L. Alexander, P. Cheng, M. Donath, A. Gorjestani, B. Newstrom, C. Shankwitz, W. Trach
{"title":"DGPS-based lane assist system for transit buses","authors":"L. Alexander, P. Cheng, M. Donath, A. Gorjestani, B. Newstrom, C. Shankwitz, W. Trach","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398997","url":null,"abstract":"Metro transit and the Minnesota DOT cooperatively operate a BRT-like system throughout the Twin Cities, Minnesota, metropolitan area. During peak congestion periods, buses operate on specially designated road shoulders (albeit at speeds significantly lower than limits posted for the adjacent highway). This allows buses to bypass congested roadways, enabling the bus to maintain its schedule regardless of traffic conditions. One of the problems faced by drivers using the shoulders is that the shoulders are typically no more than 3.1 m wide; a 12 m long transit bus measures 2.9 m across the rear view mirrors, and 2.6 m across the rear dual wheels. These narrow lanes require that a driver maintain a lateral error of less than 0.15 m to avoid collisions. This is a difficult task under the best conditions, and degrades to nearly impossible during conditions of bad weather, low visibility, high traffic congestion, etc. Metro transit drivers are not required to use the shoulders; shoulder use is left to their discretion. When poor conditions are encountered, many drivers choose not to use the shoulder. However, these poor conditions offer the greatest benefit of the bus-only shoulder use, creating an operational paradox. To minimize the effect of poor conditions on the use of bus-only shoulders, a lane assist system has been developed by the Intelligent Vehicles Lab at the University of Minnesota to help bus drivers under these difficult conditions. The system uses carrier phase, dual frequency differential GPS, a lane-level, high density, high accuracy geospatial database, and a lateral control algorithm for lateral assistance, radar for obstacle detection (critical in low visibility), and graphical, haptic, and tactile driver interfaces to provide guidance information to a driver. In addition to the system description, performance of the system on a operational bus-only shoulder is provided.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115389604","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":"Implementing the ITS archived data user service in Portland, Oregon","authors":"R. Bertini, Andrew M. Byrd, T. Yin","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398886","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the current status of the ITS archived data user service for the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Included is a discussion of the definitions, benefits and history of ITS data archiving. Case studies of three current ITS data archiving projects are also presented. The requirements and characteristics of a long-term data archive for ITS data are summarized and the implementation plan for this service is presented. Design features of preexisting data archives and guiding principles are described. Design choices made in response to these principles are discussed. The final database design is then outlined.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124975636","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":"Vehicle tracking using on-line fusion of color and shape features","authors":"Kai She, G. Bebis, Haisong Gu, Ronald Miller","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398993","url":null,"abstract":"A real-time on-road vehicle tracking method is presented in this work. The tracker builds statistical models for the target in color and shape feature spaces and continuously evaluates each of the feature spaces by computing the similarity score between the probabilistic distributions of the target and the model. Based on the similarity scores, the final location of the target is determined by fusing the potential locations found in different feature spaces together. The proposed method has been evaluated on real data, illustrating good performance.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125924353","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":"Hardware-in-the-loop real-time simulation interface software design","authors":"Zhen Li, M. Kyte, B. Johnson","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399045","url":null,"abstract":"For years, traffic engineers have used traffic simulation software to develop, model, and test signal timing plans. However, before timing plans can be implemented in the field, they must be fine-tuned in an actual traffic controller operating under actual intersection conditions. Testing a signal timing plan in the field can cause minor or even major traffic disruption, creating delay and frustration for motorists and pedestrians alike. Real-time hardware-in-the-loop traffic simulation (HILS) can test timing plans in the office or lab rather than in the field. The controller interface device (CID) is the key component of the real-time simulation system. This paper provides an overview of real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulation and a discussion of the CID hardware design. Finally, HILS interface software design for three different simulation models (CORISM, VISIM, SimTraffic) is being explained.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126763718","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":"On the M-CubITS pedestrian navigation system by a camera-equipped mobile phone","authors":"S. Yamashita, T. Hasegawa","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398989","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes construction and experiments of the WYSIWYAS M-CubITS pedestrian navigation system. Taking pictures of M-CubITS elements on the floor, positioning of the camera is carried out by image processing. HMI is based on WYSIWYAS. It is confirmed that this navigation system works.