Will camera technology

combining ANPR become a

standard ITS data sensor?

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• An overview of current technologies

• An insight into where cameras are traditionally being used in ITS

• An overview of where cameras technology is heading

• How sustainable and cost effective solutions could be implemented

• The major issues facing the use of camera technologies

• A view of the short-term future

• The challenges yet to come.

• Conclusion

Agenda

What is ITS?

What is ITS?

Intelligent Transportation Solutions

Everything to do with all modes of traffic and transportation

Current technologies – General and Specific

General – Cannot identify a specific vehicle

Current Sensor Technologies - General

1. Loops – the most prevalent ITS

data collection sensors

2. Magnetic pucks – Purported to

have a 7yr MTBF

3. Radar – Used as an ITS sensor

and also in combination with

cameras for enforcement

Specific – Vehicle identification technologies

Current Sensor Technologies - Specific

1. Blue-tooth data

2. Floating Vehicle Data

3. Toll Tag readers

Traditional ITS Camera Applications

The future of Cameras and ANPR

1. ITS Data Collection1. Speed

2. Occupancy

3. Volume

4. Vehicle Classification

5. Wrong Way Running

6. Debris on Road

2. New Systems1. Transponder-less Open Road tolling

2. Security Operations

3. Safety Operations

3. Smart Operations1. Integrated ANPR Solutions

2. Automated Analysis

3. Operator Flagging

Current ITS Systems Limitations

ITS is suffering from:

1. Proprietary Environments

2. Limited data available

3. Limited Intelligence

4. Limited Automation

5. Inability to effectively data mine

6. Inability to undertake time-stop data analysis

7. Management Telematics

Preventing the ability to Actively Manage the Transport Environment

What is a Sustainable ITS System

What Will a Camera Offer?

1. An inexpensive sensor able to collect data from every passing vehicle

2. The ability to collect data from more locations

3. The ability to deliver full Origin-Destination modeling

4. The ability to understand what has happened (Historic)

5. The ability to understand what is happening (Real-time)

6. The ability to understand what will happen (Predictive)

7. The ability to analyze

8. The ability to manage

Enabling the transition from Passive Monitoring to Active Management

The Major Issues facing ANPR

Privacy

Communications networks

Camera management

The cost of ANPR software

New technological applications

A peak into the future

What does this mean for ANPR applications

• Increased resolution

• Increased frame rates

• Reduced bandwidth

• Buffering

• Sequencing

• HDR / WDR

• Ability to see in almost any conditions

• A multi-use multi application device

• Access to collect all data

• The provision of a microscopic data model

• Pre-Processed data

• Operator Triggering

• Automation

• Prediction

Foreseeable Issues with this approach

• Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Integration

– Level of data

– Data mining tools (big data)

– Data visualization tools

– Decision Support Systems

• Event triggering

• Scenario development

• Automated response plans

– Predictive data introduction

– Camera locations

– Trusting the data

• Privacy

• Change Management

– Transitioning from enforcement to management

– Transitioning from enforcement to safety

Will Cameras become a standard ITS sensor?• It is very likely

• It will however require back-end systems changes

• It will require a more automated environment

• But this level of data will be unsurpassed:– even when the connected vehicle comes into effect.

• It will truly enable active management and therefore also open up the opportunity of:– Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)

– Smart Transportation

– Smart City

– Active Traffic Management

Jorgen Pedersen

Business Development Manager (ITS)

Allied Vision

Jorgen.Pedersen@AlliedVision.com

+1 978 394 0563

Thank you all for listening

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