{"title":"Layer-2 protocol design for vehicle safety communications in dedicated short range communications spectrum","authors":"Qing Xu, Tony K. Mak, J. Ko, R. Sengupta","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399059","url":null,"abstract":"This paper studies the design of layer-2 protocols for a vehicle or the roadside to send safety messages to other vehicles. The target is to meet vehicle safety applications' requirements of high reliability and low delay in reception. The communication is one-to-many, local, and geo-significant. The vehicular communication network is ad-hoc and highly dynamic, with potentially large number of contending nodes. We design several random access protocols residing in MAC and MAC extension layers. The protocols fit the DSRC multichannel architecture. Analytical bounds of the protocols' performance are derived. Simulations are conducted to compare the performance of the protocols in terms of reception reliability and channel usage efficiency. The sensitivity of the protocol performance is tested under various communication conditions as well as vehicle traffic conditions. The results show that our approach is a feasible solution to the MAC design problem to support vehicle safety communications.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"41 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":"124785609","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":"Measurement of the length of pedestrian crossings - a navigational aid for blind people","authors":"M. S. Uddin, T. Shioyama","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398985","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a fast as well as simple method for measurement of the length of pedestrian crossings using a single camera for the purpose of a travel aid for blind people. In a crossing, the usual black road surface is painted with constant width periodic white lines. In Japan, this width is 45 cm. The crossing region as well as its length is detected using this concept. At first, the crossing direction is determined from the power spectrum using fast Fourier transform. The periodic white and black bands are detected using integration along the crossing direction and differentiation of the integral data perpendicular to the crossing direction. Then the crossing length is calculated using the number of white and black bands in the crossing region. Experiment is performed using real road scenes with pedestrian crossing. The technique is successful in measuring the length of the crossing with high accuracy if the image resolution is good and the white paintings on the crossing are fine.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"17 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":"128207568","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}
Zhiyun Li, R. Duraiswami, E. Grassi, Larry S. Davis
{"title":"A spherical microphone array system for traffic scene analysis","authors":"Zhiyun Li, R. Duraiswami, E. Grassi, Larry S. Davis","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398921","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a practical spherical microphone array system for traffic auditory scene capture and analysis. Our system uses 60 microphones positioned on the rigid surface of a sphere. We then propose an optimal design of a robust spherical beamformer with minimum white noise gain (WNG) of -6 dB. We test this system in a real-world traffic environment. Some preliminary simulation and experimental results are presented to demonstrate its performance. This system may also find applications in broader areas such as 3D audio, virtual environment, etc.","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":"131089899","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 recognition based on spatio-temporal image analysis","authors":"K. Hirahara, K. Ikeuchi","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398992","url":null,"abstract":"It is important to assess street-parked vehicles causing traffic problems in urban areas. However, it is performed manually and at high cost. It is a top priority for reducing cost, to develop a detection system of those vehicles. We propose a detection method using a line-scan camera mounted on probe vehicles. The method is based on two kinds of epipolar-plane image analysis; one is edge-based algorithm and the other is region-based algorithm. Both algorithms are fused to achieve higher reliability. As a result of experiments in roads, a detection rate reached 96%.","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":"131090698","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":"Nonlinear iterative algorithm for GPS positioning with bias model","authors":"X. Mao, M. Wada, H. Hashimoto","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398984","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents the results obtained in our research about the application of advanced signal processing to GPS based position estimation. This technique can be used to improve the robustness and accuracy characteristics of the low-cost standalone GPS receivers. A new nonlinear model including the errors computed using navigation messages (acquired from the satellite transmitted data) for position estimation is developed. A new GPS positioning method based on an iterative algorithm, and the new model are proposed. The method uses an algorithm that iteratively uses unscented Kalman filters and smoothers to compute the position estimates. The first experimental results, and comparison of the results obtained with different algorithms are also presented. First results show that our approaches provide better estimation than other solutions. Future research directions are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"23 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":"130592788","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":"Using archived ATMS data for the performance evaluation of a freeway incident response