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A Novel Criterion for Vehicle Classification using Inductive Vehicle Signatures

Author(s) : ADRIANA DAPENA, FRANCISCO J. VAZQUEZ-ARAUJO, JOSE J. LAMAS-SECO, PAULA M. CASTRO

Abstract

Inductive Loop Detectors (ILD) are the most commonly used sensors in traffic management systems. Using the acquired inductive signatures, most proposed systems classify the vehicles using a criterion based on the estimation of the vehicle length, which requires to have a good a-priori estimate of its speed. Contrary to such standard proposals, in this paper we present a method for vehicle classification based on the criterion of the Fourier Transform (FT), which shows several interesting properties: firstly, robustness against variations in vehicle speed or constant acceleration, and secondly, only one inductive signature is required. Our method will be evaluated using real inductive signatures captured with a hardware prototype also developed by us.

No fo Author(s) : 4
Page(s) : 64 - 67
Electronic ISSN : 2250 - 3765
Volume 6 : Issue 1
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