Comments on: The Express Traffic Lane (It’s Not the Computer, It’s How You Use It) http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/09/24/the-express-traffic-lane-it%e2%80%99s-not-the-computer-it%e2%80%99s-how-you-use-it/ Shedding Light on the Hidden World of Embedded Systems Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:18:37 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ed Stark http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/09/24/the-express-traffic-lane-it%e2%80%99s-not-the-computer-it%e2%80%99s-how-you-use-it/#comment-28295 Ed Stark Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:41:05 +0000 http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/?p=324#comment-28295 So if i am understanding this correctly, if i have a passenger and do not remove the transponder then i am charged the prevailing toll. is this correct? On the flip side, if i am a single occupant how does the system know except visually by a police officer? So if i am understanding this correctly, if i have a passenger and do not remove the transponder then i am charged the prevailing toll. is this correct?

On the flip side, if i am a single occupant how does the system know except visually by a police officer?

]]> By: Max Baron http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/09/24/the-express-traffic-lane-it%e2%80%99s-not-the-computer-it%e2%80%99s-how-you-use-it/#comment-2572 Max Baron Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:40:28 +0000 http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/?p=324#comment-2572 The acceptance of technology is influenced by business aspects. There are business reasons why a fully computerized solution will not be easily accepted. It would prevent fines, remove the need of FasTrak stationary and mobile devices, and put money back into drivers’ personal bank accounts. The cost to drivers would be lower, more predictable and not subject to human error, but there will be loss of revenue and jobs. The short article however was intended to address the technical context. If you are interested and have access to the Microprocessor Report, read my 2007 article “Front Seat Driver” describing the Renesas SH-Navi2V chip’s image recognition capabilities (no, it was not designed on Pandora). The chip’s 64-core parallel semi-hardwired engine could execute image-recognition algorithms at 38.4GOPS. The engine could recognize cars, lane boundaries and read speed-limits and temporary road signs posted on freeways. Concurrent tasks were supported by an SH-4A core and additional dedicated accelerators. The chip was priced at about $150 in single-unit quantities (¥15, 000). The acceptance of technology is influenced by business aspects. There are business reasons why a fully computerized solution will not be easily accepted. It would prevent fines, remove the need of FasTrak stationary and mobile devices, and put money back into drivers’ personal bank accounts. The cost to drivers would be lower, more predictable and not subject to human error, but there will be loss of revenue and jobs.

The short article however was intended to address the technical context. If you are interested and have access to the Microprocessor Report, read my 2007 article “Front Seat Driver” describing the Renesas SH-Navi2V chip’s image recognition capabilities (no, it was not designed on Pandora). The chip’s 64-core parallel semi-hardwired engine could execute image-recognition algorithms at 38.4GOPS. The engine could recognize cars, lane boundaries and read speed-limits and temporary road signs posted on freeways. Concurrent tasks were supported by an SH-4A core and additional dedicated accelerators. The chip was priced at about $150 in single-unit quantities (¥15, 000).

]]> By: Dan http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/09/24/the-express-traffic-lane-it%e2%80%99s-not-the-computer-it%e2%80%99s-how-you-use-it/#comment-2552 Dan Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:43:17 +0000 http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/?p=324#comment-2552 Not trying to be smug here... Sounds like you've got it all figured out. Why not start a business around your idea & sell the system to the state? Might as well get rich off of your idea. Not trying to be smug here…

Sounds like you’ve got it all figured out. Why not start a business around your idea & sell the system to the state?

Might as well get rich off of your idea.

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