Efficient railway tracks detection and turnouts recognition method using HOG features

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Qi, Zhiquan ^a   Tian, Yingjie ^a   Shi, Yong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Histogram of oriented gradients; Railway tracks detection; Turnouts recognition

Indexed keywords

DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; HISTOGRAM OF ORIENTED GRADIENTS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; RAILROAD VEHICLES; RAILWAY TRACK; RECOGNITION METHODS; SPECIALIZED HARDWARE; TURNOUTS RECOGNITION;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 84879839662     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00521-012-0846-0     Document Type: Article

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