Title: Distributed urban traffic applications based on CORBA event services

Authors: S.L. Toral, D. Gregor, M. Vargas, F. Barrero, F. Cortes

Addresses: Department of Electronic Engineering, E. S. Ingenieros, University of Seville, Avda. Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain. ' Department of Electronic Engineering, E. S. Ingenieros, University of Seville, Avda. Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain. ' Department of Automation and Systems Engineering, University of Seville, Avda. Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain. ' Department of Electronic Engineering, E. S. Ingenieros, University of Seville, Avda. Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain. ' Department of Electronic Engineering, E. S. Ingenieros, University of Seville, Avda. Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain

Abstract: Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in urban environments are based today on modern embedded systems with enhanced digital connectivity and higher processing capabilities, supporting distributed applications working in a cooperative manner. This paper provides an overview about modern cooperative ITS equipments and presents a distributed application to be used in an urban data network. As a case example, an application based on an embedded CORBA-compliant middleware layer and several computer vision equipments is presented. Results prove the feasibility of distributed applications for building intelligent urban environments.

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; cooperative ITS; event services; embedded systems; ambient intelligence; AmI; CORBA; computer vision; intelligent environments; urban environments.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSC.2011.039110

International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing, 2011 Vol.1 No.1, pp.86 - 97

Published online: 26 Mar 2015 *

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