Evaluation of Slow Scan Television for Traffic Condition Monitoring

Details

• Creators:
  Blumentritt, Charles W.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic surveillance
  • Transmission
  • Bandwidth
  • Data communications
  • Feasibility analysis
  • Scanners
  • Speed
  • Television cameras
  • Slow Scan
  • Television Surveillance
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-86/+398-1F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report: September 1983 - December 1985
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Description:
  This study investigated the use of slow scan television for vehicular traffic surveillance as an alternative to normal, real time TV. Slow scan television typically utilizes a limited bandwidth communication channel for the transmission of video image data. The transmission medium generally considered in this study is a telephone line passing digital information at 9600 bits per second, but other transmission mediums would serve the same purpose. Slow scan television systems have been available for many years but have enjoyed only limited appeal. Image transmission times from 1 to 2 minutes are frequently cited, and the resulting time lapses seem to discourage many applications, including traffic surveillance.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-18-84-398
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84948/dot_84948_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.64 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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