DATA COLLECTION |
Autonomous solutions integrated in road systems such as roundabouts are
helping enforcements agencies collect more accurate data than ever before
Words | Nathalie Deguen, Parifex, France
Right: Parifex’s
Nano data collection
system is designed
to support the safe
implementation
of autonomous
vehicles, along
with a host of
other smart city
applications
What needs to be done
to develop innovative
mobility solutions? For
the autonomous vehicle,
it is a question of accelerating the
emergence of the autonomy safely.
However, the complexity and
unpredictability of the situations
encountered on the road suggest that
the level of total autonomy of vehicles
– what is called level 5, without
human intervention whatever
the situation – will be difficult
to achieve for at least a decade.
The deployment of a network
of sensors on road infrastructure
to supplement the equipment of the
vehicles themselves significantly
reduces the number of situations in
which not all onboard systems can
correctly perceive and analyze the
driving environment. This leads to
a symbiosis that becomes the key
to the large-scale deployment of this
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technology. The more autonomous
a vehicle is, the more infrastructuredependent
it will be.
With intelligent infrastructure
that communicates with the vehicle
in real time to transmit the data
essential for the perfect perception
of its near and distant environment,
the goal of autonomy in complete
safety becomes achievable.
Data collection
With its experience in the field
of speed measurement, French
engineering firm Parifex has
developed a data collection system
named Nano. This system, which
also stems from the company’s
push for excellence in the field of
metrology, was created using 3D
Lidar technology that allows it to
collect essential data in real time
and in a completely automated way.
Nano is Parifex’s latest sensing
solution for intelligent transportation,
advanced traffic management,
vehicle profiling and speed
enforcement, among many other
applications. This ultra-light and
compact equipment combines several
functionalities, resulting in rapid,
continuous and accurate detection
with a 360-degree range. Nano
detects all static and moving objects
including pedestrians, cyclist and
vehicles, and tracks and gathers
dimensions, direction, speed,
distance and classification in
real time.
It can also monitor multiple spots
at a time – such as a large area of
a car park – in addition to helping
enforcement if equipped with license
plate detection or vehicle type
recognition, surveillance and
traffic management.
Parifex has provided the Nano
for the installation of autonomous
vehicles for different projects across
France. The system has been installed
New mobility
Nano detects all static and moving
objects including pedestrians,
cyclist and vehicles, and tracks and gathers
dimensions, direction, speed, distance and
classification in real time