KR101751112B1 - Apparatus for generating traffic information base on image and Method thereof - Google Patents

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KR101751112B1
KR101751112B1 KR1020150079823A KR20150079823A KR101751112B1 KR 101751112 B1 KR101751112 B1 KR 101751112B1 KR 1020150079823 A KR1020150079823 A KR 1020150079823A KR 20150079823 A KR20150079823 A KR 20150079823A KR 101751112 B1 KR101751112 B1 KR 101751112B1
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The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating traffic information based on image information.
The image information-based traffic information generating apparatus according to the present invention includes an image acquiring unit that acquires an image photographed in real time through a camera mounted on a driving vehicle, a lane and a nearby vehicle from the photographed image, A distance estimating unit that estimates a relative distance to the traveling vehicle based on the coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle, a relative distance to the traveling vehicle, and a traveling speed of the traveling vehicle, And a communication unit for transmitting unit traffic information including at least one of a speed estimation unit for estimating a traveling speed of the vehicle and a driving speed, a position, a car number, and a collection time of the nearby vehicle to the traffic information collection server.
According to the present invention, it is possible to generate and share high-value-added real-time traffic information by generating high-quality quantified traffic information, rather than general traffic information, through the speed of the surrounding vehicle in addition to the traveling vehicle.
In addition, the traffic information generated according to the present invention is provided to the road user so that the road user can select the optimum route in real time to avoid the road congestion phenomenon, thereby reducing the waste of energy and time.

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[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating traffic information based on image information,

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating traffic information based on image information, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for generating traffic information based on image information based on traffic information, It is about the method.

AD In recent years, techniques for acquiring images of roads and vehicles in front of a vehicle using a black box or a smartphone have been popularized. The vehicle black box records an accident before and after a crash of an automobile video accident recorder, identifies an accident situation, and acquires an image using a built-in camera module and a specific application in the case of a smartphone.

Such images captured by the camera are collected and used as data that can be used to create traffic information that can be used to crack down on traffic law violation vehicles, arrest vehicles, criminal vehicles, stolen vehicles, have.

Especially, the technology to generate the traffic information to know the road condition and guide the road is widely used.

That is, a map is constructed based on the photographed image, and a navigation system provides a service for searching a traveling route from a starting point to a destination according to a pre-stored map, and guiding the route to the destination along the traveling route.

In recent years, the navigation route is more advanced than the simple route guidance, and the shortest travel route is searched for and provided to the user. However, there is a problem that information on the traffic situation in real time in the road situation can not be provided. That is, although navigation provides the shortest path, unexpected accidents and stagnation have caused inefficient situations.

In order to solve such a problem, there has been proposed a technique of collecting real-time image information through a camera mounted on an individual vehicle to generate traffic information, but it is not limited to the quantitative high-quality traffic information but simply traffic information such as the number of vehicles, .

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a technique of generating speed information for each lane or position of a vehicle that is quantified using image information acquired from an individual vehicle.

The technology that is the background of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2011-004285 (published on March 30, 2011).

An object of the present invention is to provide an image information-based traffic information generating apparatus and method for estimating coordinates and speed of a nearby vehicle through the photographed image and generating traffic information according to the coordinates.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image pickup apparatus including an image acquisition unit that acquires an image photographed in real time through a camera mounted on a driving vehicle, a lane and a nearby vehicle from the photographed image, A distance estimating unit that estimates a relative distance to the traveling vehicle based on the coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle, a relative distance to the traveling vehicle, and a traveling speed of the traveling vehicle, A speed estimating unit for estimating a running speed of the peripheral vehicle, and a control unit for acquiring the photographing image of the driving speed of the surrounding vehicle, the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle, the position of the traveling vehicle, And transmits the unit traffic information including at least one of the time information and the time information to the traffic information collection server It may contain.

The distance estimator may calculate a relative distance between the driving vehicle and the surrounding vehicle by setting a reference point in the captured image and using the number of pixels between the reference point and the relative coordinates of the surrounding vehicle.

Wherein the distance estimating unit sets the point on the X axis which is the center of the lane on which the traveling vehicle travels as the reference point when the neighboring vehicle is in the same lane as the traveling lane,

When the neighboring vehicle is in a different lane than the driving vehicle, one of the points, which is the center of the lane on which the neighboring vehicle travels, may be set as a reference point.

The distance estimating unit may calculate a relative distance d n , k of the k-th viewpoint to the neighboring vehicle n using the following equation.

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Here, x 0 and y 0 is a reference point coordinates, x and y are the coordinates of the nearby vehicles, X is the actual charopok (m), A is the number of pixels of the traveling car width direction of the vehicle, C is the peripheral vehicle And the number of pixels in the width direction of the driving lane at the position where the vehicle is located.

