Road Traffic Monitoring from Aerial Images Using Template Matching and Invariant Features

Road traffic monitoring is an imperative topic widely discussed among researchers.Systems used to monitor traffic frequently rely on cameras mounted on bridges or roadsides.However,aerial images provide the flexibility to use mobile platforms to detect the location and motion of the vehicle over a larger area.To this end,different models have shown the ability to recognize and track vehicles.However,these methods are not mature enough to produce accurate results in complex road scenes.Therefore,this paper presents an algorithm that combines state-of-the-art techniques for identifying and tracking vehicles in conjunction with image bursts.The extracted frames were converted to grayscale,followed by the application of a georeferencing algorithm to embed coordinate information into the images.The masking technique eliminated irrelevant data and reduced the computational cost of the overall monitoring system.Next,Sobel edge detection combined with Canny edge detection and Hough line transform has been applied for noise reduction.After preprocessing,the blob detection algorithm helped detect the vehicles.Vehicles of varying sizes have been detected by implementing a dynamic thresholding scheme.Detection was done on the first image of every burst.Then,to track vehicles,the model of each vehicle was made to find its matches in the succeeding images using the template matching algorithm.To further improve the tracking accuracy by incorporating motion information,Scale Invariant Feature Transform(SIFT)features have been used to find the best possible match among multiple matches.An accuracy rate of 87%for detection and 80%accuracy for tracking in the A1 Motorway Netherland dataset has been achieved.For the Vehicle Aerial Imaging from Drone(VAID)dataset,an accuracy rate of 86%for detection and 78%accuracy for tracking has been achieved.

Distributed Matching Theory-Based Task Re-Allocating for Heterogeneous Multi-UAV Edge Computing

Many efforts have been devoted to efficient task scheduling in Multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)edge computing.However,the heterogeneity of UAV computation resource,and the task re-allocating between UAVs have not been fully considered yet.Moreover,most existing works neglect the fact that a task can only be executed on the UAV equipped with its desired service function(SF).In this backdrop,this paper formulates the task scheduling problem as a multi-objective task scheduling problem,which aims at maximizing the task execution success ratio while minimizing the average weighted sum of all tasks’completion time and energy consumption.Optimizing three coupled goals in a realtime manner with the dynamic arrival of tasks hinders us from adopting existing methods,like machine learning-based solutions that require a long training time and tremendous pre-knowledge about the task arrival process,or heuristic-based ones that usually incur a long decision-making time.To tackle this problem in a distributed manner,we establish a matching theory framework,in which three conflicting goals are treated as the preferences of tasks,SFs and UAVs.Then,a Distributed Matching Theory-based Re-allocating(DiMaToRe)algorithm is put forward.We formally proved that a stable matching can be achieved by our proposal.Extensive simulation results show that Di Ma To Re algorithm outperforms benchmark algorithms under diverse parameter settings and has good robustness.

Ground target localization of unmanned aerial vehicle based on scene matching

In order to improve target localization precision,accuracy,execution efficiency,and application range of the unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)based on scene matching,a ground target localization method for unmanned aerial vehicle based on scene matching(GTLUAVSM)is proposed.The sugges-ted approach entails completing scene matching through a feature matching algorithm.Then,multi-sensor registration is optimized by robust estimation based on homologous registration.Finally,basemap generation and model solution are utilized to improve basemap correspondence and accom-plish aerial image positioning.Theoretical evidence and experimental verification demonstrate that GTLUAVSM can improve localization accuracy,speed,and precision while minimizing reliance on task equipment.

