A vision sensor having an expanded dynamic range for autonomous vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 332-341

  Yamada, Keiichi ^a   Nakano, Tomoaki ^a   Yamamoto, Shin ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic range; Image processing; Machine vision; Robustness; Tv cameras; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001548792     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.661058     Document Type: Article

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