Raindrop Detection from In-Vehicle Video Camera Images for Rainfall Judgment

Author

Kurihata, Hiroyuki ; Takahashi, Tomokazu ; Mekada, Yoshito ; Ide, Ichiro ; Murase, Hiroshi ; Tamatsu, Yukimasa ; Miyahara, Takayuki

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Inf. Sci., Nagoya Univ.

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 1 2006

Firstpage

544

Lastpage

547

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method to detect raindrops from in-vehicle camera images and recognize rainfall using time-series information. We aim to improve the accuracy of raindrop detection by averaging the test images and frame-matching the result of raindrop detection in multiple adjoining frames. According to an evaluation experiment, raindrops were detected precisely enough for automatic wiper control by the proposed method

Keywords

automated highways; driver information systems; feature extraction; image matching; rain; road vehicles; time series; video cameras; automatic wiper control; feature extraction; frame matching; in-vehicle video camera image; raindrop detection; rainfall judgment; time-series information; Automatic control; Automotive components; Cameras; Control systems; Image recognition; Information science; Infrared detectors; Infrared sensors; Rain; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 2006. ICICIC '06. First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2616-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICIC.2006.334

Filename

1692045