A new technique to define the overtake distance using image processing

This research is conducted for the development of overtaking analysis system to gain higher efficiency. This assistance system is developed with the drivers´ safety decision when overtaking on a two-lane highway while driving during night-time.This paper was developed considering the headlight by using the principle of Blob Analysis [1], DOF theory[2], identifies the distance with perspective technique[3]. The outcome from this research exhibits that the overtaking distance must be over 250 meters. That is the fundamental information for driver´s decision. Searching only center position and the distance of the spot light images while the result is the process using only 2 frames, after detection of the headlight. The average of lag time is 0.27 second/frame.