Traffic Monitoring and Reporting System and Method
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1. A system, comprising:
- a video imaging sensor configured to record video data indicative of possible pedestrians and vehicles in an area under observation;
a radar device configured to record radar data indicative of possible pedestrians and vehicles in an area under observation; and
a sensor control device configured to segment and classify the radar and video data and correlate classified radar objects with classified video objects to identify correlated objects of interest,the sensor control device further configured to track the correlated objects to identify tracked pedestrians and vehicles,the sensor control device further configured to receive and store in the memory traffic rules data indicative of traffic laws for the area under observation,the sensor control device further configured to process the tracked pedestrians and vehicles with the traffic rules data to generate and store in the memory data indicative of alleged traffic violations.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring vehicle traffic and collecting data indicative of pedestrian right of way violations by vehicles is provided. The system comprises memory and logic for monitoring traffic intersections and recording evidence indicating that vehicles have violated pedestrian right of way. Two sensor modalities collecting video data and radar data of the intersection under observation are employed in one embodiment of the system. The violation evidence can be accessed remotely by a traffic official for issuing of traffic citations.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a video imaging sensor configured to record video data indicative of possible pedestrians and vehicles in an area under observation; a radar device configured to record radar data indicative of possible pedestrians and vehicles in an area under observation; and a sensor control device configured to segment and classify the radar and video data and correlate classified radar objects with classified video objects to identify correlated objects of interest, the sensor control device further configured to track the correlated objects to identify tracked pedestrians and vehicles, the sensor control device further configured to receive and store in the memory traffic rules data indicative of traffic laws for the area under observation, the sensor control device further configured to process the tracked pedestrians and vehicles with the traffic rules data to generate and store in the memory data indicative of alleged traffic violations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of recording evidence of suspected traffic violations, the method comprising:
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receiving raw video data from one or more video cameras collecting video data of an area under observation; processing the raw video data to form packetized video data; spatially segmenting the packetized video data and classifying video objects of interest; receiving raw radar data from one or more radar sensors collecting radar data of the area under observation; spatially segmenting the raw radar data and classifying radar objects of interest; correlating the radar and video objects of interest, tracking the correlated objects of interest; receiving traffic rules data indicative of traffic laws; applying the traffic rules data to the correlated objects of interest and recording alleged violation data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of recording evidence of suspected traffic violations by vehicles, the method comprising:
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receiving raw video data from one or more video cameras collecting video data of an area under observation; processing the raw video data to form packetized video data; spatially segmenting the packetized video data and classifying video objects of interest; receiving raw radar data from one or more radar sensors collecting radar data of the area under observation; spatially segmenting the raw radar data and classifying radar objects of interest; correlating the radar and video objects of interest, tracking the correlated objects of interest; receiving traffic rules data indicative of traffic laws; and applying the traffic rules data to the correlated objects of interest and recording alleged violation data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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