Development of visibility assessment methods with digital images under foggy conditions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1862, 2004, Pages 95-108

  Hagiwara, Toru ^a   Kizaka, Kiyoshi ^b   Fujita, Satoshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sekisui Jushi Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CAMERAS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FOG; IMAGE PROCESSING; ROADS AND STREETS;

AVERAGE INTENSITY OF GRAYSCALE (AIG); FOG DENSITY; FOGGY CONDITIONS;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 10044287159     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1862-12     Document Type: Article

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