In this paper we propose a robust lane detection and tracking method by combining particle filters with the particle swarm optimization method. This method mainly uses the particle filters to detect and track the local optimum of the lane model in the input image and then seeks the global optimal solution of the lane model by a particle swarm optimization method. The particle filter can effecti...

Live-wire type techniques for interactive image segmentation are of practical use for various applications such as medical image analysis, digital image composition, etc. Intelligent scissors [5] and live wire [8] are the representative techniques of this type, which are based on a graph search over an entire image. Another technique called live lane [8] is also based on a graph search but loca...

This paper presents a novel algorithm for nighttime detection of the lane markers painted on a road at night. First of all, the proposed algorithm uses neighborhood average filtering, 8-directional Sobel operator and thresholding segmentation based on OTSU’s to handle raw lane images taken from a digital CCD camera. Secondly, combining intensity map and gradient map, we analyze the distribution...

Many global challenges, including obesity, health care costs, and climate change, could be addressed in part by increasing the use of bicycles for transportation. Concern about the safety of bicycling on roadways is frequently cited as a deterrent to increasing bicycle use in the USA. The use of effective signage along roadways might help alleviate these concerns by increasing knowledge about t...

A queue jumper lane is a special bus preferential treatment that combines a short stretch of a special lane with a transit signal priority (TSP) to allow buses to bypass waiting queues of traffic and then to cut out in front of the queue by getting an early green signal. This paper first proposes a signal control design for queue jumper lanes with actuated TSP strategies and then compares its p...

This paper presents a novel lane detection scheme for detecting and tracking various lanes directly from videos in real time. The key contribution of this paper is to propose a new edge labeling scheme for labeling each edge point to different types. Even under different lighting and weather conditions, different lane segments still can be effectively extracted from the labeling result. Only th...

At some intersections, excessive queue lengths may spill out of the left-turn bay and block the through lanes, jeopardizing level of service for the entire intersection. One of the most effective plans recently presented by the researchers is the "Contraflow left-turn lane" (CLL) In this method, left-turn vehicles will use the nearest lane in the opposite direction in addition to the usual left...

Next-generation sequencing has become an essential tool in molecular biology that has been successfully applied to a broad variety of experimental approaches. While several platforms for next-generation sequencing exist, the most commonly used approach is sequencing-by-synthesis, implemented on Illumina's Genome Analyzer II (GAII) and HiSeq2000 systems. A key constraint of these sequencers is t...

BY XUAN WANG INTRODUCTION For actuated signal control at intersections with multilane approaches, detectors are normally placed in each lane. Two types of traffic detection schemes can be utilized for vehicle detection associated with multiple detectors: single-channel detection and lane-by-lane detection.1 The current single-channel detection method connects detectors in all lanes on an approa...