An intelligent wiper speed adjustment system can be found in most middle and upper class cars. A core piece of this gadget is the rain sensor on the windshield. With the upcoming number of cars being equipped with an in-vehicle camera for vision-based applications the call for integrating all sensors in the area of the rearview mirror into one device rises to reduce the number of parts and variants. In this paper, functionality of standard rain sensors and different vision-based approaches are explained and a novel rain sensing concept based on an automotive in-vehicle camera for Driver Assistance Systems (DAS) is developed to enhance applicability. Hereby, the region at the bottom of the field of view (FOV) of the imager is used to detect raindrops, while the upper part of the image is still usable for other vision-based applications. A simple algorithm is set up to keep the additional processing time low and to quantitatively gather the rain intensity. Mechanisms to avoid false activations of the wipers are introduced. First experimental experiences based on real scenarios show promising results.
Vision-based rain sensing with an in-vehicle camera
2009 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium ; 279-284
2009-06-01
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Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Vision-based Rain Sensing with an In-Vehicle Camera
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