program","authors":"R. Bertini, Michael, Rose","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398909","url":null,"abstract":"The proliferation of new data gathering and archiving technologies has provided a wealth of new transportation data. Engineers, planners and freeway management system operators in many urban areas are finding themselves working in an increasingly data rich environment. The availability of these data allows analysis of multiple aspects of a freeway network from a regional scale down to a single incident. This study uses archived ITS data to evaluate the effectiveness of a freeway incident response program in Portland, Oregon. Data used in this study were extracted from an archived computer aided dispatch database, automatic vehicle location systems, inductive loop detectors, automatic traffic recorders and weather archives. The data are used to show various ways of presenting transportation information being used as indicators of the effectiveness of an incident response program. This type of evaluation is necessary on an on-going basis in order to clearly articulate the benefits and costs of this critical component of the region's traffic management system.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"7 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":"132177689","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}
A. Smimov, M. Pashkin, N. Chilov, T. Levashova, Andrew Krizhanovsky
{"title":"Agent-based Web-intelligence for logistics support in networked organizations","authors":"A. Smimov, M. Pashkin, N. Chilov, T. Levashova, Andrew Krizhanovsky","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1399028","url":null,"abstract":"Web intelligence is a new rapidly evolving direction of research and development. The paper presents an approach to implementation of knowledge-based system combining the technologies of Web-services and intelligent agents. The approach takes an advantage of the idea of knowledge logistics that is based on synergistic integration of knowledge acquired from distributed sources in order to obtain new or complement insufficient knowledge. The paper gives an overview of a system based on the approach and illustrates its possible application to the logistics support in networked organizations via a case study of routing plans design as a part of logistics support task.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"54 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":"130796814","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":"Robust road sign recognition using standard deviation","authors":"Thi Thi Zin, H. Hama","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398938","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes the recognition of road signs under various illumination conditions using standard deviation. The proposed road sign recognition system uses both of shape and color information. The former one is used in template matching with standard deviation and the latter one in modified Mahalanobis distance. This paper focuses on circular road signs and achieves almost perfect performances under various conditions such as daytime, evening-time and nighttime. Moreover, the proposed method may be applicable to recognize of any shape of road signs. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been demonstrated through experiments. According to our experimental results, the recognition rate is 100% for 200 images taken under various illumination conditions.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"194 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":"125727404","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 decentralized approach to collaborative driving coordination","authors":"S. Hallé, Julien Laumonier, B. Chaib-draa","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398942","url":null,"abstract":"Collaborative driving is an important subcomponent of intelligent transportation systems ITS as it strives to create autonomous vehicles that are able to cooperate in order to navigate through urban traffic by using communications. We address this problematic using a platoon of cars considered as a multiagent system. To do that, we propose a hierarchical architecture based on three layers (guidance, management, traffic control), which can be used to develop centralized platoons (where a head vehicle-agent coordinates other vehicle-agents by applying coordination rules) and decentralized platoons (where the platoon is considered as a team of vehicle-agents maintaining the platoon together). We propose the model of teamwork used in multiagent systems as a decentralized alternative to previous coordination centralized on the platoon's leader and outline its benefits using collaborative driving simulation scenarios.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"33 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":"115962020","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":"Enhancing intelligent transportation systems to improve and support homeland security","authors":"G. Hamza-Lup, K. Hua, Minh Le, Rui Peng","doi":"10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2004.1398906","url":null,"abstract":"The surface transportation system plays a crucial role in responding to natural disasters and other catastrophic incidents. We propose new techniques to enhance ITS (intelligent transportation systems) to improve and support homeland security. In particular, we propose two evacuation algorithms, all-links and fastest-links, and perform simulation studies to compare their performances. These algorithms are part of a smart traffic evacuation management system (STEMS) being developed to provide rapid and efficient response to human-caused threats and disasters, by creating dynamic evacuation plans based on incident location and scope.","PeriodicalId":239269,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8749)","volume":"6 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":"121012749","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}