Driving after dark can be hazardous. Raytheon and General Motors hope to make it less so with Night Vision, a thermal imaging system that gives drivers a better view of the road beyond their headlights. The paper discusses the Night Vision system which uses a grill-mounted infrared camera and a head-up display unit that projects a virtual image through the windshield. The system gives drivers three-to-five times the visual range of typical low-beam headlights.
Night Vision: infrared takes to the road
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ; 19 , 5 ; 6-10
1999
5 Seiten
Article (Journal)
English