Adaptive instantaneous traffic signal management through cascade object detection

Abstract

Road traffic controlling is one of the prime issues of any busy town in the world. The situation is worst in the junction point of multiple roads. It is not always possible to predict upcoming traffic pressure intensity and direction with prior information. An adaptive approach is needed to solve this problem in real time. In this paper an efficient method of controlling traffic signal duration is proposed. Here cascade object detection technique is used to recognize and count the number of moving vehicles towards a junction from various directions through static video camera installed in each direction. Using the static camera, the proposed system senses the current traffic pressure of each connecting road towards the junction and thereby takes sensible decision of setting traffic signal duration in each road.