Rapid and robust traffic accident detection based on orientation map

Jinglei Zhou; Mao Ye; Jian Ding; Songan Mao; Huixiong John Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.11.117201

2 November 2012 Rapid and robust traffic accident detection based on orientation map

Jinglei Zhou, Mao Ye, Jian Ding, Songan Mao, Huixiong John Zhang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 11, 117201 (November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.11.117201

Abstract

Video-based rapid traffic accident detection is very important for intelligent transport systems. Traditional methods are either not fast enough or not stable with working environments. A rapid and environment-adaptive method is proposed. The inspiration of the method is originated from the key observation that the traffic accident brings abundant information on motion directions. This method includes three steps. First, the orientation map for each video frame is constructed based on the optical flows. Then, for each orientation map, the connected regions are formed. An entropy-like energy function is used to measure the orientation information of the connected region. The higher the energy value, the more moving directions exist. The highest measure of these connected regions in each orientation map is considered as its energy measure. Finally, based on the energy sequence of orientation maps, a Gaussian model is established to learn the normal energy fluctuation range for some environment. In the detection process, if the energy of one orientation map burst out of the normal range, it means there exists a traffic accident. The advantages of our method include the fast processing speed, a compact parameter set, and the robustness to the different environments and illuminations. Experimental results confirm the above advantages of the proposed approach.

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Jinglei Zhou, Mao Ye, Jian Ding, Songan Mao, and Huixiong John Zhang "Rapid and robust traffic accident detection based on orientation map," Optical Engineering 51(11), 117201 (2 November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.11.117201

Published: 2 November 2012

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