Speed detection using image processing
Pranith Kumar Thadagoppula, Vikas Upadhyaya · 2016
With the increase in automobile use, the highway traffic have only surged. At the current rate of increasing automobiles, speed determination has become a major concern in avoiding fatal accidents. Radar technology is the current productive way used for speed detection. In this paper we have come up with an alternative method of using image and video processing which can overcome the drawbacks of radar guns. It uses the live video stream from the surveillance cameras for calculating the speed of the vehicle. The speed of vehicle is updated every half a second, hence keeping a track on acceleration and deceleration of vehicle in the field of view of the camera. Any violation in the speed laws can be observed and notified to the officer of law. This helps in keeping track of the speed violators and saves the effort of an officer holding a radar gun on the highways. The video can also be saved for future use. The speed calculated shows an error of only 3% in real time and is tested in many experiments. It has proven to have achieved a satisfactory performance.