The speed measuring unit may measure the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle through the GPS information of the traveling vehicle or a speed measuring device installed in the interior of the traveling vehicle and change the relative speed of the traveling vehicle It is possible to estimate the speed of the surrounding vehicle.

The speed measuring unit may estimate the speed of the surrounding vehicle by using the traveling speed v 0 , k of the traveling vehicle and the relative distance d n , k between the surrounding vehicle , as shown in the following equation.

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Where v nk is the traveling speed at the time k of the nearby vehicle n,

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D n , k represents the relative distance between the traveling vehicle and the nearby vehicle n at time k.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating traffic information using a traffic information generating device, the method comprising: acquiring an image photographed in real time via a camera mounted on a traveling vehicle; Extracting coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle from the captured image, estimating a relative distance to the traveling vehicle through the coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle, calculating a relative distance between the traveling vehicle and the traveling vehicle, Estimating a running speed of the peripheral vehicle using the running speed of the surrounding vehicle, calculating a running speed of the surrounding vehicle, a running speed of the running vehicle, a position of the running vehicle, The unit traffic information including at least one of the times at which the image is acquired, And a step of.

According to the present invention, it is possible to generate and share high-value-added real-time traffic information by generating high-quality quantified traffic information, rather than general traffic information, through the speed of the surrounding vehicle in addition to the traveling vehicle.

In addition, the traffic information generated according to the present invention is provided to the road user so that the road user can select the optimum route in real time to avoid the road congestion phenomenon, thereby reducing the waste of energy and time.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view illustrating an example of a traveling vehicle and a photographed image according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a configuration diagram of a traffic information generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a traffic information generating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of estimating a relative distance to a neighboring vehicle in a same lane according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for estimating the relative distance between the vehicle and a neighboring vehicle in a different lane according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, a vehicle equipped with a device that travels on the road and captures an image through a camera and generates traffic information using the captured image is referred to as a driving vehicle.

For convenience of explanation, it is explained that the camera mounted on the inside / outside of the vehicle shoots forward, and the traffic information generating device generates the traffic information by estimating the speed of the preceding vehicle through the image taken in front of the vehicle. I do not. That is, the camera can photograph the vicinity of the driving vehicle such as the rear and side in addition to the front, and the traffic information generating device can generate the traffic information by estimating the speed of the vehicle around the driving vehicle according to the photographed image.

Hereinafter, the running vehicle is referred to as a surrounding vehicle and the neighboring vehicle is included in the vicinity of the running vehicle for convenience of explanation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view illustrating an example of a traveling vehicle and a photographed image according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

As shown in Fig. 1 (a), a surrounding image is photographed through a camera mounted on a vehicle 200 running on the road.

Here, the camera mounted on the driving vehicle 200 is a separate camera for a vehicle, or a camera including a device such as a black box, a navigation device, and a terminal, and images captured by the mounted camera are shown in FIGS. same.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the photographed image represents the front of the vehicle, and the traffic information generating device (not shown) acquires the photographed image in real time and generates the unit traffic information.

Here, the traffic information generation device may be installed in a device such as a car camera, a terminal, a navigation device, a black box, or the like, or may interact with a device to acquire images photographed from the devices to generate unit traffic information.

The traffic information generating device detects a lane on the captured image and detects the surrounding vehicle 210 traveling on the same lane as the traveling vehicle 200 and the surrounding vehicle 220 traveling on a lane different from the traveling vehicle 200 do.

The traffic information generation device can generate unit traffic information by measuring relative distances and velocities with respect to the traveling vehicle 200 with respect to the nearby vehicles 210 and 220 that are the same as the traveling direction of the traveling vehicle 200.

1 is a perspective view of a vehicle including a preceding vehicle, a trailing vehicle, a side vehicle, and the like, according to an image taken through a camera mounted on the traveling vehicle, although the present invention is not limited thereto. May be included.

2 is a configuration diagram of a traffic information generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The traffic information generation apparatus 100 includes an image acquisition unit 110, a detection unit 120, a distance estimation unit 130, a speed estimation unit 140, and a communication unit 150.

The image acquisition unit 110 acquires an image photographed through a camera mounted on the driving vehicle 200. The image acquiring unit 110 may acquire a photographed image through an apparatus mounted inside / outside the traveling vehicle 200, such as a black box, a navigation system, a smart phone, or a vehicle camera.

The detection unit 120 detects the lane and surrounding vehicles from the photographed image, and extracts the coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle from the photographed image.

