Automotive vision for advanced driver assistance systems

This invited paper gives an overview of road safety statistics and a summary of advanced driver assistance systems that have recently been deployed. The science and technology behind popular automotive vision systems, such as traffic sign recognition, is briefly explained and the processing requirements of vision algorithms are presented in the context of automotive environment. There are many opportunities in front of the semiconductors industry to help improve the safety of roads around the world and to contribute to the future in which all cars will be autonomous vehicles.