Chapter 15

Traffic control by digital imaging cameras2606

Rowa’a Jamal; Karmel Manaa; Maram Rabee’a; Loay Khalaf    Electrical Engineering Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Abstract

Traffic is considered one of the fastest developing technologies in the world. It is noticeable that the number of vehicles around the world is significantly increasing. This led to the search for ways to develop the traffic control technology.

The first cameras installed for traffic monitoring have been developed at the end of the twentieth century, in 1960s. The growth of the traffic cameras was gradual from the early 1970s. However, the development became ...

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