Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022)
Articles

Detection of Road Distress with Mobile Phone LiDAR Sensors

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  • Mustafa Zeybek,
  • Dilay Ediz

Published 2022-09-30

Keywords

  • Mobile Phone,
  • LiDAR,
  • Road,
  • Pothole,
  • Rut

How to Cite

Zeybek, M., & Ediz, D. (2022). Detection of Road Distress with Mobile Phone LiDAR Sensors. Advanced LiDAR, 2(2), 48–53. Retrieved from https://publish.mersin.edu.tr/index.php/lidar/article/view/465

Abstract

Comfort and safety on urban roads are two important and desirable factors in road transport networks. When it comes to providing road comfort, potholes, which emerge on the road surface for different reasons, are one of the problems that we do not want to encounter in our daily transportation. Although different techniques are already being applied to detect deformations on road surfaces, developments in measurement technologies gradually bring alternative techniques with them. The best example for this are the small size LiDAR sensors which have newly been added to mobile phones, and the subject of this study is whether they can be used in detecting such problems. The data collected from the field survey enabled a detailed examination of the road potholes with the proposed methodology based on region growing and plane fitting. According to the results, the 3D sensor technologies will take a new place in measurement technologies by providing high dense data and visualisations in small-sized projects, thus facilitating instant decisions. In the study, potholes on the road surface were determined with 4 different data sets obtained in Denizli province Pamukkale district Karahayıt neighbourhood and detailed information about their characteristics was collected. As a result, with this study, the LiDAR sensor released to the market by Apple on iPhone 12 and following versions has developed an alternative measurement technique and methodology that can be used in the implementation of small-sized projects on road surfaces. It is clear that the use of mobile phone-based LiDAR sensors in road repair services has significant potential in the near future.

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