Tracking of Vehicles at an Intersection by Integration of Multiple Image Sensors

SOrS,Onlyalittleinformation,thatis,thepowerofthe senseddataandthelocation,COuldbeusedforidentificationofvehicles.Ontheotherhand,fortunately,theuseof imagesensorsbringsmuchefficientinformationforthe identification.Infact,eaChvehiclecanbedetectedtogether Withvisualinfbrmation,SuChasshape,Sizeandcolor・The informationcouldbeusedforidentificationofvehicleson differentimagesensorsandalsoonsuccessiveimage frames.However,ithasnotbeendiscussedenoughhowto manageandutilizethevisualinformation,eSPeCiallyfor identificationofvehiclesondifferenti血ageSenSOrS. Inthispaperweproposeavehicletrackingsystem whichdetectsandtracksvehiclespasslngthroughaninterSeCtionuslnginformationobtainedfrommultipleimage sensors.Theproposedsystemisbasedonmultiagentmodel toactualizeadisbibutedandconcurrenttracking.Thesystemhastwomaincomponents,SenSOragentSandvehicle agents・BymeansofcommunicationbetweensensorandvehicleagentsthetraJeCtOriesofmovlngVehiclesaredetected・