EyeTruck: Collision Prevention System for Viaducts and Bridges

This article presents EyeTruck, an embedded system designed to prevent truck collisions with viaducts and bridges resulting from excessive height. The objectives of this project are to detect R-15 signs, extract the maximum permitted height, and compare it with the vehicle's registered height to warn the driver. The methodology involves quantitative, documentary research, using secondary data such as news reports and sectoral studies to contextualize the problem, as well as tests in controlled environments with the prototype for functional validation. The issue addressed concerns recurrent height-related accidents that pose risks and costs to infrastructure, as indicated by public and sectoral surveys. The main findings show that, in a controlled environment, the prototype identified the R-15 sign with high confidence, correctly extracted the height value, and issued alerts when the limit was exceeded, indicating technical feasibility. Application in real-world scenarios depends on expanding the image database and conducting field tests.