Development of an Embedded Vision based Vehicle Detection System using an ARM Video Processor

Current Intelligent Transportation Systems tends to be integrated in smart environments where sensors are provided with processing and communication capabilities. This is the case of the vehicle detection system proposed in this paper. The ARM-based video processor not only deals with the video processing algorithms, but also takes advantage of the networking capabilities using an embedded operating system. Consequently, the final prototype implements the vehicle detection system as the main functionality, but offers additional features like remote detection area configuration, video delivery, remote software updating, etc. Results will show all the system capabilities as well as satisfactory vehicle detection rates.