Project: #48 Speed Gun App – Increasing Awareness of Urban Speeding Progress Report - Reporting Period Ending: Sept. 30, 2017 Principal Investigator: Bernardo Pires Status: Active Start Date: July 1, 2017 End Date: Aug. 31, 2018 Research Type: None Grant Type: Research Grant Program: UTC FAST Act Grant Cycle: 2017 TSET UTC Progress Report (Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2017, 10:02 a.m.) % Project Completed to Date: 30 % Grant Award Expended: 0 % Match Expended & Document: 0 USDOT Requirements Anticipated Research Outcomes The primary anticipated research outcome is the development of new techniques for speed estimation from monocular video recorded using an hand-held device such as a smartphone. Preliminary techniques under development include license plate tracking on a video that has been stabilized using the information from the device's accelerometer and gyroscope as well as visual estimates of background motion. The speed estimation shall be confirmed by comparing with outputs from a traditional speed gun. Anticipated Impacts The main anticipated impact is the creation of a vision-based approximate speed measurement app and its deployment to a select group of users (including city officials). Did research results confirm or change practice? Current results seem to indicate that it is possible to estimate vehicle speed using the sensing capabilities of a regular cell phone. This has the potential to change practice in many situations where stakeholders need to obtain course estimations of vehicle speed (which are currently obtained via more expensive traditional speed gun devices). Web Links N/A Issues There are no issues to report. Accomplishments In the short time since the project has started, the team has already developed a working app prototype, which the team expects to refine and deploy until the end of the project.