In-Vehicle Stereo Vision Systems with Improved Ant Colony Optimization Based Lane Detection: A Solution to Accidents Involving Large Goods Vehicles Due to Blind Spots

This paper presents an in-vehicle stereo vision system as a solution to accidents involving large good vehicle due to blind spots using Nigeria as a case study. In this paper, a stereo-vision system was attached to the front of Large Good Vehicles (LGVs) with a view to presenting live feeds of vehicles close to the LGV vehicles and their distance away. The captured road images using the stereo vision system were optimized for effectiveness and optimal vehicle maneuvering using a modified metaheuristics algorithm called the simulated annealing Ant Colony Optimization (saACO) algorithm. The concept of simulated annealing is strategies used to automatically select the control parameters of the ACO algorithm. This helps to stabilize the performance of the ACO algorithm irrespective of the quality of the lane images captured in the in-vehicle vision system. The system is capable of notifying drivers through lane detection techniques of blind spots. This technique enables the driver to be more aware of what surrounds the vehicle and make decisions early. In order to test the system, the stereo-vision device was mounted on a Large good vehicle, driven in Zaria (a city in Kaduna state in Nigeria), and data were in the record. Out of 180 events, 42.22% of potential accident events were caused by Passenger Cars, while 27.22%, 18.33% and 12.22% were caused by two-wheelers, Large Good Vehicles and road users, respectively. In the same vein, the in-vehicle lane detection system shows a good performance of the saACO-based lane detection system and gives a better performance in comparison with the standard ACO method.

General Torsional Stiffness Matching of Off-road Vehicle

Increasing frame torsional stiffness of off-road vehicle will lead to the decrease of body torsional deformation, but the increase of torsional loads of frame and suspension system and the decrease of wheel adhesive weight. In severe case, a certain wheel will be out of contact with road surface. Appropriate matching of body, frame and suspension torsional stiffnesses is a difficult problem for off-road vehicle design. In this paper, these theoretically analytic models of the entire vehicle, body, frame and suspension torsional stiffness are constructed based on the geometry and mechanism of a light off-road vehicle＇s body, frame and suspension. The body and frame torsional stiffnesses can be calculated by applying body CAE method, meanwhile the suspension＇s rolling angle stiffness can be obtained by the bench test of the suspension＇s elastic elements. Through fixing the entire vehicle, using sole timber to raise wheels to simulate the road impact on a certain wheel, the entire vehicle torsional stiffness can be calculated on the geometric relation and loads of testing. Finally some appropriate matching principles of the body, frame and suspension torsional stiffness are summarized according to the test and analysis results. The conclusion can reveal the significance of the suspension torsional stiffness on off-road vehicle＇s torsion-absorbing capability. The results could serve as a reference for the design of other off-road vehicles.

Parameters matching and optimization of parallel hybrid electric vehicle powertrain

Aiming at the development of parallel hybrid electric vehicle （PHEV） powertrain, parameter matching and optimization are presented, According to the performance of PHEV, the optimization range of engine, motor, driveline gear ratio and battery parameters are determined. And then a two-level optimization problem is formulated based on analytical target cascading （ATC）. At the system level, the optimization of the whole vehicle fuel economy is carried out, while the tractive performance is defined as the constraints. The optimized parameters are cascaded to the subsystem as the optimization targets. At the subsystem level, the final drive and transmission design are optimized to make the ratios as close to the targets as possible. The optimization result shows that the fuel economy had improved significantly, while the tractive performance maintains the former level.

Development and Testing of an Automatic Turning Movement Identification System at Signalized Intersections

Vehicle turning movement data from signalized intersections is utilized for numerous applications in the field of transportation. Such applications include real-time adaptive signal control, dynamic traffic assignment, and traffic demand estimation. However, it is very time consuming and costly to obtain vehicle turning movement information manually. Previous efforts to simplify this process were focused on solving the problem using an O-D matrix, but this method proved to be inaccurate and unreliable with the existing data acquisition system. Another study involved the identification of vehicle turning movements from the detector information, but the presence of shared lanes led to uncertainties in vehicle matching, thus limiting application of the method only to intersections without shared lanes. In light of those unsuccessful attempts, this paper develops and tests a system called the Automatic Turning Movement Identification System (ATMIS), which estimates vehicle turning movements at a signalized intersection in real time, regardless of its geometry. The results from lab experiments as well as a field test show that the algorithm is very promising and may potentially be expanded for field applications.

