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A multiple inductive loop vehicle detection system for heterogeneous and lane-less traffic
S. Sheik Mohammed Ali, , , Jayashankar Venkatraman
Published in
2012
Volume: 61
   
Issue: 5
Pages: 1353 - 1360
Abstract
This paper presents a novel inductive loop sensor that can detect vehicles under a heterogeneous and less-lane-disciplined traffic and thus can be used to support a traffic control management system in optimizing the best use of existing roads. The loop sensor proposed in this paper detects large (e.g., bus) as well as small (e.g., bicycle) vehicles occupying any available space in the roadway, which is the main requirement for sensing heterogeneous and lane-less traffic. To accomplish the sensing of large as well as small vehicles, a multiple loop system with a new inductive loop sensor structure is proposed. The proposed sensor structure not only senses and segregates the vehicle type as bicycle, motor cycle, scooter, car, and bus but also enables accurate counting of the number of vehicles even in a mixed traffic flow condition. A prototype of the multiple loop sensing system has been developed and tested. Field tests indicate that the prototype successfully detected all types of vehicles and counted, correctly, the number of each type of vehicles. Thus, the suitability of the proposed sensor system for any type of traffic has been established. © 2012 IEEE.
About the journal
JournalIEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
ISSN00189456
Open AccessNo
Concepts (10)
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    INDUCTIVE LOOPS
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    INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
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    Multiple sensors
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    Vehicle detector
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    VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT
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    Motorcycles
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    Sensors
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    Street traffic control
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    Vehicles
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    INDUCTIVE SENSORS