VISUAL INCIDENT DETECTION EVALUATION OPERATION V.I.D.E.O. FINAL REPORT

The V.I.D.E.O. project undertook the development and deployment of an image transmission system that could transport pictures from a remote site to a control point. This transmission was to occur over common carrier, low cost lines. The project upgraded the state-of-the-art slow scan image transmission from one picture every 71 seconds, first with jet propulsion hardware to one picture every 30 seconds. Dalmo Victor then was able to improve this to one picture every 2 seconds. Both of these utilized 9.6 bits per second condition telephone line. The effectiveness of Compressed T.V. Transmission as a detection tool was checked using speed measurement tests. The speed measurements determined from the image compression system were comparable with those made by an observer using a normal frame rate full resolution T.V. system. The positioning test clearly indicated the need for a supplementary system to aid in positioning the camera.

• Corporate Authors:

  Maryland Department of Transportation

  State Highway Administration, 707 N Calvert Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
  Pasadena, CA  United States  91103
• Authors:
  • Bradley
  • Graves
  • Houser
  • Paine
  • Rubenstein
• Publication Date: 1986-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Closed circuit television; Detection and identification; Detectors; Highway traffic control; Monitoring; Traffic incidents; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic surveillance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents; Video technology
• Old TRIS Terms: Compressed tv transmission
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00611915
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/MD-87/02
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1991 12:00AM