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We propose a robust method for estimating road curb 3D parameters (size, location, orientation) using a calibrated monocular camera equipped with a fisheye lens. Automatic curb detection and localization is particularly important in the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-02 Stanislav Panev , Francisco Vicente , Fernando De la Torre , Véronique Prinet

Autonomous vehicles rely on perception systems to understand their surroundings for further navigation missions. Cameras are essential for perception systems due to the advantages of object detection and recognition provided by modern…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-21 You Li , Julien Moreau , Javier Ibanez-Guzman

Monocular camera systems are prevailing in intelligent transportation systems, but by far they have rarely been used for dimensional purposes such as to accurately estimate the localization information of a vehicle. In this paper, we show…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Shuaijun Li , Yu Meng , Wei Li , Huihuan Qian , Yangsheng Xu

Pose estimation and tracking of objects is a fundamental application in 3D vision. Event cameras possess remarkable attributes such as high dynamic range, low latency, and resilience against motion blur, which enables them to address…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Zibin Liu , Banglei Guan , Yang Shang , Qifeng Yu , Laurent Kneip

Event cameras, inspired by biological vision, are asynchronous sensors that detect changes in brightness, offering notable advantages in environments characterized by high-speed motion, low lighting, or wide dynamic range. These distinctive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Jiaqiang Zhang , Xianjia Yu , Ha Sier , Haizhou Zhang , Tomi Westerlund

Event cameras are bio-inspired sensors that perform well in challenging illumination conditions and have high temporal resolution. However, their concept is fundamentally different from traditional frame-based cameras. The pixels of an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-13 Xin Peng , Ling Gao , Yifu Wang , Laurent Kneip

Object pose tracking is a fundamental and essential task for robotics to perform tasks in the home and industrial settings. The most commonly used sensors to do so are RGB-D cameras, which can hit limitations in highly dynamic environments…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Zhichao Li , Chiara Bartolozzi , Lorenzo Natale , Arren Glover

Event cameras are a new type of brain-inspired visual sensor with advantages such as high dynamic range and high temporal resolution. The geometric calibration of event cameras, which involves determining their intrinsic and extrinsic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Zibin Liu , Shunkun Liang , Banglei Guan , Dongcai Tan , Yang Shang , Qifeng Yu

Calibrating the extrinsic parameters of sensory devices is crucial for fusing multi-modal data. Recently, event cameras have emerged as a promising type of neuromorphic sensors, with many potential applications in fields such as mobile…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Wanli Xing , Shijie Lin , Lei Yang , Jia Pan

Detecting small obstacles on the road is critical for autonomous driving. In this paper, we present a method to reliably detect such obstacles through a multi-modal framework of sparse LiDAR(VLP-16) and Monocular vision. LiDAR is employed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-16 Aasheesh Singh , Aditya Kamireddypalli , Vineet Gandhi , K Madhava Krishna

Forward Vehicle Collision Warning (FCW) is one of the most important functions for autonomous vehicles. In this procedure, vehicle detection and distance measurement are core components, requiring accurate localization and estimation. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Yuwei Lu , Yuan Yuan , Qi Wang

Object pose tracking is one of the pivotal technologies in multimedia, attracting ever-growing attention in recent years. Existing methods employing traditional cameras encounter numerous challenges such as motion blur, sensor noise,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Zibin Liu , Banglei Guan , Yang Shang , Shunkun Liang , Zhenbao Yu , Qifeng Yu

With the development of autonomous driving technology, sensor calibration has become a key technology to achieve accurate perception fusion and localization. Accurate calibration of the sensors ensures that each sensor can function properly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Jixiang Li , Jiahao Pi , Guohang Yan , Yikang Li

Event cameras output asynchronous events to represent intensity changes with a high temporal resolution, even under extreme lighting conditions. Currently, most of the existing works use a single contrast threshold to estimate the intensity…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-18 Ziwei Wang , Yonhon Ng , Pieter van Goor , Robert Mahony

Among prerequisites for a synthetic agent to interact with dynamic scenes, the ability to identify independently moving objects is specifically important. From an application perspective, nevertheless, standard cameras may deteriorate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-08 Xiuyuan Lu , Yi Zhou , Shaojie Shen

Autonomous vehicle navigation is a key challenge in artificial intelligence, requiring robust and accurate decision-making processes. This research introduces a new end-to-end method that exploits multimodal information from a single…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Fouad Makiyeh , Mark Bastourous , Anass Bairouk , Wei Xiao , Mirjana Maras , Tsun-Hsuan Wangb , Marc Blanchon , Ramin Hasani , Patrick Chareyre , Daniela Rus

For an autonomous vehicle, the ability to sense its surroundings and to build an overall representation of the environment by fusing different sensor data streams is fundamental. To this end, the poses of all sensors need to be accurately…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-07 Brahayam Ponton , Magda Ferri , Lars Koenig , Marcus Bartels

Conventional frame camera is the mainstream sensor of the autonomous driving scene perception, while it is limited in adverse conditions, such as low light. Event camera with high dynamic range has been applied in assisting frame camera for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-19 Shihan Peng , Hanyu Zhou , Hao Dong , Zhiwei Shi , Haoyue Liu , Yuxing Duan , Yi Chang , Luxin Yan

Road segmentation is pivotal for autonomous vehicles, yet achieving low latency and low compute solutions using frame based cameras remains a challenge. Event cameras offer a promising alternative. To leverage their low power sensing, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Lakshmi Annamalai , Chetan Singh Thakur

Compact and low-cost devices are needed for autonomous driving to image and measure distances to objects 360-degree around. We have been developing an omnidirectional stereo camera exploiting two hyperbolic mirrors and a single set of a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-19 Ryota Kawamata , Keiichi Betsui , Kazuyoshi Yamazaki , Rei Sakakibara , Takeshi Shimano