A method, device and system for measuring the volume, classification, direction, and turning movement of vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic through a given location in a given time period. The device is portable and incorporates a touch screen. A set of buttons corresponding to each direction at the location are selected by the user to count particular types of vehicles. The buttons are mapped to fields in a database on a server. The fields correspond to a particular direction. When the orientation of the portable device changes, the buttons are remapped to different database fields than originally mapped. The new fields corresponding to the orientation. The collected data may be transmitted to a server.
Method and system for classifying traffic flow
12.01.2021
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch