Traffic monitoring with Drones

Monitoring, estimation, and traffic management of road networks have become increasingly important with the growth in vehicle numbers unmatched by infrastructure investments. A key challenge is to estimate and monitor the network's state accurately and cost-effectively. This demo proposes a novel solution to automate traffic monitor and estimation procedures by jointly utilizing drone and vision technologies. This demo illustrates innovative algorithms that have been developed in KIOS CoE, able to achieve vehicle tracking even when an occlusion occurs. Moreover, the proposed algorithms can identify vehicle traces and calculate each tracked vehicle's speed, providing very accurate measurements comparable with GPS and odometer speed measurements.