Investigation into shadow removal from traffic images

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2000, 2007, Pages 70-77

  Avery, Ryan P ^a   Zhang, Guohui ^a   Wang, Yinhai ^a   Nihan, Nancy L ^b  

^a Box 352700

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; LIGHTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

INDUCTIVE LOOP DETECTORS; TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE; VEHICLE OCCLUSION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349181444     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2000-09     Document Type: Article

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