Publications / 2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan

Evaluation of Asphalt Pavement Crack Sealing Performance Using Image Processing Technique

Hyoungkwan Kim, Hamid Soleymani, Seung Heon Han, Hana Nam
Pages 341-345 (2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan, ISBN 9784990271718, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

Crack sealing is a routine and necessary operation of pavement maintenance. Manual observation of road surfaces has been the most common method for evaluating road surface cracks around the world. However it is difficult to objectively and accurately assess the road cracks based on human visual perception. The ultimate objective of this study is to evaluate crack sealing performance on highways, in order to choose the best crack sealing practice in an automated manner. As a preliminary step, this paper discusses how to define crack sealing performance and propose a research methodology to quantify the level of road surface distress using video image processing.

Keywords: crack sealing, image processing, pavement