Effect of Different Types of Infrared Images Used in Night Vision Enhancement Systems on Driver's Avoidance Actions to Moving Pedestrians

Abstract

There are two kinds of infrared images of a night driving assistance system, which are provided to drivers in order to inform the less-visible pedestrian; a NIR (Near Infrared) image and a FIR (Far Infrared) image. In the present paper, drivinig simulator experiments with a pseudo infrared image are performed under the various external temperature and brightness conditions to verify the influence of the difference of the infrared image on avoidance actions to moving pedestrians.