A Method of Road Data Aided Inertial Navigation by Using Learning to Rank and ICCP Algorithm

As an independent navigation method,inertial navigation system(INS)has played a huge advantage in a lot of special conditions.But its positioning error will accumulate with time,so it is difficult to work independently for a long time.The vehicle loaded with the inertial navigation system usually drives on the road,so the high precision road data based on geographic information system(GIS)can be used as a bind of auxiliary information,which could correct INS errors by the correlation matching algorithm.The existing road matching methods rely on mathematical models,mostly for global positioning system(GPS)trajectory data,and are limited to model parameters.Therefore,based on the features of inertial navigation trajectory and road,this paper proposes a road data aided vehicle inertial navigation method based on the learning to rank and iterative closest contour point(ICCP)algorithm.Firstly,according to the geometric and directional features of inertial navigation trajectory and road,the combined feature vector is constructed as the input value;Furthermore,the scoring function and RankNet neural network based on the features of vehicle trajectory data and road data are constructed,which can learn and extract the features;Then,the nearest point of each track point and its corresponding road data set to be matched is calculated.The average translation between the two data sets is calculated by using the position relationship between each group of track points to be matched and road points;Finally,the trajectory data set is iteratively translated according to the translation amount,and the matching track point set is obtained when the trajectory error converges to complete the matching.During experiments,it is compared with other algorithms including the hidden Markov model(HMM)matching method.The experimental results show that the algorithm can effectively suppress the divergence of trajectory error.The matching accuracy is close to HMM algorithm,and the computational efficiency can meet the requirements of the traditional matching algorithm.

Optimum Driving System Design for Dual-Motor Pure Electric Vehicles

A pure electric vehicle driven by dual motors is taken as the research object and the driving scheme of the driving motor is improved to increase the transmission efficiency of existing electric vehicles.Based on the architecture of the transmission system,we propose vehicle performance parameters and performance indexes of a pure electric vehicle,a time-sharing driving strategy of dual motors.First,the parameters of the battery,motor,and transmission system are matched.Then,the electric vehicle transmission model is built in Amesim and the control strategy is designed in Simulink.With the optimization goal of improving the vehicle’s dynamic performance and driving range,the optimal parameters are determined through analysis.Finally,the characteristics of the motor are tested on the bench.The results show that the energy-saving potential of the timesharing driven double motor is higher,and the driving mileage of the double motor drive is increased by 4%.

Matching mechanism in global public goods games:a case of climate protection

In the setting of dealing with climate change, this article designs a matching mechanism for global public goods provision with the aggregative game approach. Given endowment and the technology of each country, we propose the conditions under which the matching mechanism is able to guarantee full participation and Pareto efficient provision, respectively, in the cases with certain and uncertain preference information. These conditions cannot only be adopted in international negotiation and cooperation, but also refines the theory of matching game. In comparative static analyses, we discover that: First, changes of initial stock of climate goods produce a wealth effect and the crowd-out effect is less than 1. Second, climate tax policies affect the supply and welfare of each country only when they produce wealth effects, and if tax revenue is transferred into climate goods with more advanced technology, they will produce positive wealth effects. Third, modifying matching plans dynamically and appropriately can urge countries to improve technology, and especially given a Pareto optimal mechanism, adjusting the matching plan to keep marginal rates of transformation unchanged as technology changes is still able to ensure full participation and efficient supply of climate goods.

3D modeling of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Tilt Photogrammetry

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAV)tilt photogrammetry technology can quickly acquire image data in a short time.This technology has been widely used in all walks of life with the rapid development in recent years especially in the rapid acquisition of high-resolution remote sensing images,because of its advantages of high efficiency,reliability,low cost and high precision.Fully using the UAV tilt photogrammetry technology,the construction image progress can be observed by stages,and the construction site can be reasonably and optimally arranged through three-dimensional modeling to create a civilized,safe and tidy construction environment.

