AUTOMATIC HEADLAMP SWITCHING SYSTEM USING ACCELEROMETERS

Kai-Chi Chan, Yiu-Sang Moon

2010

Abstract

This paper presents a two-sensor method to enhance the nighttime driving safety. It consists of two accelerometers and an array of auxiliary swiveling headlamps. An alpha beta filter is proposed to stabilize the readings of the accelerometers. With the kinematics of a turning car, the car’s turning path is predicted based on the steering angle measured by the accelerometers so that the relevant auxiliary swiveling headlamps will be switched on accordingly. In this paper, we will study the performance of the alpha beta filter. Test results demonstrate that our angular measurement method is an efficient way for proper road illumination along curved paths.

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in Harvard Style

Chan K. and Moon Y. (2010). AUTOMATIC HEADLAMP SWITCHING SYSTEM USING ACCELEROMETERS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-028-3, pages 488-491. DOI: 10.5220/0002893704880491


in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp10,
author={Kai-Chi Chan and Yiu-Sang Moon},
title={AUTOMATIC HEADLAMP SWITCHING SYSTEM USING ACCELEROMETERS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={488-491},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002893704880491},
isbn={978-989-674-028-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010)
TI - AUTOMATIC HEADLAMP SWITCHING SYSTEM USING ACCELEROMETERS
SN - 978-989-674-028-3
AU - Chan K.
AU - Moon Y.
PY - 2010
SP - 488
EP - 491
DO - 10.5220/0002893704880491