Nighttime road scene parsing by unsupervised domain adaptation - Song C, Wu J, Zhu L, Zhang M, Ling H.
Due to recent advances in learning-based semantic segmentation, road scene parsing can usually achieve satisfactory results under normal illumination conditions. However, training a robust model for parsing nighttime road scenes is still very challenging, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Optimization of two-phase sampling designs with application to naturalistic driving studies - Imberg H, Lisovskaja V, Selpi, Nerman O.
Naturalistic driving studies (NDS) generate tremendous amounts of traffic data and constitute an important component of modern traffic safety research. However, analysis of the entire NDS database is rarely feasible, as it often requires expensive and time... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Optimized calculation of the economic speed profile for slope driving: based on iterative dynamic programming - Zhang J, Jin H.
In order to improve eco-driving performance, a speed profile for a vehicle has been investigated. For its great effect on fuel economy, an economic speed planning method based on iterative dynamic programming (IDP) with a high calculation efficiency is pro... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Pedestrian crossing intention prediction at red-light using pose estimation - Zhang S, Abdel-Aty M, Wu Y, Zheng O.
Pedestrians' red-light crossing can present a threat to traffic safety. Among all the existing work related to pedestrian's red-light crossing, there are few studies using trajectory data in time sequence. This paper uses pose estimation (keypoint detectio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Preparation of a green sustained-release microcapsule-type anti-icing agent for asphalt pavement and its application demonstration project - Zhao Y, Peng Y, Zhao Q, Chen Y, Chu X.
Salt-storage additives (SSAs) were added to the asphalt mixtures during the construction stage, and the formed anti-icing asphalt pavement (AIAP) played an active and smart role in continuous snow melting, which could avoid traffic accidents and provide po... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Geographical information enhanced recognition of traffic modes and behavior patterns - Wang J, Wang S.
This correspondence discusses recognition of traffic modes and behavior patterns based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data. The traffic modes (e.g., walk, car, train, etc.) are firstly inferred, and then their behavior patterns (e.g., left-tu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
HazDesNet: an end-to-end network for haze density prediction - Zhang J, Min X, Zhu Y, Zhai G, Zhou J, Yang X, Zhang W.
Vision-based intelligent systems such as driver assistance systems and transportation systems should take into account weather conditions. The presence of haze in images can be a critical threat to driving scenarios. Haze density measures the visibility an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
How fast you will drive? Predicting speed of customized paths by deep neural network - Yang H, Liu C, Zhu M, Ban X, Wang Y.
Customized path-based speed prediction is an eventful tool for congestion avoidance, route optimization and travel time prediction for navigation apps, cab-hailing companies and autonomous vehicles. Traditionally, the speed prediction algorithms are based ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Human-machine coordination in mixed traffic as a problem of meaningful human control - Mecacci G, Calvert SC, Santoni de Sio F.
The urban traffic environment is characterized by the presence of a highly differentiated pool of users, including vulnerable ones. This makes vehicle automation particularly difficult to implement, as a safe coordination among those users is hard to achie... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Impact of transparency and explanations on trust and situation awareness in human-robot teams - Ezenyilimba A, Wong M, Hehr A, Demir M, Wolff A, Chiou E, Cooke N.
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) missions continue to benefit from the incorporation of human?robot teams (HRTs). USAR environments can be ambiguous, hazardous, and unstable. The integration of robot teammates into USAR missions has enabled human teammates t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Improved vehicle LiDAR calibration with trajectory-based hand-eye method - Yuwen X, Chen L, Yan F, Zhang H, Tang J, Tian B, Ai Y.
In unmanned vehicles, LiDARs and GPS/INSs are the most popular sensors to achieve perception and positioning. Precise calibration of the extrinsic parameters between the LiDAR and the GPS/INS is necessary for a successful implementation of sensor fusion. T... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Intelligent traffic accident prediction model for internet of vehicles with deep learning approach - Lin DJ, Chen MY, Chiang HS, Sharma PK.
In this study, a high accident risk prediction model is developed to analyze traffic accident data, and identify priority intersections for improvement. A database of the traffic accidents was organized and analyzed, and an intersection accident risk predi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Lane-level traffic speed forecasting: a novel mixed deep learning model - Lu W, Rui Y, Ran B.
Lane-level traffic state prediction is one of the most essential issues in the connected automated vehicle highway systems. Accurate and timely traffic state prediction of the lane sections can assist the connected automated vehicles in planning the optima... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Location-based schemes for mitigating cyber threats on connected and automated vehicles: a survey and design framework - Suo D, Moore J, Boesch M, Post K, Sarma SE.
The increased automation and connectivity of vehicles and road infrastructure can make future transportation systems more efficient and smarter and enable new transportation business models. Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) may form a group of auton... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Modeling drivers' strategy when overtaking cyclists in the presence of oncoming traffic - Rasch A, Dozza M.
Overtaking a cyclist on a two-lane rural road with oncoming traffic is a challenging task for any driver. Failing this task can lead to severe injuries or even death because of the potentially high impact speed in a possible collision. To avoid a rear-end ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
