High dynamic range vision sensor for automotive applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5663, Issue , 2005, Pages 246-253

  Grenet, Eric ^a   Gyger, Stève ^a   Heim, Pascal ^a   Heitger, Friedrich ^b   Kaess, François ^a   Nussbaum, Pascal ^a   Rüedi, Pierre François ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b Arrayon SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast computation; Lane tracking; Spatial filter; Vision sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COSTS; LIGHTING; MICROLENSES; OPTICAL FILTERS;

CONTRAST COMPUTATION; LANE TRACKING; SPATIAL FILTERS; VISION SENSORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 20344388807     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.610256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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