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116432178","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":"A neural system for eye detection in a driver vigilance application","authors":"T. D’orazio, M. Leo, P. Spagnolo, C. Guaragnella","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398918","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of eye detection for a driver vigilance system is very important in order to monitor driver fatigue, inattention, and lack of sleep. A neural classifier has been applied to recognize the eyes in the image, selecting the couple of regions candidate to contain the eyes by using iris geometrical information and symmetry. The novelty of this work is that the algorithm works on complex images without constraints on the background, skin color segmentation and so on. Different experiments have been carried out on images of subjects with different eyes colors, some of them wearing glasses. Tests showed robustness with respect to situations such as eyes partially occluded. In particular when applied to images where people have the eyes closed the proposed algorithm correctly reveals the absence of eyes. Eyes tracking in an image sequence is applied to detect eye closure that can be dangerous if persists for a long period.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129682281","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}
J. Waite, M. Benke, N. Nguyen, M. Phillips, S. Melton, P. Oman, A. Abdel-Rahim, B.K. Johnson
{"title":"A combined approach to ITS vulnerability and survivability analyses","authors":"J. Waite, M. Benke, N. Nguyen, M. Phillips, S. Melton, P. Oman, A. Abdel-Rahim, B.K. Johnson","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398908","url":null,"abstract":"We now live in a digital society where day-to-day operations are optimized by complex real-time control systems. Our surface transportation infrastructure has evolved to a level of complexity where intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are essential for large urban environments. Our surface transportation infrastructure is a highly complex system subject to day-to-day operations with different levels of recurring congestion, stresses from special events, and damage from natural disasters, accidents, sabotage, and nuisance attacks. Under normal traffic conditions, ITS operation is optimized for system-wide objective functions (i.e., minimize network-wide delay or maximize throughput), and travelers modify their behavior accordingly by alternating their departure time, travel route, or mode of travel. This work presents a security and survivability analysis of the City of Moscow, Idaho ITS project, which is now under development.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129753719","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":"Some spatio temporal characteristics of the planning error in European ATFM","authors":"C. Gwiggner, P. Baptiste, V. Duong","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398968","url":null,"abstract":"There are numerous reasons, why the number of aircrafts entering a sector may differ from the anticipated number. They may be summed up as 'uncertain events' such as the non-respect of ground delays, weather conditions, sight plan incoherency and more. We apply simple statistical analysis tools in order to characterize these differences; how they behave and how they interact with each other. Our findings indicate that they follow simple laws over time and space and give first insights in how they may interact.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130562242","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":"Pedestrian detection with thermopiles using an occupancy grid","authors":"D. Linzmeier","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399054","url":null,"abstract":"The increase in road safety has been an essential issue for car manufacturers for the past two decades. While present sensor systems mainly focus on the validated detection of conventional crash partners like other vehicles or poles, there is still a lack for a reliable and cost efficient solution for the detection of pedestrians. In this context, a passive infrared system is a viable alternative mainly due to its affordability and environment-friendliness. A pedestrian detection system based on infrared (IR) sensors is presented. The system consists of an array of thermopile sensors which are arranged on the front bumper of the automobile in a way that the region of interest (ROI) is covered by the sensors field of view (FOV). Since thermopiles do not provide distance information, the sensor arrangement should also facilitate object localization. The optimal sensor arrangement is computed through an optimization algorithm. However, for an accurate position estimation, the sensor arrangement should be supported by suitable probabilistic techniques. For this reason, an approach was developed to map the measurements by means of a sensor model to an occupancy grid. The grid contains a probabilistic value in each cell and is ego-motion compensated. The combination of the optimized sensor arrangement and the occupancy grid technique are discussed here and a reliable method for the position estimation of pedestrians is presented.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116254931","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":"A concept reference model for inter-vehicle communications (Report 2)","authors":"T. Hasegawa, K. Mizui, H. Fujii, K. Seki","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399006","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents an inter-vehicle communication (IVC) concept reference model. Presently, a number of research institutes in several countries are considering applications for IVC, and there is a notable movement towards the standardization of the communication method. The requirements for the communication method vary depending on the application, and the considerations need to be done after clearly identifying the portions subject to standardization based on the differences in the requirements. The presented IVC concept reference model makes standardization work more efficient.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114848950","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}