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Visual Monitoring of Railroad Grade Crossing
 

This project involved design and testing of a surveillance system with self sustained solar power and wireless communication. It is used for raising live alarms remotely on the project website and locally to warn the individuals. The events of interests in this project were: incoming train detection, person entering danger zone, person staying on track, etc. This system used the core KNIGHT object detection, and tracking engine. Project was funded by Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

I successfully led a team of three members to take this surveillance project through the final stages of development, testing, and delivery.

Surveillance System Pipeline

This system used the core KNIGHT object detection, and tracking engine. The domain specific activity analysis module was developed for the railroad grade crossing domain.

Solar Powered Console

It was required that the standalone surveillance system should:

• Self-contained portable system

• Run on solar power with battery backup

• Same performance as a regularly powered system

• Easy outdoor setup

• Wireless data transmission

Developed by Don Harper, SEECS, UCF. I helped in researching the solar panels and batteries for our power needs. This setup would sustain the system for at most two days without sunlight. We also integrated wireless data service from Nextel.

Field Testing

Test Sites

                        Site 1                                               Site 2                                                Site 3

Train Detection

Dangerous Situations

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