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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Yew Liam NG, Singapore, SG;
Kim Siah Ang, Singapore, SG;
Chee Chung Chong, Singapore, SG;
Ming Kun Gu, Singapore, SG;
Yew Liam Ng, Singapore, SG;
Kim Siah Ang, Singapore, SG;
Chee Chung Chong, Singapore, SG;
Ming Kun Gu, Singapore, SG;
CET Technologies PTE Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a number of inventions directed, generally, to the application of image processing techniques to traffic data acquisition using video images. The inventions reside in a traffic monitoring system, the basic function of which is for traffic data acquisition and incident detection. More specifically, the application of image processing techniques for the detection of vehicle, from sequence of video images, as well as the acquisition of traffic data and detection of traffic incident. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of processing images received from a video based traffic monitoring system. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a Region Of Interest (ROI) for detection of a moving vehicle and a further aspect is directed to a method of detecting day or night status in a traffic monitoring system. It's The application of various algorithms to a video based traffic monitoring system is also considered inventive. Other inventive aspects of the present traffic monitoring system are outlined in the claims.