This study proposes a vision-based intelligent nighttime driver assistance and surveillance system (VIDASS system) implemented by a set of embedded software components and modules, and integrates these modules to accomplish a component-based system framework on an embedded heterogamous dual-core platform. Therefore, this study develops and implements computer vision and sensing techniques of ni...

Nowadays, driving support systems, such as car navigation systems, are getting common, and they support drivers in several aspects. It is important for driving support systems to detect status of driver's consciousness. Particularly, detecting driver's drowsiness could prevent drivers from collisions caused by drowsy driving. In this paper, we discuss a system and a method for detecting driver'...

In this paper we introduce a new collision warning system which permits to warn the driver with sufficient anticipation about some inter-vehicular distance danger. The warning system is based on the future predictions from a 5-DOF (Degree Of Freedom) vehicle dynamics. The future inter-distance and the future relative velocity are compared with respect to certain safe conditions which are calcul...

This paper describes a newly developed thermoelectric infrared imaging sensor, having a 48 x 32 element thermoelectric focal plane array (FPA), and two experimental vehicle systems. One is a blind spot pedestrian warning system that employs four infrared imaging sensors. This system helps alert the driver to the presence of a pedestrian in a blind spot by detecting the infrared radiation emitte...

Currently almost of the public having an own vehicle, theft is happening on parking and sometimes driving insecurity places. The safe of vehicles is extremely essential for public vehicles. Vehicle security and accident prevention is more challenging. So in order to bring a solution for this problem this system can be implemented. Vehicle security enhancement and accident prevention system can ...

|In this paper we present an algorithm for recognizing walking pedestrians in sequences of grayscale stereo images taken from a moving camera pair. The method has been designed for use in a driver assistance system for the inner city environment warning the car driver of tra c participants that might cause dangerous situations. Our algorithm is divided into two parts: First, a preliminary detec...

Driver warning systems are under development to improve safety in driving; yet the integration of these systems in cars may increase the complexity of driving, especially in high workload situations. Critical human factors issues arise, such as how the interaction between alerting schemes, system reliabilities, and distractions combine to affect human performance and situation awareness. An exp...