Multi-Modal Scene Matching Location Algorithm Based on M2Det

In recent years,many visual positioning algorithms have been proposed based on computer vision and they have achieved good results.However,these algorithms have a single function,cannot perceive the environment,and have poor versatility,and there is a certain mismatch phenomenon,which affects the positioning accuracy.Therefore,this paper proposes a location algorithm that combines a target recognition algorithm with a depth feature matching algorithm to solve the problem of unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)environment perception and multi-modal image-matching fusion location.This algorithm was based on the single-shot object detector based on multi-level feature pyramid network(M2Det)algorithm and replaced the original visual geometry group(VGG)feature extraction network with the ResNet-101 network to improve the feature extraction capability of the network model.By introducing a depth feature matching algorithm,the algorithm shares neural network weights and realizes the design of UAV target recognition and a multi-modal image-matching fusion positioning algorithm.When the reference image and the real-time image were mismatched,the dynamic adaptive proportional constraint and the random sample consensus consistency algorithm(DAPC-RANSAC)were used to optimize the matching results to improve the correct matching efficiency of the target.Using the multi-modal registration data set,the proposed algorithm was compared and analyzed to verify its superiority and feasibility.The results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper can effectively deal with the matching between multi-modal images(visible image–infrared image,infrared image–satellite image,visible image–satellite image),and the contrast,scale,brightness,ambiguity deformation,and other changes had good stability and robustness.Finally,the effectiveness and practicability of the algorithm proposed in this paper were verified in an aerial test scene of an S1000 sixrotor UAV.

Joint User Association and Caching Placement for Cache-Enabling UAV Networks

Cache-enabling unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)are considered for storing popular contents and providing downlink data offloading in cellular networks.In this context,we formulate a joint optimization problem of user association,caching placement,and backhaul bandwidth allocation for minimizing content acquisition delay with consideration of UAVs’energy constraint.We decompose the formulated problem into two subproblems:i)user association and caching placement and ii)backhaul bandwidth allocation.We first obtain the optimal bandwidth allocation with given user association and caching placement by the Lagrangian multiplier approach.After that,embedding the backhaul bandwidth allocation algorithm,we solve the user association and caching placement problem by a threedimensional(3D)matching method.Then we decompose it into two two-dimensional(2D)matching problems and develop low-complexity algorithms.The proposed scheme converges and exhibits a low computational complexity.Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed cache-enabling UAV framework outperforms the conventional UAV-assisted cellular networks in terms of content acquisition delay and the proposed scheme achieves significantly lower content acquisition delay compared with other two benchmark schemes.

Matching and Simulation of Power Parameters of Electric Transporter based on Cruise Software

In view of the characteristics of warehouse or freight yard carrying out transfer and loading conditions,the performance parameter matching of the power system of an electric transfer vehicle was studied,and the driving motor and power battery of the key components of the vehicle were reasonably selected.Cruise software was used to simulate the loading process of the vehicle.The results show that the performance design of the power system of the electric transport vehicle and its key components is reasonable,meeting the requirements of maximum speed,climbing performance and starting driving performance,and providing a reference and credible basis for the design of the power system of the vehicle.

基于动态哈夫模型及双边匹配的电动汽车充电引导策略

由于充电站中充电桩数目有限且电动汽车充电耗时长,陆续产生充电需求的各电动汽车用户存在对充电站资源的竞争。这不仅增加了用户排队概率,降低了充电站收益和利用率,而且使得用户在充电站规模、价格、评价等方面的个性化需求得不到充分满足。为此,提出了一种动态哈夫模型与双边匹配方法相结合的电动汽车充电引导策略。首先,对充电站客流、充电订单和充电桩详情等真实数据集进行大数据挖掘,分析公共充电站用户的充电站选择偏好和充电行为特征;然后,基于动态哈夫模型,结合用户充电站选择偏好量化不同区域用户前往不同充电站的概率,并生成充电站推荐列表;最后,将前景理论与双边匹配策略相结合,进行充电引导。算例分析表明,所提策略大幅降低了用户的排队概率,在满足用户个性化充电需求的同时,保障了充电站利益。

基于生成对抗网络的驾驶行为风险监测方法

针对真实驾驶场景下驾驶行为风险难以准确判断的问题,提出一种基于生成对抗网络的生成序列评估框架,旨在通过车辆行驶状态数据与驾驶场景信息匹配度评估来提高驾驶行为风险判断的准确性。构建真实驾驶场景数据匹配序列框架,利用生成对抗网络增加不同驾驶场景的数据量,提出一个驾驶员个性化情景感知样本数据集,对比分析真实数据和生成数据,并验证生成对抗网络检索与生成框架在匹配车辆行驶状态数据与驾驶场景信息方面的有效性和准确性。采用无监督学习生成评估框架,结合自回归模型中的监督训练控制策略来解决数据扩增问题,并通过迭代更新样本序列进行策略集成以保持模型鲁棒性。实验结果表明,相较于现有方法,所提研究框架在识别危险驾驶状态方面具有明显优势,为车辆行驶状态数据与驾驶场景信息的匹配评估提供了一种新的视角。

