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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1995
Masao Takatou, Katsuta, JP;
Kazunori Takahashi, Hitachi, JP;
Nobuhiro Hamada, Hitachiota, JP;
Tadaaki Kitamura, Hitachi, JP;
Kuniyuki Kikuchi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Takenaga, Tokai, JP;
Yasuo Morooka, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for measuring traffic flows, or in other words the flows of vehicles, inside and near a crossing. The method and apparatus are capable of extracting vehicles with a high level of accuracy. Overlap of vehicles can be avoided by setting the field of a camera to exclude a range from the inflow portion to the vicinity of center of the crossing but to include a range from the center to the vicinity of the outflow portion of the crossing. Accordingly, accuracy of traffic flow measurement can be improved.