Real-time front vehicle detection algorithm for an asynchronous binocular system

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 735-752

  Chiu, Chung Cheng ^a   Chung, Meng Liang ^a   Chen, Wen Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binocular system; Driving safety; Front vehicle detection; Intelligent transportation system; Stereovision

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR SYSTEMS; DRIVING SAFETY; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; VEHICLE DETECTION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; BINOCULARS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; VEHICLES;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953672295     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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