基于无人机巡检与深度学习的河道整治施工进度图像识别

长线性小流域治理工程中的河道衬砌、生态护岸等距离长、范围广、布置分散,且工区交通不便,人工巡检费时费力,难以及时掌握工程的整体施工进度形象面貌。提出了基于无人机巡检与深度学习的河道整治施工进度智能图像识别方法,通过定位施工节点(施工区域起点和终点)的位置计算施工进度。首先,建立了施工区域目标检测模型,针对无人机航拍影像进行河道衬砌护岸施工区域的识别以及施工节点的定位;然后,利用尺度不变特征变换(scale-invariant feature transform,SIFT)算法对不同视频帧中的施工节点进行匹配,并基于单目视觉的运动视差法,计算施工节点的实际工区坐标;最后,计算当前衬砌护岸施工进度,并分析进度偏差。结果表明:该方法得到的施工节点定位平均误差为1.026 m,平均相对误差为0.74%,该方法能够较为准确地从航拍图像中识别得到当前衬砌护岸的施工进程,从而实现长线性工区快速巡检,及时掌控现场施工进度,提高工程管理的智能化水平。

基于匹配的车载环视图像拼接标定研究

车载环视系统是辅助安全驾驶、消除车身四周盲区的重要有效装备,为改善图像拼接标定的精度及实现自动标定,设计图像拼接标定板,提出形状匹配的标定方法。标定板采用圆形图案并按矩形及对角五点布局方式,适用于“F-B-L-R”和“F-B-L-R-Z-Y”及多节牵引挂车场合,基于形状匹配的算法融合最小二乘法、图像金字塔及模板预训练的方法,实现了图像拼接标定。仿真实验表明,标定板具有良好的鲁棒性、算法具有良好的标定精度,能够实现自动化标定。

考虑兴趣序列和特征交互的司机点击率预测模型

车货匹配平台中存在着大量的车货信息,通过对历史数据的分析和处理,能够预测司机点击货物的概率(司机点击率预测),从而为司机推荐货物。据了解,目前还没有研究项目将点击率预测与车货匹配结合起来,更不要说基于此来考虑车货信息中的兴趣序列和特征交互问题。因此,在车货匹配的背景下,文章提出了一种考虑兴趣序列和特征交互的司机点击率预测模型——深度兴趣交互网络(Deep Interest Interaction Network,DIIN)。一方面,在司机兴趣抽取模块中利用Bi-GRU和SENet从司机的历史行为中推断出司机的兴趣点;另一方面,在车货特征交互模块中利用FM和Res Net同时建模低阶和高阶特征交互。通过对某车货匹配平台的数据集进行实验,结果表明模型DIIN与基准模型相比具有更好的性能,即使与DIEN模型相比,在AUC和Log Loss两个评价指标上,模型DIIN分别提升了3.5个百分点和1.8个百分点。这不仅证明了将深度学习和点击率预测用于车货匹配的可行性,也证明了挖掘历史数据中的序列关系和特征交互有助于预测车货匹配中司机点击货物的概率。

融合云平台和地图匹配算法的新能源汽车通信网络定位方法

传统独立的汽车定位方法依赖于车辆位姿,导致通信网络定位结果存在偏差和不稳定的问题,为此提出融合云平台和地图匹配算法的新能源汽车通信网络定位方法。获取新能源汽车在通信网络中的位置信息,搭建新能源汽车的视觉地图,在云平台上嵌入地图匹配算法,匹配汽车位置信息与视觉地图中道路信息,得到新能源汽车的定位轨迹,完成新能源汽车通信网络定位研究。实验结果表明,文章定位方法下新能源汽车通信网络单点定位精度可以控制在20 cm之内,累积误差较小,能够获得较好的稳定性效果。