Image Workstation
The Imaging Workstation was designed for pavement surface analysis using digital image data collected by ICC Imaging Vehicles. The software was designed to expedite the distress rating process and to manage and maintain rating data.
Up to three full-size images can be viewed on side-by-side video monitors.
The camera synchronization function provides matching views of all camera images.
Users can classify, rate, measure and save all pavement distress information. The location of each distress is saved in a database and appears with each image.
The application was designed with Microsoft technology using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 databases. The application was also designed to work with Adobe Photoshop for special image processing.
The Distress Manager screen acts as a help file definition that exemplifies and explains the different distresses that can occur on a road surface.
Users can enter the distress manager, select a road surface type, select a severity level, and view an image that exemplifies the distress.
The Distress Manager allows users to create a multitude of categories using any combinations of crack type, location, severity, crack width, and method of measurement.
Users may create any number of new distress categories with any combination of variables.
The Distress Manager can be customized for different projects. Distresses can be assigned severity levels. The Imaging Workstation comes with a baseline Distress System which can be customized.
The Camera window displays the images and data collected by a single camera on the collection vehicle.
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Pavement Image with Distress Annotations |
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Rating Manager
The Imaging Workstation software separates the crack detection process and the rating process into separate modules. With this concept, changes can be made to crack data without affecting other modules in the application. Crack detection can be accomplished automatically with the use of additional software or manually with the use of the provided Rating Tools. Automatic crack detection can identify Longitudinal, Transverse and Alligator (Fatigue) cracking as well as categorize the identified cracks into multiple severity levels. The Imaging Workstation software can also accommodate a wide array of rating requirements and definitions. The Distress Rating screen, seen below, displays all distress rating information under the appropriate severity settings and once a distress is cataloged in the database it can be selected and the image located automatically. |
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