Abstract
In this paper, we propose and develop a multiple-camera 3D vehicle tracking system for traffic data collection at intersections. Assuming a simple 3D cuboid model for the vehicle, the developed system allows 3D vehicle dimension estimation using fusion of information from multiple cameras. Using a common rectangular road pattern, each camera is first individually calibrated and then jointly post-optimised. Then, the developed 3D vehicle tracking system takes synchronised images from multiple cameras as inputs and processes 2D image frames using object segmentation techniques to derive vehicle silhouettes. After 2D vehicle segmentation, objects in the 2D image frames are projected to the 3D real world to allow estimation of vehicle length and width. The height of the object is sought in the image view that would create the top quadrilateral of the vehicle that has the edge furthest away from the vehicle base quadrilateral. With Kalman filter based vehicle tracking, interested traffic data, such as vehicle count, are derived from the vehicle trajectory. Real-world experimental results for an intersection with two cameras have shown that the developed 3D vehicle tracking system can reliably estimate 3D vehicle dimensions and improve accuracy of traffic data collection compared to a single-camera system.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 614-621 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IET Intelligent Transport Systems |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The study was funded by the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute, a programme of the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies (CTS). The project was also supported by the Northland Advanced Transportation Systems Research Laboratories (NATSRL), a cooperative research programme of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the ITS Institute, and the University of Minnesota Duluth. The authors would like to thank St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA, for their special support to set up a local test laboratory at the intersection of W Arrowhead Rd and Sawyer Avenue. The authors also thank Mr Victor Lund for providing valuable information on the test laboratory. The authors would also like to thank Dr Eil Kwon, Director of Northland Advanced Transportation Systems Research Laboratory (NATSRL) at University of Minnesota Duluth, for very valuable discussions and comments.
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