Title :
Driver´s Thermal Vision Enhancement using Concentration Region on the Vehicles
Author :
Kim, Ki-Hong ; Lee, Seong-Woo ; Noh, Chang-Gyun ; Kim, Young-Jin ; Lee, Boo-Hwan
Author_Institution :
Agency for Defense Dev., Daejeon
Abstract :
We propose the enhancement algorithm for thermal vision system based upon providing the driver with thermal images of the forward scene under night and adverse day conditions. A thermal vision system has been developed to reduce the vehicle-pedestrian and the hazard accidents. To express thermal images in the condition of road well, we propose the enhancement algorithms using driver visual behavior quantification. The experimental results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithm than conventional contrast enhancement method.
Keywords :
image enhancement; image sensors; infrared detectors; road safety; road vehicles; concentration region; hazard accidents; thermal images; thermal vision enhancement; vehicle-pedestrian accidents; Hazards; Helium; Histograms; Image enhancement; Layout; Machine vision; Night vision; Signal to noise ratio; Thermal sensors; Vehicle driving;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors, 2006. 5th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daegu
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0375-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-0395
DOI :
10.1109/ICSENS.2007.355838