virtual TMC to display and control reachable devices even if portions of the network become disconnected. Enabling this fault-tolerant design is a novel peer-based communications protocol. The communication system is dynamically configured and automatically resolves communications regardless of network configuration. This paper introduces this robust peer-based approach and describes its implementation within the Oklahoma virtual TMC. Results of this implementation of the system are also presented.","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126388560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Gadepally, A. Kurt, A. Krishnamurthy, Ü. Özgüner
{"title":"Driver/vehicle state estimation and detection","authors":"V. Gadepally, A. Kurt, A. Krishnamurthy, Ü. Özgüner","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083095","url":null,"abstract":"The authors present a cyber-physical systems related study on the estimation and prediction of driver states in autonomous vehicles. The first part of this study extends on a previously developed general architecture for estimation and prediction of hybrid-state systems. The extended system utilizes the hybrid characteristics of decision-behavior coupling of many systems such as the driver and the vehicle; uses Kalman Filter estimates of observable parameters to track the instantaneous discrete state, and predicts the most likely outcome. Prediction of the likely driver state outcome depends on the higher level discrete model and the observed behavior of the continuous subsystem. Two approaches to estimate the discrete driver state from filtered continuous observations are presented: rule based estimation, and Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based estimation. Extensions to a prediction application is described through the use of Hierarchical Hidden Markov Models (HHMMs). The proposed method is suitable for scenarios that involve unknown decisions of other individuals, such as lane changes or intersection precedence/access. An HMM implementation for multiple tasks of a single vehicle at an intersection is presented along with preliminary results.","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121336986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. G. Daza, N. Hernández, L. Bergasa, I. Parra, J. Yebes, M. Gavilán, R. Quintero, D. F. Llorca, M. Sotelo
{"title":"Drowsiness monitoring based on driver and driving data fusion","authors":"I. G. Daza, N. Hernández, L. Bergasa, I. Parra, J. Yebes, M. Gavilán, R. Quintero, D. F. Llorca, M. Sotelo","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082907","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a non-intrusive approach for monitoring driver drowsiness, based on driver and driving data fusion. The Percentage of Eye Closure (PERCLOS) is used to estimate the driver's state. The PERCLOS is computed on real time using a stereo vision-based system. The driving information used is the lateral position, the steering wheel angle and the heading error provided by the CAN bus. These three signals have been studied in the time and frequency domain. A multilayer perceptron neural network has been trained to fetch an optimal performance score. This system was installed in a naturalistic driving simulator. For evaluation purposes, several experiments were designed by psychologists and carried out with professional drivers. As ground truth, subjective experts' manual annotation of the driver video sequences and driving signals was used. A detection rate of 70% using individual indicators was raised up to 94% with the combination of indicators. An explanation about these results and some conclusion are presented.","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121411667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Kucera, O. Hyncica, P. Honzík, Karel Pavlata, K. Horak
{"title":"On vehicle data acquisition system","authors":"P. Kucera, O. Hyncica, P. Honzík, Karel Pavlata, K. Horak","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082975","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this paper is to present a vehicle data acquisition system. This system is a part of the Car Transport Safety project that is aimed at modern methods in the vehicle transportation systems. The goal of the project is to reduce hazardous situations on the roads by analyzing behavior of the driver and identifying the degradation of driver's abilities. The goal of the vehicle data acquisition system is to create a publicly available data archive taken from the operation of a real car under various real conditions of the driver and the road. The data is collected from a vehicle's communication bus and from an image acquisition system. Data is processed with the aim to analyze it and reveal changes in a driver's abilities and to eventually alarm the driver or passenger(s).","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"131 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122553673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haijian Li, Honghui Dong, L. Jia, Dongwei Xu, Yong Qin
{"title":"Some practical vehicle speed estimation methods by a single traffic magnetic sensor","authors":"Haijian Li, Honghui Dong, L. Jia, Dongwei Xu, Yong Qin","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083076","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes three practical vehicle speed estimation methods by a single multifunction magnetic sensor. Compared with traditional methods, this algorithm is simple and convenient to be realized. The multifunction magnetic sensor is described and introduced in this work. Next, a vehicle detection algorithm with a linear time complexity is put forward. Through setting two windows and scanning the vehicle waveform, we obtain the points of vehicle approaching and vehicle leaving, which are the bases for vehicle count, headway time, time occupancy, stopping time, detection of vehicle stopping and presence. The detailed detection methods of vehicle stopping and presence are described. We next present some speed estimation methods in detail. According to three speed estimation methods of Vehicle Length based (VLB), Time Difference based (TDB) and Mean Value based (MVB) to get different reference speeds when a vehicle passes over the sensor, we then analyze the applicability of