BRISA

Brisa has recently installed an Operational Coordinate Centre (OCC) and is in the process of installing more than four hundred traffic surveillance cameras as part of his Traffic Telematic System. The objectives of the project was the development of computer vision and image processing algorithmic solutions to be used on the smart surveillance cameras installed by Brisa along the highways. The primary goal of the project is to detect and track potentially anomalous traffic events along the Brisa’s highway roads. By anomalous events we mean the detection of vehicles that stopped on the highway, vehicles driving in lane's opposite direction and also vehicle that are constantly switching between lanes. The system should be able to identify each vehicle and track its behaviour, and to recognize dangerous situations or events that might results from a chain of such behaviours. The system must be robust to illumination changes and small camera movements, being able to robustly track vehicles against occlusions and crowded events.