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The main goal
the Autonomous Agents for On-Scene Networked Incident Management (ATON)
project is to make tangible and substantive contributions to the realization
of a powerful and integrated traffic-incident detection,
monitoring and recovery system. |
The system
will have direct impact on reducing congestion on the highways. It
will make travel safer, smoother, and more economical and will reduce
wasted fuel and pollution. The system will use clusters of video and
acoustic sensors, mobile robotic agents, interactive multimedia workstations
and interfaces; all connected using high-speed, high bandwidth communication
links. The sensors will monitor traffic and automatically detect an
incident. Remote agents will be deployed for verification and for
on-scene deployment of specialized sensors and interactivity tools. |
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Diagram of distributed highway video sensors
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The system
will inform appropriate authorities and operators will be able to
view the incident site and offer assistance from remote sites. The
system will keep monitoring the incident site and related events such
as conditions of people needing assistance, tracking of a hit-and-run
vehicle continuously from a sensor cluster to the next. The system
will also provide multiple remote operators the ability to simultaneously
observe incident sites at individually specified resolution and perspectives,
for efficient decision-making and evaluation. Proper assistance will
be provided in the most efficient manner. For incident clearance only
the essential personnel will be deployed on-site reducing delays,
costs, and additional traffic congestion. |
Diagram of incident analysis and resolving
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Realization of ATON requires
resolution of several challenging research tasks. These tasks are organized
in five interrelated research areas:
Sponsors include:
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Digital
Media Innovations Program |
CREATE:
UCSB Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology |
Caltrans
Testbed Center for Interoperability |
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Caltrans |
University
of California, Santa Barbara |
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