the three methods. At last, we test the speed estimation methods by adoption of field data. Through the comparison with the real speed of 45 vehicles, it shows that the mean absolute errors (MAE) of VLB, TDB and MVB methods are respectively 4.12km/h, 5.90km/h and 4.05km/h and the mean speed errors of the three methods are all less than 1km/h. These errors are suitable for traffic engineering.","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126482709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of local feedback controllers for the mainstream traffic flow on freeways using variable speed limits","authors":"R. C. Carlson, I. Papamichail, M. Papageorgiou","doi":"10.1080/15472450.2012.721330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15472450.2012.721330","url":null,"abstract":"Two simple controllers for local feedback mainstream traffic flow control (MTFC) on freeways, enabled via Variable Speed Limits (VSL), are proposed. Both controllers are evaluated and compared to a previously developed local MTFC feedback cascade controller and to a sophisticated optimal control approach. All feedback controllers rely on readily available real-time measurements; are simple and robust; and take into account a number of practical and safety restrictions; therefore being suitable for implementations in the field. The evaluations are conducted for a hypothetical freeway network by use of a validated second-order macroscopic traffic flow model. The results show that the feedback controllers exhibit a satisfactory control behavior and, indeed, approach the optimal control results. Recommendations for the operation of the feedback controllers are given.","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121165792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Daily visitor volume forecasts for Expo 2010 Shanghai China","authors":"Yang Zhang","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082994","url":null,"abstract":"The long term and great number of visitors to World Exposition 2010 Shanghai China (World Expo 2010) brought additional pressure to the regular urban traffic. This study provided daily visitor volume forecasts before the Expo Site opened each day. Related government departments benefited from the prediction in the management of Expo park service system and transportation scheduling. According to the natural classification of expo visitors into individuals and groups, the letter applied a hybrid methodology of fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) models and linear least squares regression (LLSR) model to obtain the forecasts. The proposed approach showed the capacity of highly accurate prediction and remarkable robustness. And the results were timely issued through the Comprehensive Transportation Information Platform (CTIP) to the Shanghai government and Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination for reference.","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"432 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116731508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kenji Takagi, H. Kawanaka, Md. Shoaib Bhuiyan, K. Oguri
{"title":"Estimation of a three-dimensional gaze point and the gaze target from the road images","authors":"Kenji Takagi, H. Kawanaka, Md. Shoaib Bhuiyan, K. Oguri","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083129","url":null,"abstract":"Various ways of measuring a glance and estimating a gaze point have been studied in the literature, but they are mainly of two-dimension. We propose a new method to estimate three-dimensional information of a gaze target and to obtain the appearance of the gaze target. We propose the use of two sets of stereo cameras. One is used to measure the three-dimensional environment outside the vehicle, and the other to measure the driver's glance. By integrating these stereo camera information, we have estimated the three-dimensional coordinates of the driver's gaze. We also obtain information such as a forward vehicle, a sign, pedestrian and so on of the gaze target from the projection into a road image.","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124919824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indirect network-wide energy/emissions benefits from dynamic eco-driving on signalized corridors","authors":"Haitao Xia, K. Boriboonsomsin, M. Barth","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083073","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years there has been significant interest in intelligent transportation technology that has specific energy and environmental benefits. Among these, dynamic eco-driving techniques on signalized corridors are being developed and employed with energy and environmental benefits (e.g., lower fuel consumption and emissions) in the general range of 5% to 20% for the individual vehicles that have the technology (the vehicles that are able to plan their velocity trajectories before they approaching an intersection, basing on the signal phase and timing (SPAT) information through dedicated short-range communication (DSRC)). The topic of this paper addresses the question on whether there are any additional network-wide energy/emissions benefits for the overall traffic from initial low-penetration rates of the technology. To this end, we have carried out a research study consisting of an extensive set of traffic simulations for an arterial corridor with different levels of congestion and different penetration rates of dynamic eco-driving technology. It is found that there are indeed indirect network-wide energy and emissions benefits for the overall traffic, even at low penetration rates of the dynamic eco-driving technology-equipped vehicles. In the experiments, the maximum fuel saving and emission reduction occurs during medium congestion (corresponding to traffic volume of 300 vehicles/lane/hour) and with low penetration rates (5%, 10% and 20%). Under these conditions, the total traffic energy/emissions typically triple what is saved from the technology-equipped vehicles alone (e.g., total 4% savings compared to 1.3% savings).","PeriodicalId":186596,"journal":{"name":"2011 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)","volume":"123 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122483967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}