PEDESTRIANS GLOW IN THE DARK
Japanese car maker Honda is planning to introduce an in-car warning system that alerts drivers on dark roads when there is a person ahead of them. The Intelligent Night Vision System places two far-infrared cameras on a vehicle’s front bumper to detect warm objects such as people and animals up to 80 metres away.
The incoming image data is analysed using software that recognises the characteristic shapes of pedestrians and works out how far away they are. It then projects an infrared image of the roadway ahead onto a mirror on the dashboard, and adds…
