System and method for traffic data collection using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
US9952594B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/08
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for traffic data collection using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), equipped with a camera, to an elevated position at a monitored location or to track a specific target vehicle; capture video data of the monitored location or the target vehicle for a pre-determined period of time using the UAV camera; transfer the captured video data to a processing system; at the processing system, process the captured video data on a frame basis to identify vehicles or objects of interest for analysis; group the video data from multiple frames related to a particular vehicle or object of interest into a data group associated with the particular vehicle or object; create a data group for each of the vehicles or objects of interest; and provide the data groups corresponding to each of the vehicles or objects of interest as output data used to configure or train a human driver model for prediction or simulation of human driver behavior.
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