A shape-independent method for pedestrian detection with far-infrared images

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1679-1697

  Fang, Yajun ^a   Yamada, Keiichi ^a,b   Ninomiya, Yoshiki ^b   Horn, Berthold K P ^a   Masaki, Ichiro ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomous driving; Classification; Infrared image processing; Intelligent transportation system (ITS); Intelligent vehicle (IV); Night vision; Pattern recognition; Pedestrian detection; Shape independent

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFRARED IMAGING; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

AUTONOMOUS DRIVING; PEDESTRIAN DETECTION; SHAPE INDEPENDENT;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 10244224011     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2004.834875     Document Type: Article

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