Face detection and head tracking using stereo and thermal infrared cameras for "Smart" airbags: A comparative analysis

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 17-22

  Krotosky, Stephen J ^a   Cheng, Shinko Y ^a   Trivedi, Mohan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS; CAMERAS; DECISION MAKING; FACE RECOGNITION; INFRARED RADIATION;

AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT; DASHBOARDS; HEAD LOCATION; INFRARED CAMERAS;

STEREO VISION;

EID: 13344277228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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