INTRODUCTION Intelligent vehicles become to gather more and more interest and are drastically progressing (Bishop, 2005). Until recent days, respective system functions have been developed such as LDW(Lane Departure Warning), ACC(Adaptive Cruise Control), CW/CA(Collision Warning/Collision Avoidance), IPAS(Intelligent Parking Assist) and BSD(Blind Spot Detection). Each system employed their own ...

Rear-end collision warning system has a great role to enhance the driving safety. In this system some measures are used to estimate the dangers and the system warns drivers to be more cautious. The real-time processes should be executed in such system, to remain enough time and distance to avoid collision with the front vehicle. To this end, in this paper a new system is developed by using rand...

This paper describes a real-time vision-based system that detects vehicles approaching from the rear in order to anticipate possible rear-end collisions. A camera mounted on the rear of the vehicle provides images which are analysed by means of computer vision techniques. The detection of candidates is carried out using the top-hat transform in combination with intensity and edge-based symmetri...

Automotive manufacturers are researching forward collision warning systems (FCWS) to reduce the occurrence of rear-end collision accidents between vehicles. Traditionally these systems use forward scanning sensor technology such as RADAR or LIDAR to measure the distance between the equipped vehicle and other vehicles/obstacles ahead. The U.S. Army is using such technology on their ground vehicl...

Presented herein is a novel approach to vehicle positioning using RFID technology (Vehicle Positioning System, or VPS). By installing in the road RFID tags encoded with road name or other designation, the specific lane, the direction of travel, and the longitudinal distance from a known reference, a vehicle outfitted with an RFID tag reader can determine its position each time it passes over an...