发明名称 |
System and assessment of reflective objects along a roadway |
摘要 |
A system for the assessment of reflective surfaces disposed along a roadway repeatedly illuminates an area along the roadway that includes at least one reflective surface using a light source. Multiple light intensity values are measured over a field of view which includes at least a portion of the area illuminated by the light source. A computer processing system is used to identifying a portion of the light intensity values associated with a reflective surface and analyze the portion of the light intensity values to determine assessment for that reflective surface. |
申请公布号 |
US9335255(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.05.10 |
申请号 |
US201414512735 |
申请日期 |
2014.10.13 |
申请人 |
Facet Technology Corp. |
发明人 |
Retterath James E.;Laumeyer Robert A. |
分类号 |
G01N21/55;G01N21/25;G08G1/0967;G01N21/84;G01S17/06 |
主分类号 |
G01N21/55 |
代理机构 |
Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. |
代理人 |
Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. |
主权项 |
1. An automated method for classifying a reflective road marker having at least one color comprising:
using a light source to illuminate at least a portion of the reflective road marker as the light source is traversed along a roadway; collecting a plurality of light intensity measurements reflected from the at least a portion of the reflective road marker, the light intensity measurements corresponding to exemplary angular displacements of incident light from a reference position; providing a database of retroreflectivity profiles, each retroreflectivity profile having an associated known road marker type having a known color; and using a computer processing system configured to:
generate an as-measured retroreflectivity profile based on the plurality of light intensity measurements;select at least one retroreflectivity profile from the database of retroreflectivity profiles that correlates to at least a portion of the as-measured retroreflectivity profile;determine a road marker type from a set of road markers that is associated with the selected at least one retroreflectivity profile; and classify the road marker according to the color associated with the determined road marker type. |
地址 |
Eden Prairie MN US |