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The design, development, construction and testing of an Artificial-Vision controlled Traffic-Light prototype has been carried out to rule and regulate intersections. Methods, algorithms and automatons have been built up with that purpose to provide the analysis of images and decisions making at real time. The aim has been the development of an intelligent traffic-light capable of capturing the presence or absence of vehicles, pedestrians and their particular situations defined by their trajectories. Besides the above mentioned properties we have to point out the adaptation to the precise characteristics of each crossing, as its geometry, the required equipment, etc. The project has been supervised by RACE, world wide known as experts in road safety awareness, endowing the prototype with reliability and trust.
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Serrano, Á., Conde, C., Rodríguez-Aragón, L.J., Montes, R., Cabello, E. (2005). Computer Vision Application: Real Time Smart Traffic Light. In: Moreno Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2005. EUROCAST 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3643. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11556985_68
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