TRAFFIC LIGHTS DETECTION IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS USING COLOR, SYMMETRY AND SPATIOTEMPORAL INFORMATION

George Siogkas, Evangelos Skodras, Evangelos Dermatas

2012

Abstract

This paper proposes the use of a monocular video camera for traffic lights detection, in a variety of conditions, including adverse weather and illumination. The system incorporates a color pre-processing module to enhance the discrimination of red and green regions in the image and handle the “blooming effect” that is often observed in such scenes. The fast radial symmetry transform is utilized for the detection of traffic light candidates and finally false positive results are minimized using spatiotemporal persistency verification. The system is qualitatively assessed in various conditions, including driving in the rain, at night and in city roads with dense traffic, as well as their synergy. It is also quantitatively assessed on a publicly available manually annotated database, scoring high detection rates.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Siogkas G., Skodras E. and Dermatas E. (2012). TRAFFIC LIGHTS DETECTION IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS USING COLOR, SYMMETRY AND SPATIOTEMPORAL INFORMATION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-03-7, pages 620-627. DOI: 10.5220/0003855806200627

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp12,
author={George Siogkas and Evangelos Skodras and Evangelos Dermatas},
title={TRAFFIC LIGHTS DETECTION IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS USING COLOR, SYMMETRY AND SPATIOTEMPORAL INFORMATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={620-627},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003855806200627},
isbn={978-989-8565-03-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)
TI - TRAFFIC LIGHTS DETECTION IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS USING COLOR, SYMMETRY AND SPATIOTEMPORAL INFORMATION
SN - 978-989-8565-03-7
AU - Siogkas G.
AU - Skodras E.
AU - Dermatas E.
PY - 2012
SP - 620
EP - 627
DO - 10.5220/0003855806200627