Title :
Detection of road surface conditions by using an omni-directional camera and polarization properties
Author :
Nakagawa, Kazuya ; Shibata, Keiji ; Horita, Yuukou
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a new method for detecting hazardous road surface conditions by using an omni-directional camera. A special imaging device that combines an omni-directional camera and a new detection method which uses polarization properties has been created for achieving good performance. By using this method, we can significantly reduce the number of traffic cameras for video surveillance used in the present.
Keywords :
cameras; road traffic; traffic engineering computing; video surveillance; hazardous road surface detection; imaging device; omnidirectional camera; polarization properties; traffic cameras; video surveillance; Cameras; Consumer electronics; IP networks; Performance evaluation; Roads; Video surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8711-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2011.5722741
