Weather condition is an important factor affecting highway traffic safety. According to the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, 31.2 percent of road traffic accidents occurred in special weather such as rain, snow and fog. A foreign study found that heavy rain caused an average decrease of 14% of highway capacity, heavy snow caused an average decrease of 22% of highway capacity, the impact of weather on high-speed traffic safety and operation efficiency can be seen. Therefore, in the highway operation and maintenance, meteorological service is an indispensable and important link.
Low visibility affects highway safety operations
With the development of trans-regional expressways, the threat of meteorological factors such as rain, snow, fog, wind, thunder and electricity to the operation safety of expressways is becoming more and more prominent, and the demand for meteorological services on expressways is becoming more and more obvious. In recent years, traffic accidents caused by meteorological factors such as "poor visibility" have occurred frequently.
Meteorologists believe that accurate visibility forecasts can improve the safety and reliability of highway operations. Relevant departments shall strengthen the monitoring of meteorological elements on expressways, improve the accuracy of monitoring and forecasting of meteorological elements such as fog, ensure and improve the accessibility and operation time of expressways as much as possible, reduce the adverse impact of adverse meteorological conditions on expressways transportation, and reduce the casualties and economic losses caused by catastrophic meteorological weather.
Ai enables visibility monitoring
With the in-depth application of the Internet of Things, mobile Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and other technologies, relying on the progress of meteorological science and technology, intelligent meteorology with self-perception, judgment, analysis, selection, action and deep learning capabilities can provide more accurate, reliable and intelligent visibility forecasting, forecasting and early warning services.
Meteorological experts said that eye-tracking technology has the leading technical strength in the field of weather prediction and forecast. It can provide visibility alerts of different levels at observation points on expressways, assist road departments in handling decisions, and also provide long-term records of road fog state, providing statistical basis for traffic law enforcement and signal light setting.
Meteorological monitoring and forecasting enabled by artificial intelligence technology has become an important trend in the development of current meteorological cause. Meteorological data is the first data resource to be shared in the world. The open sharing of meteorological data strongly supports the innovative application of meteorological information services in various industries and promotes the rapid expansion of meteorological services. At the same time, exploration and research activities based on water conservancy, ocean, highway, high-speed rail, aviation and other meteorological services are also increasing.
With the continuous increase of the number of cars, the demand for highway service is developing in the direction of diversification, and the requirements of users in the high-speed industry for meteorological service are also increasing. In the future, Eye-control technology will carry out more in-depth scenario-based meteorological services based on the "weather + road" business model, so as to provide more accurate and reliable meteorological service solutions for strengthening the capacity building of expressway meteorological service and establishing sound and comprehensive highway meteorological disaster response.
About eye-tracking technology:
Founded in 2009, Shanghai Eye Control Technology Co., Ltd. is a global artificial intelligence technology enterprise integrating the research and development of computer vision recognition and deep learning technology. Eye-control technology has brought together more than 200 top AI talents from Stanford University, New York University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and other well-known universities at home and abroad. In the field of road traffic, it has jointly established the first AI+ road safety supervision innovation center in China with the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. At the same time, China's first aviation smart weather innovation Center has been established in collaboration with the Meteorological Center of East China Air Traffic Administration and the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The market share of eye-control technology in the vertical fields of smart road traffic and smart aviation meteorology has taken the leading position in the industry, with products covering more than 30 regions such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, etc.
