• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.35-47
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• 2001

Traffic represents one of the largest sources of primary air pollutants in urban area. As a consequence. numerous abatement strategies are being pursued to decrease the ambient concentration of pollutants. A characteristic of most of the these strategies is a requirement for accurate data on both the quantity and spatial distribution of emissions to air in the form of an atmospheric emission inventory database. In the case of traffic pollution, such an inventory must be compiled using activity statistics and emission factors for vehicle types. The majority of inventories are compiled using passive data from either surveys or transportation models and by their very nature tend to be out-of-date by the time they are compiled. The study of current trends are towards integrating urban traffic control systems and assessments of the environmental effects of motor vehicles. In this study, a methodology of motor vehicle emission calculation by using real-time traffic data was studied. A methodology for estimating emissions of CO at a test area in Seoul. Traffic data, which are required on a street-by-street basis, is obtained from induction loops of traffic control system. It was calculated speed-related mass of CO emission from traffic tail pipe of data from traffic system, and parameters are considered, volume, composition, average velocity, link length. And, the result was compared with that of a method of emission calculation by VKT(Vehicle Kilometer Travelled) of vehicles of category.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.71-80
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• 2012

This research suggested a real-time traffic signal control algorithm using individual vehicle travel times on an isolated signal intersection. To collect IDs and passing times from individual vehicles, space-based surveillance systems such as DSRC were adopted. This research developed models to estimate arrival flow rates, delays, and the change rate in delay, by using individual vehicle's travel time data. This real-time signal control algorithm could determine optimal traffic signal timings that minimize intersection delay, based on a linear programming. A micro simulation analysis using CORSIM and RUN TIME EXTENSION verified saturated intersection conditions, and determined the optimal traffic signal timings that minimize intersection delay. In addition, the performance of algorithm varying according to market penetration was examined. In spite of limited results from a specific scenario, this algorithm turned out to be effective as long as the probe rate exceeds 40 percent. Recently, space-based traffic surveillance systems are being installed by various projects, such as Hi-pass, Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) and Urban Transportation Information System (UTIS) in Korea. This research has an important significance in that the propose algorithm is a new methodology that accepts the space-based traffic surveillance system in real-time signal operations.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.55-67
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• 2002

구간검지체계를 기반으로 한 첨단교통정보제공시스템(Advanced Traveler Information Systems)은 그 기능 수행시 다음의 중요 고려사항을 지닌다. 첫째는 제공 정보의 신뢰성이며, 둘째는 정보수집비용에 관련한 수집자료수의 한계이다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 한계성 극복을 위해 보다 대표성 있는 교통정보 형태의 설정 및 통계적으로 신뢰성 있는 정보산출을 위해 요구되는 적정표본수의 결정에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 도시고속도로(올림픽대로)와 도시간선도로(천호대로)의 실측 구간통행시간분포 분석결과 단일교차로 구간의 경우 다른 구간들의 단일봉(unimodal)의 정규분포형태와는 다른 두 개의 봉우리를 지닌 분포형태(bimodal)가 나타났다. 따라서 이러한 구간은 기존과는 다른 새로운 교통정보 형태가 필요하며, 본 논문에서는 모든 통과차량들의 평균통행시간으로 정의되는 한 개의 대표치가 아닌 신호주기에 의한 정지여부에 따라 분리되는 주행시간과 지체시간 또는 주행속도와 통행속도 개념의 세분화된 정보형태를 설정하였다. 또한 중심극한정리를 기초로 한 통계적인 표본수 결정식을 이용하여 설정된 신뢰수준 하에서의 정보산출을 위해 요구되는 적정 표본수를 산출하였다. 그 결과, 교통이 혼잡할수록 요구되는 표본수는 적어지는 것으로 나타났다. 우선 적정 표본수 만큼의 표본추출을 하고 제안된 정보산출 방법에 의해 교통정보를 산출한 후 실측치와의 오차를 비교하였다. 그 결과 산출된 교통정보는 신뢰수준 95%와 허용오차 5㎞/h를 만족하였다. 다음으로 구간검지체계를 이용하여 정보를 산출하는 타시스템 교통정보와의 오차율을 비교하였다. 그 결과, 실측치와 본 연구의 산출방법에 의한 교통정보, 로티스교통정보 및 차량번호판 인식시스템의 교통정보와의 비교 결과 제안된 교통정보형태의 타당성을 볼 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.43 no.9 s.351
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• pp.40-48
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• 2006

