Far infrared pedestrian detection and tracking for night driving

Pedestrian Recognition Suitable for Night Vision Systems

Nowadays, pedestrian recognition in far-infrared images toward realizing a night vision system becomes a hot topic. However, sufficient performance could not be achieved by conventional schemes for pedestrian recognition in farinfrared images. Since the properties of far-infrared images are different from visible images, it is not known what kind of scheme is suitable for pedestrian recognition...

Development of Pedestrian Detection System Using Far-Infrared Ray Camera

Driver assistance systems are being developed by automakers as mean to reduce traffic accidents. For examples, night vision systems that warn drivers of pedestrians during nighttime driving and pre-crash safety systems for collision mitigation have been commercialized in recent years, indicating that pedestrian detection will become an important function for driver assistance systems in the nea...

Pedestrian Detection with near and Far Infrared Night Vision Enhancement

Night Vision: Requirements and possible roadmap for FIR and NIR systems

A Night Vision system must increase visibility in situations where only low beam headlights can be used today. As pedestrians and animals have the highest risk increase in night time traffic due to darkness, the ability of detecting those objects should be the main performance criteria, and the system must remain effective when facing the headlights of oncoming vehicles. Far infrared system has...

Pedestrian Detection at Day/Night Time with Visible and FIR Cameras: A Comparison

Despite all the significant advances in pedestrian detection brought by computer vision for driving assistance, it is still a challenging problem. One reason is the extremely varying lighting conditions under which such a detector should operate, namely day and nighttime. Recent research has shown that the combination of visible and non-visible imaging modalities may increase detection accuracy...