Image Processing Based Method for Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation

A lot of scientific investigations have been carried out in the field of computer vision in the present time. Scientific investigations being carried out in the field includes the study of developing an effective vehicle detection algorithm as well. The vehicle detection algorithm developed in this...

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Main Author: Chee, Yew Tung
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spelling my-mmu-ep.68962017-09-07T10:51:43Z Image Processing Based Method for Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation 2016-03 Chee, Yew Tung TA165 Engineering instruments, meters, etc. Industrial instrumentation A lot of scientific investigations have been carried out in the field of computer vision in the present time. Scientific investigations being carried out in the field includes the study of developing an effective vehicle detection algorithm as well. The vehicle detection algorithm developed in this research is able to detect the target vehicle on the road or the highway accurately. The proposed method to develop the vehicle detection algorithm is through the use of a cascade vehicle detector. The cascade vehicle detector is trained to detect the object of interest. The training process involves the use of a large number of positive and negative sample images. Positive sample images contain the object of interest, while negative ones contain none of the object of interest. The object of interest in the research is the rear view of the target vehicle. The rate of detection of the vehicle detection algorithm being developed in this research also yields a very high accuracy of 93.52%. 2016-03 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/6896/ http://library.mmu.edu.my/diglib/onlinedb/dig_lib.php masters Multimedia University Faculty of Engineering and Technology
institution Multimedia University
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topic TA165 Engineering instruments, meters, etc
Industrial instrumentation
spellingShingle TA165 Engineering instruments, meters, etc
Industrial instrumentation
Chee, Yew Tung
Image Processing Based Method for Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation
description A lot of scientific investigations have been carried out in the field of computer vision in the present time. Scientific investigations being carried out in the field includes the study of developing an effective vehicle detection algorithm as well. The vehicle detection algorithm developed in this research is able to detect the target vehicle on the road or the highway accurately. The proposed method to develop the vehicle detection algorithm is through the use of a cascade vehicle detector. The cascade vehicle detector is trained to detect the object of interest. The training process involves the use of a large number of positive and negative sample images. Positive sample images contain the object of interest, while negative ones contain none of the object of interest. The object of interest in the research is the rear view of the target vehicle. The rate of detection of the vehicle detection algorithm being developed in this research also yields a very high accuracy of 93.52%.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Chee, Yew Tung
author_facet Chee, Yew Tung
author_sort Chee, Yew Tung
title Image Processing Based Method for Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation
title_short Image Processing Based Method for Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation
title_full Image Processing Based Method for Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation
title_fullStr Image Processing Based Method for Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation
title_full_unstemmed Image Processing Based Method for Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation
title_sort image processing based method for vehicle detection and distance estimation
granting_institution Multimedia University
granting_department Faculty of Engineering and Technology
publishDate 2016
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