VIDEO IMAGE DISTRESS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE FOR IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is developing and implementing an automated highway management system, the Pavement Performance Management Information System (PPMIS). The system consists of structural adequacy data, present serviceability data, and surface distress data. Field data for the first two modules are obtained using automated collection techniques. However, surface distress data are still gathered manually and are incorporated into a visual and subjective methodology. The ITD is pursuing a low-cost, technically sound methodology to automate the collection and analysis of surface distress data. The primary objective is to investigate the feasibility of automating the acquisition and subsequent analysis of pavement condition data. Two basic questions are being examined: First, can high-quality video images of road surfaces be filmed at average highway speeds? Second, can computer software be developed to use those images to calculate crack size and crack type, and to assign a severity rating to specific sections of road surface? VideoComp, an Idaho corporation, is assisting the ITD in efforts to answer these and related questions. Preliminary findings indicate that automation of the distress data module is feasible. During 1985 and 1986, VideoComp videotaped more than 2,400 lane-mi of Idaho's Interstate highways and 380 lane-mi of principal arterial highways. In addition, computer software capable of determining crack type and size has been successfully demonstrated.

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• Authors:
  • Baker, Jim
  • Dahlstrom, Basil
  • Longenecker, Keith
  • Buu, Tri
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 159-163
• Monograph Title: PAVEMENT EVALUATION AND REHABILITATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1117
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Data analysis; Data collection; Defects; Feasibility analysis; Injury severity; Mathematical analysis; Pavement cracking; Pavement distress; Pavement management systems; Pavements; Ratings; Software; Videotapes
• Identifier Terms: Idaho Transportation Department
• Uncontrolled Terms: Severity
• Geographic Terms: Idaho
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00468588
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-309-04470-7
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM