Robust real-time traffic light detection and distance estimation using a single camera

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3911-3923

  Diaz Cabrera, Moises ^a   Cerri, Pietro ^b   Medici, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced driver assistance systems; Image recognition; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Traffic light detection

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS; ASPECT RATIO; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COLOR; IMAGE RECOGNITION; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; BAYESIAN FILTERS; COLOR PROPERTIES; DISTANCE ESTIMATION; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME TRAFFICS; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC LIGHT;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84922289516     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2014.12.037     Document Type: Article

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