Vision-based research in driver support and traffic monitoring systems aiming for collision avoidance and for free traffic jams has attracted a lot of attention lately. In this paper, we propose a robust new extraction method of wheel region for estimating the vehicle position on a road taking the distortion in a circular fisheye image into consideration. In order to make the process more effec...

Let me begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to the Japanese Association of Mathematical Sciences for inviting me to present this lecture and for giving me the JAMS International Prize for 2003 . I am deeply honored. This lecture is not a survey, but simply a discussion of some topics that I find interesting. For the most recent surveys of this subject area in which I have participated see [...