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#127 Monitoring Roads and other Infrastructures with Smartphones in Pittsburgh

Principal Investigator
Christoph Mertz
Status
Completed
Start Date
Jan. 1, 2016
End Date
Jan. 1, 2017
Project Type
Research Advanced
Grant Program
Private Funding
Grant Cycle
2016 Traffic21
Visibility
Public

Abstract

Carnegie Mellon University has developed a system that can inspect roads much more efficiently than current methods. It uses a smartphone mounted on the windshield of a vehicle to collect videos or images of the road together with GPS and other information. The videos or images are then analyzed with computer vision algorithms to detect cracks and other road damage. More details about it can be found in the attached project plan. In this project we want to pilot test the system in the City of Pittsburgh. We want to install the smartphones on City vehicles and integrate the system into the road inspection work flow. We anticipate that it will make road inspection more efficient, i.e. it will give a more timely, comprehensive and objective assessment of the city roads. This will help the City to better plan maintenance of its roads.
Description
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Timeline
January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2017
Strategic Description / RD&T

    
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Individuals Involved

    

        
            

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                    cmertz@andrew.cmu.edu
                    Mertz, Christoph
                    PennDOT
                    PI
                    Faculty - Tenured
                

            
    


    
Budget


    
    
Amount of UTC Funds Awarded
 $40000.00
    
Total Project Budget (from all funding sources)
 $40000.00

    
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                        Final Report
                        
                            127_-_Monitoring_Roads_and_other_Infrastructures_127_final.pdf
                        
                        July 9, 2018, 11:04 a.m.
                    

                    
                
            
        

    

    
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