An Innovative Smartphone-Based Solution for Traffic Rule Violation Detection

TARGET GROUP: TRAFFIC RULE VIOLATORS

OBJECTIVES                        

·        To detect different traffic rule violations using a variety of computer vision and networking technologies with a novel smartphone-based solution

SUMMARY

There are major challenges in transportation that require immediate innovative solutions. The first one is road congestion. The second but most important one is accidents and fatalities. These are worldwide issues, where major cities and suburban areas become more congested, and car accidents with fatalities continue to occur. For example, in Saudi Arabia, there were 7000 fatalities and 45, 000 accidents in January 2015. It is clear that the disobeying traffic rules is among the top causes of fatalities, which motivated the government of the Kingdom to use smart stationary cameras equipped with sensors to detect the car speed on the highway, and also other cameras that could detect cars that crosses red light signal at intersections. However this solution is considered expensive. The proposed system automatically detects a number of traffic rule violations on the roads. Specifically, we propose that each driver willing to participate can download our application on his/her smartphone. The major sensor used is the camera in the device. This is different from the currently used technologies where an on-board unit monitor the vehicle in which it is installed. The proposed system would make each car act as a monitor for the other vehicles on the roads.

REFERENCE:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c62c/0932c40e64d787bc41610c24ac17d784a9f5.pdf