The detection unit 120 may detect the surrounding vehicle from the photographed image and detect the lane to determine whether the surrounding vehicle is located in the same lane as the driving vehicle 200 or in a different lane.

The detection unit 120 can extract the coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle using the pixels of the photographed image resolution.

The distance estimator 130 estimates the relative distance to the traveling vehicle 200 based on the coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle.

That is, the distance estimator 130 can estimate the relative distance by calculating the number of pixels existing between the reference point and the relative coordinates of the surrounding vehicle in proportion to the stored transverse length of the actual lane.

The speed estimating unit 140 estimates the traveling speed of the surrounding vehicle using the relative distance to the traveling vehicle 200 and the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle 200. [

The speed estimating unit 140 measures the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle 200 through the GPS information or a speed measuring device installed therein and measures the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle 200 and the relative distance The speed of the surrounding vehicle can be estimated.

That is, the speed estimating unit 140 searches the position information of the driving vehicle 200 through a GPS (Global Positioning System) or a global positioning system (GNSS) The speed of the traveling vehicle 200 may be estimated through the change of the position information of the vehicle according to the elapsed time of the traveling vehicle 200, or the speed may be measured by communicating with the speed measuring device installed therein.

The communication unit 150 transmits the unit traffic information including at least one of the traveling speed of the nearby vehicle, the speed of the traveling vehicle 200, the position of the traveling vehicle 200, the number of lanes, and the collection time to a traffic information collection server .

The traffic information collection server (not shown) refers to a collection server such as an existing ITS center and a traffic information center, and collects unit traffic information of the traffic information generation device through wireless communication.

Here, the form of wireless communication uses a short distance communication such as Zigbee, Bluetooth, NFC, or long distance communication such as 3G, 4G, LTE and LTE-A, and is not limited to a specific wireless communication network.

Hereinafter, a traffic information generating method of the traffic information generating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a traffic information generating method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method of estimating a relative distance to a nearby vehicle in the same lane according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of estimating a relative distance to a neighboring vehicle in a different lane according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 acquires an image photographed in real time through a camera mounted on the driving vehicle 200 (S310).

That is, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 acquires the photographed image as shown in FIG. 1 (b) described above.

The traffic information generation apparatus 100 can acquire images captured through other devices including a camera such as a black box and a navigation system in a wired or wireless manner as well as cameras mounted inside / .

Next, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 detects the lane and surrounding vehicles from the captured image and extracts the coordinate information of the surrounding vehicles from the captured image (S320).

That is, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 can detect a lane to distinguish a lane included in the photographed image from the obtained photographed image, and detect a nearby vehicle.

Here, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 can detect not only all of the photographed nearby vehicles, but also nearby vehicles located in the lane where both lanes of the lane are detected.

Then, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 retrieves one or more N vehicles from the captured image, identifies a number for each vehicle, recognizes the vehicle number of the license plate, Lt; / RTI >

Referring to FIG. 4, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 detects three lanes through the obtained captured image and searches for nearby vehicles.

At this time, the peripheral vehicle located in the same lane as the driving vehicle 200 is referred to as the first peripheral vehicle 210, and the peripheral vehicle located in the right lane different from the driving vehicle 200 is numbered by the second peripheral vehicle 220 .

Using the pixel information of the resolution (M * K) of the photographed image, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 displays the lower left corner as (0.0) coordinates and the upper right corner as (M.K) coordinates. Also, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 can extract the coordinate information (x, y) of each of the surrounding vehicles 210 and 220 from the photographed image.

Next, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 estimates the relative distance to the traveling vehicle 200 through the coordinate information of the searched nearby vehicles 210 and 220 (S330).

The traffic information generating apparatus 100 may set a reference point for estimating the relative distance with the traveling vehicle 200. [

4, when the first peripheral vehicle 210 is the same vehicle as the driving vehicle 200, the traffic information generating device 100 generates a traffic information on the X axis, which is the center of the lane on which the driving vehicle 200 travels, Is set as the reference point (x 0 , y 0 ). At this time, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 includes A pixels corresponding to the width of the lane on the X-axis including the reference point (x 0 , y 0 ) and the coordinates (x, y) of the first peripheral vehicle 210 And extracts C pixels corresponding to the width of the car to be driven.

Here, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 compares the A pixels included in the photographed image with the stored distance information X of the actual lane width to obtain one pixel (

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(m)). The traffic information generation device 100 compares the C pixels corresponding to the width of the lane at the location where the first peripheral vehicle 210 is located with the distance information X of the actual lane width,
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(m)). Then, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 calculates the actual road length per unit pixel
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(m) and
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Average value of
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.

