Threshold Visibility Levels Required for Nighttime Pedestrian Detection in a Modified Adrian/CIE Visibility Model

LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-75

  Ising, Kurt W ^a  

^a MEA Forensic Engineers Scientists ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Nighttime detection; Visibility level; Visibility model

Indexed keywords

GLARE;

DISABILITY GLARE; DRIVING CONDITIONS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; NIGHT TIME DRIVING; NIGHTTIME DETECTION; PEDESTRIAN DETECTION; TARGETS DETECTION; TEST DATA; VISIBILITY LEVEL; VISIBILITY MODEL;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 85012519016     PISSN: 15502724     EISSN: 15502716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15502724.2008.10747629     Document Type: Article

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