Analysis of visibility level in road lighting using image processing techniques

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2779-2785

  Ünc̈, Ismail Serkan ^a   Kayakuş, Mehmet ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Image processing; Luminance; Road lighting; Visibility level

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649428804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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