Kriti Singh

Bio: Kriti Singh is an academic researcher from Shiv Nadar University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Video camera & Traffic congestion. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 2 citations.

Traffic Control Enhancement with Video Camera Images Using AI

Abstract: Traffic congestion has been an emerging issue when it comes to problems faced by commuters on road on a daily basis. It leads to loss of time, money, and fuel when one is stuck in a traffic jam. This has led to the need of more path-breaking technologies in the field of intelligent transport systems (ITS). Today, a lot of data are available which can be used to extract important information and perform the desired analysis. With CCTV surveillance cameras at almost every traffic pole, information like count of vehicles can be used to analyze the traffic patterns at a particular location. In this paper, different methods have been used to get the accurate count of vehicles and their performances have been analyzed. Popular image processing method background subtraction and deep learning algorithms: R-CNN, Fast R-CNN and Faster R-CNN have been implemented.

Reliable and Rapid Traffic Congestion Detection Approach Based on Deep Residual Learning and Motion Trajectories

Abstract: Traffic congestion detection systems help manage traffic in crowded cities by analyzing videos of vehicles. Existing systems largely depend on texture and motion features. Such systems face several challenges, including illumination changes caused by variations in weather conditions, complexity of scenes, vehicle occlusion, and the ambiguity of stopped vehicles. To overcome these issues, this article proposes a rapid and reliable traffic congestion detection method based on the modeling of video dynamics using deep residual learning and motion trajectories. The proposed method efficiently uses both motion and deep texture features to overcome the limitations of existing methods. Unlike other methods that simply extract texture features from a single frame, we use an efficient representation learning method to capture the latent structures in traffic videos by modeling the evolution of texture features. This representation yields a noticeable improvement in detection results under various weather conditions. Regarding motion features, we propose an algorithm to distinguish stopped vehicles and background objects, whereas most existing motion-based approaches fail to address this issue. Both types of obtained features are used to construct an ensemble classification model based on the support vector machine algorithm. Two benchmark datasets are considered to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed method: the UCSD dataset and NU1 video dataset. The proposed method achieves competitive results (97.64% accuracy) when compared to state-of-the-art methods.

Image Enhancement Algorithm Based on Depth Difference and Illumination Adjustment

Abstract: In order to improve the clarity and color fidelity of traffic images under the complex environment of haze and uneven illumination and promote road traffic safety monitoring, a traffic image enhancement model based on illumination adjustment and depth of field difference is proposed. The algorithm is based on Retinex theory, uses dark channel principle to obtain image depth of the field, and uses spectral clustering algorithm to cluster image depth. After the subimages are divided, the local haze concentration is estimated according to the depth of field and the subimages are adaptively enhanced and fused. In addition, the illumination component is obtained by multiscale guided filtering to maintain the edge characteristics of the image, and the uneven illumination problem is solved by adjusting the curve function. The experimental results show that the proposed model can effectively enhance the uneven illumination and haze weather image in the traffic scene and the visual effect of the images is good. The generated image has rich details, improves the quality of traffic images, and can meet the needs of traffic practical application.

Evaluation of the Approach for the Identification of Trajectory Anomalies on CCTV Video from Road Intersections

Abstract: The approach for the detection of vehicle trajectory abnormalities on CCTV video from road intersections was proposed and evaluated. We mainly focused on the trajectory analysis method rather than objects detection and tracking. Two basic challenges have been overcome in the suggested approach—spatial perspective on the image and performance. We used trajectory approximation by polynomials as well as the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker N thinning technique to increase the performance of the trajectory comparison method. Special modification of trajectory similarity metric LCSS was suggested to consider the spatial perspective. We used clustering to discover two types of classes—with normal and abnormal trajectories. The framework, which implements the suggested approach, was developed. A series of experiments were carried out for testing the approach and defining recommendations for using different techniques in the scope of it.

Classification of Multi-Frame Human Motion Using CNN-based Skeleton Extraction

Abstract: Human pose estimation has been a major concern in the field of computer vision. The existing method for recognizing human motion based on two-dimensional (2D) images showed a low recognition rate owing to motion depth, interference between objects, and overlapping problems. A convolutional neural network (CNN) based algorithm recently showed improved results in the field of human skeleton detection. In this study, we have combined human skeleton detection and deep neural network (DNN) to classify the motion of the human body. We used the visual geometry group network (VGGNet) CNN for human skeleton detection, and the generated skeleton coordinates were composed of three-dimensional (3D) vectors according to time changes. Based on these data, we used a DNN to identify and classify human motions that were most similar to the existing learned motion data. We applied the generated model to the data set that could occur in general closed circuit television (CCTV) to check the accuracy. The configured learning model showed effective results even with two-dimensional continuous image data composed of red, green, blue (RGB).