Vehicle detection system using magnetic sensors

• Main Authors: Marcin BUGDOL, Zuzanna SEGIET, Michał KRĘCICHWOST, Paweł KASPEREK
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Silesian University of Technology 2014-03-01
• Series: Transport Problems
• Subjects: intelligent transportation systems; vehicle detection; anisotropic magnetoresistive sensors
• Online Access: http://transportproblems.polsl.pl/pl/Archiwum/2014/zeszyt1/2014t9z1_06.pdf

The paper describes an attempt of using magnetic detectors as an effective alternative to existing vehicle detection systems, which are a key factor in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The detectors created within the project use the phenomenon of anisotropic magnetoresistance to report about the appearance of vehicles on the basis of Earth's local magnetic field distortion caused by them passing. This paper presents utilized and developed technologies, advantages and disadvantages of magnetic detection in comparison to other detection systems and problems that arose during the project implementation.