TY - JOUR
T1 - A practical nighttime vehicle distance alarm system
AU - Lu, Ming Chih
AU - Tsai, C. P.
AU - Wang, Wei Yen
AU - Chen, Ming Chang
AU - Hsu, Chen Chien
AU - Lu, Yin Yu
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper presents a practical nighttime vehicle distance measuring method based on a single CCD image. The method combines an image-based distance measuring system (IBDMS) with a nighttime vehicle distance measuring system. To solve the nighttime feature extraction problem, the proposed method uses two taillights as the feature. Based on the proportionality of similar triangles, distance between a CCD camera and the taillights of the vehicle ahead can be measured. The method focuses on detecting the taillights and differentiating the targeted vehicle from others on the basis of partial image analysis instead of whole image processing. The system is both fast and simple. The accuracy of the proposed method is demonstrated in this paper through experiences
AB - This paper presents a practical nighttime vehicle distance measuring method based on a single CCD image. The method combines an image-based distance measuring system (IBDMS) with a nighttime vehicle distance measuring system. To solve the nighttime feature extraction problem, the proposed method uses two taillights as the feature. Based on the proportionality of similar triangles, distance between a CCD camera and the taillights of the vehicle ahead can be measured. The method focuses on detecting the taillights and differentiating the targeted vehicle from others on the basis of partial image analysis instead of whole image processing. The system is both fast and simple. The accuracy of the proposed method is demonstrated in this paper through experiences
KW - CCD camera
KW - Image-based measuring
KW - Vehicle distance measurement
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811755
DO - 10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811755
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:69949137358
SN - 1062-922X
SP - 3000
EP - 3005
JO - Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
JF - Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
M1 - 4811755
T2 - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2008
Y2 - 12 October 2008 through 15 October 2008
ER -