An image based overexposed taillight detection method for frontal vehicle detection in night vision

Chun Liang Chien, Hsueh Ming Hang, Din Chang Tseng, Yong Sheng Chen

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Abstract

To achieve the goal of frontal vehicle detection in night-driving condition, we propose an effective method to detect the red taillights of vehicles. The challenge is that the taillight images captured with automatic exposure typically are overexposed, which makes red color segmentation often erroneous. Instead of customizing the camera hardware to tackle this problem, we combine morphological and logical operations to extract the overexposed region in taillights, which leads to a much more reliable taillight detection scheme. Then, we develop a robust pairing process that clusters two taillight candidates into a pair that represents a vehicle. Several criteria are considered in the pairing process, including the similarities of area, shape, and height of a pair of lights. In addition, we include the temporal consistency criterion; that is, a pair of taillights should be continually detected for a certain duration of time. An energy function is used to aggregate these criteria together. Our experiments show that both the missing and false detection rates are lower than 1.5%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9789881476821
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Jan 2017
Event2016 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA 2016 - Jeju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 13 Dec 201616 Dec 2016

Publication series

Name2016 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA 2016

Conference

Conference2016 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA 2016
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju
Period13/12/1616/12/16

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