A measurement method includes: a step of acquiring first observation point information; a step of acquiring second observation point information; a step of calculating a path deflection waveform at a third observation point; a step of calculating a path deflection waveform at a central position between the first observation point and the second observation point; a step of calculating a measurement waveform as a physical quantity at the third observation point; a step of calculating an amplitude coefficient at which a difference is minimized between the measurement waveform and a waveform obtained by multiplying the path deflection waveform at the third observation point by the amplitude coefficient; and a step of calculating, based on the path deflection waveform at the central position and the amplitude coefficient, an estimation waveform as a physical quantity at the central position.

A measurement method includes: a physical quantity acquisition step of acquiring, based on observation information obtained by at least one observation device that observes first to N-th observation points of a structure arranged along a second direction intersecting a first direction in which a moving object moves along the structure, physical quantities at the first to N-th observation points; and an action calculation step of calculating actions x.sub.1 to x.sub.N on the first to N-th observation points based on the acquired physical quantities at the first to N-th observation points, on the assumption that, when a function indicating a correlation between an action x.sub.j on a j-th observation point and an action that the action x.sub.j has on an i-th observation point is set as y.sub.ij, an acquired physical quantity at the i-th observation point is equal to a sum of values of functions y.sub.i1 to y.sub.iN.

A measurement method includes: a physical quantity acquisition step of acquiring, based on observation information obtained by at least one observation device that observes first to N-th observation points of a structure arranged along a second direction intersecting a first direction in which a moving object moves along the structure, physical quantities at the first to N-th observation points; and an action calculation step of calculating actions x.sub.1 to x.sub.N on the first to N-th observation points based on the acquired physical quantities at the first to N-th observation points, on the assumption that, when a function indicating a correlation between an action x.sub.j on a j-th observation point and an action that the action x.sub.j has on an i-th observation point is set as y.sub.ij, an acquired physical quantity at the i-th observation point is equal to a sum of values of functions y.sub.i1 to y.sub.iN.

A traffic regulation system and method which combines energy harvesting from the movement of a plurality of vehicles on a roadway with wireless directional power beam transmission using the harvested energy to encourage compliance with traffic regulations. Electric power is generated from the movement of the moving vehicles by using a wind turbine to harvest wind energy from the movement of vehicles or by piezoelectric plates which harvest compression energy from the weight of the vehicle tires on the road surface. The electric power is transmitted to electric or hybrid vehicles which comply with the traffic regulations. The traffic regulations are one of driving at a posted speed and driving at a safe following distance. A control system adjusts the traffic regulation based on measurements received from a plurality of detectors.

In a marker detection method in which a sensor unit (11) that includes a plurality of magnetic sensors arranged in a vehicle width direction is used to detect magnetic markers (10) laid in a road, a feature value that represent symmetry of magnetic distribution, which is the distribution of magnetic measurement values obtained by each magnetic sensor included in the sensor unit (11) is generated, and threshold process regarding the feature value is executed to determine the possibility of the presence of magnetic generation source other than magnetic marker (10), that causes disturbance, and hence to suppress erroneous detection.

In a marker detection method in which a sensor unit (11) that includes a plurality of magnetic sensors arranged in a vehicle width direction is used to detect magnetic markers (10) laid in a road, a feature value that represent symmetry of magnetic distribution, which is the distribution of magnetic measurement values obtained by each magnetic sensor included in the sensor unit (11) is generated, and threshold process regarding the feature value is executed to determine the possibility of the presence of magnetic generation source other than magnetic marker (10), that causes disturbance, and hence to suppress erroneous detection.

A marker detection method in which a magnetic detection unit (11) of a vehicle side that includes a plurality of magnetic sensors arranged in a vehicle width direction is used to detect magnetic markers (10) that are laid in a road, the method executes detection of a center position in the vehicle width direction of a magnetic distribution that acts on the magnetic detection unit (11) and processing of an index representing a degree of a positional change of the center position when a vehicle (5) passes over the magnetic markers (10) to determine a possibility of the presence of magnetic generation sources that causes disturbance, thereby suppressing erroneous detection of the magnetic markers (10).

The present disclosure provides various aspects for mobile and automated processing utilizing additive manufacturing and the methods for their utilization. In some examples, discrete material formats for use in an Additive Manufacturing Array are disclosed. Methods of using the additive manufacturing robot, discrete materials, and the roadways produced with the additive manufacturing robot are provided. A combined function Addibot, with Additive Manufacturing capabilities, cleaning capabilities, line painting capabilities and seal coating capabilities which may be used in concert with a camera equipped aerial drone for design and characterization function is described.

Techniques for monitoring vehicle traffic are disclosed. A vehicle monitoring system comprises one or more sensing devices disposed within a vicinity of one or more vehicles in a road environment and one or more sensors on-board the one or more sensing devices, wherein said one or more sensors operate to collect information of the one or more vehicles in the road environment. Furthermore, the vehicle monitoring system comprises a data manager, running on one or more microprocessors, wherein the data manager operates to receive the collected information of the one or more vehicles, and analyze the collected information of the one or more vehicles to monitor the one or more vehicles in the road environment.

A traffic regulation system and method which combines energy harvesting from the movement of a plurality of vehicles on a roadway with wireless directional power beam transmission using the harvested energy to encourage compliance with traffic regulations. Electric power is generated from the movement of the moving vehicles by using a wind turbine to harvest wind energy from the movement of vehicles or by piezoelectric plates which harvest compression energy from the weight of the vehicle tires on the road surface. The electric power is transmitted to electric or hybrid vehicles which comply with the traffic regulations. The traffic regulations are one of driving at a posted speed and driving at a safe following distance. A control system adjusts the traffic regulation based on measurements received from a plurality of detectors.