In this paper, we propose the EPTS(Emergency vehicle Priority Transit system) for a rapid drive or emergency vehicles at the crossroads. The EPTS is one part of real-time traffic management system in the advanced traffic management system. The EPTS needs the connection or a traffic control system and a DSRC system. It can be applied to the real traffic situation considered with other traffic elements. As the result it is possible for the EPTS to nonstop drive because it induces an efficient drive of emergency vehicles. It is also relatively safe at the crossroad, it is expected that the EPTS is suitable for a telematics service which values efficiency above everything else.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.54 no.8
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• pp.123-132
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• 2017

Traffic lights contain very important information for safety driving. So, the delivery of the information to drivers in real-time is a very critical issue for advanced driver assistance systems. However, traffic light detection is quite difficult because of the small sized traffic lights and the occlusion in real world. In this paper, a traffic light detection method using modified color based saliency map and morphological information is proposed. It shows 98.14% of precisions and 83.52% of recalls on computer simulations.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.243-250
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• 2014

Modern roundabouts referred to as relatively safer and more efficient traffic facility than the signalized intersections have been recently deployed and operated and accordingly more research efforts to improve its safety and efficiency have been made so far. This paper introduces a new traffic information system named as Smart Roundabout coupled with Connected Vehicle technique like Vehicle-to-Roadside communication, which has not been attempted before and evaluates its performance with a microscopic simulation model, VISSIM. The proposed system functions to collect driving information of circulating vehicles in the roundabout such as location, speed, critical headway, etc. and help approaching vehicles decide whether to enter the roundabout with an on-board equipment instrumented in the individual vehicle on the basis of calculated gap acceptance of interest. This new system is expected to secure more safety and increase the capacity of the modern roundabout.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.10C
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• pp.749-757
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose an authentication scheme for EVPT (Emergency Vehicle Priority Transit) service in Vehiclar Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) enable a variety of vehicle comfort services, traffic management applications, and infotainment services. These are the basis for a new generation of preventive and active safety functions. By intelligently controlling signalling at intersections, providing additional information to the driver and warning the driver in critical situations. we therefore focus on vehicle-to-infrastructure communication for the authentication between emergency vehicles and traffic lights system. This authentication process should identify the vehicle, and provide privacy protection.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.83-92
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• 2005

This study if the first trial toward realizing a new methodology for vehicle re-identification based on heterogeneous sensor systems. A major interest of the author is how to effectively utilize information obtained from different sensors to derive accurate and reliable section travel times. The 'blade' sensor that is a newly developed sensor for capturing vehicle wheel information and the existing square loop sensor are employed to extract the inputs of the proposed vehicle re-identification algorithm. The fundamental idea of the algorithm developed in this study, which is so called 'anonumous vehicle re-identification,' it to match vehicle features obtained from both sensors. The results of the algorithm evaluation reveal that the proposed methodology could be successfully implemented in the field. The proposed methodology would be an invaluable tool for operating agencies in support of traffic monitoring systems and traveler information systems.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.14-22
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• 2011

This study is to estimate delay time model of signalized intersection by using travel data of Bus Information System. BIS, which applies the advanced information technology to an existing bus system, has been developing and operating in many cities. However, even though some useful traffic informations have been collected from BIS operation, utilization of real-time data to the traffic operation has not been promoted due to the inhomogeneity of modal speeds. Accordingly, in this study, a fundamental research is performed for traffic controls in urban areas and providing a traffic information throughout a methodology for estimating delay time using the data from BIS was developed. This delay time model setting bus travel time excluding service time of a bus stop as explanatory variables was constructed as a regression model, and the coefficient of determination of a linear regression model most highly appeared as 0.826. As a result of performing T-test with field survey values and model estimation values for verifying constructed models statistically, it was analyzed to be statistically significant in a confidence level of 95%.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.120-130
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• 2012

As long span and complex bridges are constructed often recently, safety estimation became a big issue. Various types of measuring instruments are installed in case of long span bridge. New wireless technologies for long span bridges such as sending information through a gateway at the field or sending it through cables by signal processing the sensing data are applied these days. However, The case of occurred accidents related to bridge in the world have been reported that serious accidents occur due to lack of real-time proactive, intelligent action based on recognition accidents. To solve this problem in this study, the idea of "communication among things", which is the basic method of RFID/USN technology, is applied to the bridge monitoring system. A sensor node module for USN based intelligent bridge system in which sensor are utilized on the bridge and communicates interactively to prevent accidents when it captures the alert signals and urgent events, sends RF wireless signal to the nearest traffic signal to block the traffic and prevent massive accidents, is designed and tested by performing TinyOS based middleware design and sensor test free Space trans-receiving distance.