DocumentCode :
272581
Title :
Quantitative model of the driver´s reaction time during daytime fog – application to a head up display-based advanced driver assistance system
Author :
Halmaoui, Houssam ; Joulan, Karine ; Hautière, Nicolas ; Cord, Aurélien ; Brémond, Roland
Author_Institution :
COSYS Dept., Univ. Paris-Est, Marne-la-Vallée, France
Volume :
9
Issue :
4
fYear :
2015
fDate :
5 2015
Firstpage :
375
Lastpage :
381
Abstract :
Road accidents because of fog are relatively rare but their severity is greater and the risk of pile-up is higher. However, processing the images grabbed by cameras embedded in the vehicles can restore some visibility. Tarel et al. (2012) proposed to implement head up displays (HUD) to help drivers anticipate potential collisions by displaying dehazed images of the road scene. In the present study, three experiments have been designed to quantify the expected gain of such a system in terms of the driver´s reaction time (RT). The first experiment compares the RT with and without dehazing, giving quantitative evidence that such an advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) may improve road safety. Then, based on a modified Piéron´s law, a quantitative model is proposed, linking the RT to the target visibility (Vt), which can be computed from onboard camera images. Two additional experiments have been conducted, giving evidence that the proposed RT model, computed from Vt, is robust with respect to contextual cues, to contrast polarity and to population sample. The authors finally propose to use this predictive model to switch on/off the proposed HUD-based ADAS.
Keywords :
cameras; driver information systems; fog; head-up displays; image processing; psychology; road accidents; road safety; HUD-based ADAS; collision avoidance; contextual cues; contrast polarity; daytime fog; dehazed image display; driver RT; driver reaction time; head up display-based advanced driving assistance system; image processing; modified Piéron´s law; onboard camera images; population image; predictive model; quantitative model; road accidents; road safety improvement; road scene; target visibility;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Transport Systems, IET
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
1751-956X
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/iet-its.2014.0101
Filename :
7108385
Link To Document :
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