The traffic information generating apparatus 100 estimates the relative distance between the driving vehicle 200 and the first peripheral vehicle 210 using Equation (1).

Figure 112015054422119-pat00009

Here, x 0 and y 0 are the image coordinates of the reference point coordinates, x and y are close to the vehicle in the image, X is the actual charopok (m), A is the number of pixels of the traveling car width direction of the vehicle (200), C Represents the number of pixels in the width direction of the driving lane from the point where the peripheral vehicle is located.

5, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 sets a reference point (x 0 , y 0 ) to estimate the relative distance of the second neighboring vehicle 220 located on a different lane from the driving vehicle 200 do.

At this time, the reference point (x 0 , y 0 ) is a center point of the lane on which the second surrounding vehicle 220 visible in the resolution of the photographed image is viewed. In FIG. 5, Point, Q point).

Here, it is preferable that imaginary lines connecting the end points (P point, Q point) form a lane and a vertical line.

The traffic information generating apparatus 100 is a virtual line connecting the two end points (P point, Q point) of the lane to the A pixels corresponding to the width of the lane and the coordinates (x, y ), Which is the width of the lane including the road.

Here, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 compares the A pixels included in the photographed image with the stored distance information X of the actual lane width to obtain one pixel (

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(m)). The traffic information generation apparatus 100 compares the C pixels corresponding to the width of the lane at the position where the second peripheral vehicle 220 is located with the distance information X of the actual lane width,
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(m)). Then, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 calculates the actual road length per unit pixel
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(m) and
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Average value of
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.

The traffic information generating apparatus 100 calculates the relative distance between the driving vehicle 200 and the first peripheral vehicle 210 to the reference point x 0 and y 0 and the coordinates x and y of the second surrounding vehicle 220 The distance is estimated using Equation (1).

Next, the traffic information generation apparatus 100 estimates the traveling speed of the nearby vehicle using the relative distance to the traveling vehicle 200 and the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle 200 (S340).

The traffic information generating apparatus 100 measures the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle 200 through the GPS information of the traveling vehicle 200 or a speed measuring device provided inside the traveling vehicle 200, The speed of the surrounding vehicle can be estimated through the change of the relative distance of the surrounding vehicle.

The traffic information generation apparatus 100 estimates the speed of the surrounding vehicles 210 and 220 using the traveling speed v 0 and k of the traveling vehicle 200 and the relative distance between the traveling vehicle 200 and the adjacent vehicle as shown in the following Equation 2: can do.

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Here, v nk is the traveling speed at the time point k of the nearby vehicle n,

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D n , k represents the relative distance between the traveling vehicle and the nearby vehicle (n) at time k.

The traffic information generating apparatus 100 generates traffic information including at least one of a traveling speed of a nearby vehicle, a traveling speed of the traveling vehicle, a position of the traveling vehicle, a number of the adjacent vehicle and the number of the traveling vehicle, To the traffic information collection server (S350).

The traffic information generating apparatus 100 may generate the unit traffic information as a data table and transmit the data to the traffic information collecting server (not shown).

In addition, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 may transmit the estimated speed information of the neighboring vehicles 210 and 220 to the navigation terminal or the terminal wirelessly or wired, and display the speed of the nearby vehicle on the display of the navigation or terminal .

On the other hand, even when the neighboring vehicle is a trailing vehicle or a side vehicle, the traffic information generating apparatus 100 can estimate the relative distance to the traveling vehicle and the speed of the nearby vehicle through the same method and transmit the estimated distance to the traffic information collecting server.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to generate and share high value-added real-time traffic information by generating high-quality quantified traffic information instead of general traffic information through the speed of the surrounding vehicle in addition to the traveling vehicle.

In addition, the traffic information generated according to the present invention is provided to the road user so that the road user can select the optimum route in real time to avoid the road congestion phenomenon, thereby reducing the waste of energy and time.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

