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Constructing Effective Smart Crosswalk Traffic Light Mechanism Through Simulation Technique

시뮬레이션 기법을 통한 효율적 스마트 보행신호등 메커니즘 구축

  • 이현준 (홍익대학교 정보시스템) ;
  • 문소영 (홍익대학교 컴퓨터정보통신) ;
  • 김영철 (홍익대학교 컴퓨터정보통신) ;
  • 손현승 (홍익대학교 컴퓨터정보통신)
  • Received : 2015.09.23
  • Accepted : 2015.11.24
  • Published : 2016.02.15

Abstract

The walking speed of handicapped people generally is slower than that of normal people. So it is difficult for them to cross at crosswalks within the allotted time provided by the traffic light. This problem can be solved by expanding the time of the traffic light. However, if the latency of the traffic light is increased without distinguishing the handicapped among all other pedestrians, the efficiency of traffic signal lights will decrease. In this paper, we propose a smart traffic signal connecting mechanism between the previous pedestrian traffic signal and a pedestrian's device (smartphone). This Smart pedestrian traffic light, through this mechanism, minimizes traffic congestion by providing additional walking time only to the handicapped among pedestrians. This crosswalk traffic light recognizes the handicapped using a technique called Internet of things (IOT). In this paper, we extract the data necessary to build an effective smart crosswalk traffic light mechanism through simulation techniques. We have extracted different kinds of traffic signal times with our virtual simulation environment to verify the efficiency of the smart crosswalk pedestrian traffic light system. This approach can validate the effective delay time of the traffic signal time through a comparison based on number of pedestrians.

현재 교통약자(장애인, 고령자, 어린이 등)의 보행 속도는 일반인 보다 느려, 기존 신호등의 제한된 시간 동안 안전하게 횡단이 불가능하다. 단지 기존의 보행신호등의 시간을 늘려 해결할 수 있지만 교통약자의 구분 없이 신호 대기 시간만 늘리면 신호등의 효율성이 떨어진다. 본 논문은 스마트 보행신호 등과 보행자의 스마트기기 연동 메커니즘을 제안하고, 이를 통해 교통약자와 일반인을 구분하여 교통약자에게 추가 보행 시간을 제공으로 교통체증을 최소화 하고자 한다. 스마트 보행신호등은 사물인터넷(IOT) 기술을 활용하여 교통약자를 식별하는 교통약자 중심의 보행신호등 메커니즘이다. 또한 시뮬레이션 기법을 통한 효율적 스마트 보행신호등 메커니즘 구축에 필요한 Data를 추출하고 스마트 보행신호등의 효율성 확인을 위해 가상의 시뮬레이션 환경에서 여러 종류의 신호등을 구축하여 인원 증가에 따른 신호대기시간 비교 분석 통해 효율적 시간을 검증한다.

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Supported by : 교육부, 한국연구재단

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