摘要
Loop detectors are wide-spread and relatively cheap detecting devices. With today＇s traffic communication revolution, high resolution detector data is available on a central traffic management level. High resolution detector data consist of detector slopes, also called pulse data. There is an initial and continuous need for checking the detectors for correct data as all kinds of disturbances may add erroneous information to the data. This paper proposes pulse data checking and interval data checking with optional data replacement in order to guarantee a continuous data flow even if detectors do not deliver the expected data quality： Raw detector data checking analyses rising and falling slopes of detector signals; Cumulative data checking compares interval values to reference curves. Cumulative data checking needs less computational effort, but needs more parameterization effort than raw detector data checking. Both checking principles are applied to different systems in Switzerland since about five years.