100: traffic information generating device 110:
120: Detection unit 130: Distance estimation unit
140: speed estimation unit 150: communication unit
200: traveling vehicle 210: first surrounding vehicle
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An image acquisition unit that acquires an image photographed in real time through a camera mounted on a driving vehicle;
A detecting unit detecting lane and surrounding vehicles from the captured image and extracting coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle from the captured image;
A distance estimator for calculating a relative distance between the traveling vehicle and the surrounding vehicle based on the number of pixels between the reference point and the coordinate information of the neighboring vehicle,
A speed estimator for estimating a traveling speed of the surrounding vehicle using a relative distance between the traveling vehicle and the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle; And
The unit traffic information including at least one of a traveling speed of the nearby vehicle, a traveling speed of the traveling vehicle, a position of the traveling vehicle, a car number of the surrounding vehicle and the driving vehicle, To a collection server,
The distance estimator may include:
Wherein when the vehicle is in the same lane as the driving vehicle, a point on the X axis serving as a center of the lane on which the driving vehicle travels is set as the reference point,
The control unit sets a point that becomes a center of a hypothetical line connecting the two vehicles so that the vehicle is driven by the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling in a different lane than the vehicle,
And calculates the distance using the width of the actual vehicle, the number of pixels in the width direction of the running vehicle of the running vehicle, and the number of pixels in the width direction of the running vehicle at the position where the nearby vehicle is located. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The distance estimator may include:
A traffic information generating apparatus for calculating a relative distance (d n, k ) of a k-point to a nearby vehicle (n) using the following equation:
Figure 112016119899277-pat00017

Here, x 0 and y 0 is a reference point coordinates, x and y are the coordinates of the nearby vehicles, X is the actual charopok (m), A is the number of pixels of the traveling car width direction of the vehicle, C is the peripheral vehicle And the number of pixels in the width direction of the driving lane at the position where the vehicle is located. The method according to claim 1,
The speed estimator may include:
The traveling speed of the traveling vehicle is measured through the GPS information of the traveling vehicle or a velocity measuring device provided inside the traveling vehicle, and the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle and the relative distance of the surrounding vehicle are measured, And estimates the speed of the traffic information. 6. The method of claim 5,
The speed estimator may include:
A traffic information generating apparatus for estimating a speed of a surrounding vehicle using a traveling speed (v 0, k ) of the traveling vehicle and a relative distance (d n, k ) between the traveling vehicle and the surrounding vehicle ,
Figure 112016119899277-pat00018

Where v nk is the traveling speed at the time k of the nearby vehicle n,
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D n, k represents the relative distance between the traveling vehicle and the nearby vehicle n at time k. A method for generating traffic information using a traffic information generating device,
Acquiring an image photographed in real time through a camera mounted on a traveling vehicle;
Detecting a lane and a nearby vehicle from the captured image and extracting coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle from the captured image;
Setting a reference point in the captured image and estimating a relative distance between the traveling vehicle and the surrounding vehicle using the number of pixels between the reference point and the coordinate information of the surrounding vehicle;
Estimating a traveling speed of the nearby vehicle using the relative distance to the traveling vehicle and the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle; And
The unit traffic information including at least one of a traveling speed of the nearby vehicle, a traveling speed of the traveling vehicle, a position of the traveling vehicle, a number of a car between the nearby vehicle and the traveling vehicle, To the server,
The step of estimating the relative distance comprises:
Wherein when the vehicle is in the same lane as the driving vehicle, a point on the X axis serving as a center of the lane on which the driving vehicle travels is set as the reference point,
Wherein the control unit sets the reference point as a center of a hypothetical line connecting the adjacent vehicles such that the vehicle is driven by the vehicle when the neighboring vehicle is in a different lane than the traveling vehicle,
Wherein the distance is calculated using the width of the actual vehicle, the number of pixels in the width direction of the traveling vehicle of the traveling vehicle, and the number of pixels in the width direction of the traveling vehicle at the position where the peripheral vehicle is located. delete delete 8. The method of claim 7,
The step of estimating the relative distance comprises:
A traffic information generating method for calculating a relative distance (d n, k ) at a time point k with respect to a neighboring vehicle (n) using the following equation:
Figure 112016119899277-pat00020

Here, x 0 and y 0 is a reference point coordinates, x and y are the coordinates of the nearby vehicles, X is the actual charopok (m), A is the number of pixels of the traveling car width direction of the vehicle, C is the peripheral vehicle And the number of pixels in the width direction of the driving lane at the position where the vehicle is located. 8. The method of claim 7,
The step of estimating the traveling speed includes:
The traveling speed of the traveling vehicle is measured through the GPS information of the traveling vehicle or a velocity measuring device provided inside the traveling vehicle, and the traveling speed of the traveling vehicle and the relative distance of the surrounding vehicle are measured, Of the traffic information. 12. The method of claim 11,
The step of estimating the traveling speed includes:
A traffic information generation method for estimating a speed of a nearby vehicle using a traveling speed (v 0 , k ) of the traveling vehicle and a relative distance between the traveling vehicle and a nearby vehicle,
Figure 112015054422119-pat00021

Where v nk is the traveling speed at the time k of the nearby vehicle n,
Figure 112015054422119-pat00022
D n , k represents the relative distance between the traveling vehicle and the nearby vehicle n at time k.
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