Automatic Road Pavement Assessment with Image Processing: Review and Comparison

Table 1

The quality evaluation systems of the road pavement based on optical devices L, CLS, LC, and IPT mean, respectively, that the described system involves a laser, a controlled lighting system, a linear camera and/or some image processing tools. The first set corresponds to systems without image processing tools. While the second group of systems are able to provide nondense measurement, the third group of systems can give a dense evaluation of the quality of the road.

Name	Year	Country	L	CLS	LC	IPT
ADDA, automated distress data acquisition	1991	USA			—
ACM, automated crack monitor	1991	USA			—
SIRANO	1991	France			—
HARRIS, Highways Agency Road Research Information System^a	1999	UK	—		—
ADA, automated distress analyser^b	2007	USA	—		—
AIGLE RN^c	2008	France		—
AMAC^d	2004	France	—	—	—	—
Profilograph and laser^e	2007	Danemark	—	—	—
REAL, road excellent automatic logging^f	1992	Japan	—	—	—	—
ARAN, automatic road analyser and then FuGro ADVantage^g	1993/2003	Canada	—	—		—
PAVUE^h	1999	Sweden		—		—
RoadCrack^i	2008	Australia		—	—	—

^ahttp://www.trl.co.uk/facilities/mobile_test_equipment/highways_agency_road_research_information_system.htm.
^bhttp://www.waylink.com/.
^chttp://www.cete-normandie-centre.equipement.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/15-AigleRNpress_cle243947.pdf.
^dhttp://www.vectra.fr/sites/fr/materiels-et-solutions/auscultations-des-chaussees/amac.html.
^ehttp://www.greenwood.dk/road.php.
^fhttp://www.pasco.co.jp/eng/solutions/geospatial/ground/.
^ghttp://www.roadware.com.
^hhttp://rst.ramboll.se/en/produkter/rst%20pavue.aspx.
ⁱhttp://www.csiro.au/solutions/psaa.html.