Road accidents because of fog are relatively rare but their severity is greater and the risk of pile-up is higher. However, processing the images grabbed by cameras embedded in the vehicles can restore some visibility. Tarel et al. (2012) proposed to implement head up displays (HUD) to help drivers anticipate potential collisions by displaying dehazed images of the road scene. In the present study, three experiments have been designed to quantify the expected gain of such a system in terms of the driver's reaction time (RT). The first experiment compares the RT with and without dehazing, giving quantitative evidence that such an advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) may improve road safety. Then, based on a modified Piéron's law, a quantitative model is proposed, linking the RT to the target visibility (Vt), which can be computed from onboard camera images. Two additional experiments have been conducted, giving evidence that the proposed RT model, computed from Vt, is robust with respect to contextual cues, to contrast polarity and to population sample. The authors finally propose to use this predictive model to switch on/off the proposed HUD-based ADAS.
Quantitative model of the driver's reaction time during daytime fog – application to a head up display-based advanced driver assistance system
IET Intelligent Transport Systems ; 9 , 4 ; 375-381
2015-05-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
dehazed image display , contrast polarity , HUD-based ADAS , modified Piéron’s law , road safety improvement , daytime fog , onboard camera images , population image , collision avoidance , contextual cues , quantitative model , driver information systems , road safety , driver reaction time , driver RT , head-up displays , target visibility , cameras , psychology , head up display-based advanced driving assistance system , predictive model , road scene , road accidents , image processing , fog
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