Video analysis in traffic research

Our goal is to develop an automated video analysis system for studying traffic environment and road user behaviour in it. The team joins experts both in traffic and image processing and focuses on practical application of the video analysis technology in traffic research.

The first attempts to analyse video were made in the early 1980s, when video recording was used in validation of the Swedish Traffic Conflict Technique (PDF). Several generations of computer programs for working with video have been developed and used, but none of them allowed us to eliminate the long hours of manual operator's work.

Co-operation with the Centre for Mathematical Sciences brought new life in this work, and help to make the system much more efficient and operator-independent.