• March 02, 2020

    PacTrans showcases Multi-camera Car Tracking and Re-identification System (McCTris) for Transportation Applications

    In early January, PacTrans researchers and staff attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

    The US Department of Transportation hosted a booth in the Smart Cities section of the show and one component of their booth offered several University Transportation Centers the opportunity to showcase technologies they have been developing.

    PacTrans Director, Yinhai Wang, along with two of his graduate student research assistants, Frank Hao and Ruimin Ke, as well as PacTrans assistant director, Cole Kopca, all attended to showcase the Multi-camera Car Tracking and Re-identification System (McCTris) for Transportation Applications.

    Traffic surveillance systems play an irreplaceable role in real-time traffic monitoring, network information estimation and security applications. In the traditional system, road monitoring and data storage are two separate functions where each camera works independently, and the traffic information are extracted manually.

    Recent advances in Multi-Camera Multi-Target (MTMC) tracking and re-identification research have brought new potential for the future surveillance system. MTMCT technology enables the surveillance cameras in different locations to detect and track the same objects without vehicle license plate information through a linked network. 

    This demonstration showcased MTMC tracking and re-identification as well as highlighting all of the potential traffic related metrics that could be gathered by harnessing the power of this technology.