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| Author | Rafael E. Rivadeneira; Angel Sappa; Boris X. Vintimilla; Riad I. Hammoud | ||||
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A Novel Domain Transfer-Based Approach for Unsupervised Thermal Image Super-Resolution | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2022 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 22 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 2254 |
| Keywords | Thermal image super-resolution; unsupervised super-resolution; thermal images; attention module; semiregistered thermal images | ||||
| Abstract | This paper presents a transfer domain strategy to tackle the limitations of low-resolution thermal sensors and generate higher-resolution images of reasonable quality. The proposed technique employs a CycleGAN architecture and uses a ResNet as an encoder in the generator along with an attention module and a novel loss function. The network is trained on a multi-resolution thermal image dataset acquired with three different thermal sensors. Results report better performance benchmarking results on the 2nd CVPR-PBVS-2021 thermal image super-resolution challenge than state-of-the-art methods. The code of this work is available online. | ||||
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| Notes | MSIAU; | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ RSV2022b | Serial | 3688 | ||
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| Author | Xavier Perez Sala; Sergio Escalera; Cecilio Angulo; Jordi Gonzalez | ||||
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A survey on model based approaches for 2D and 3D visual human pose recovery | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2014 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 14 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 4189-4210 |
| Keywords | human pose recovery; human body modelling; behavior analysis; computer vision | ||||
| Abstract | Human Pose Recovery has been studied in the field of Computer Vision for the last 40 years. Several approaches have been reported, and significant improvements have been obtained in both data representation and model design. However, the problem of Human Pose Recovery in uncontrolled environments is far from being solved. In this paper, we define a general taxonomy to group model based approaches for Human Pose Recovery, which is composed of five main modules: appearance, viewpoint, spatial relations, temporal consistence, and behavior. Subsequently, a methodological comparison is performed following the proposed taxonomy, evaluating current SoA approaches in the aforementioned five group categories. As a result of this comparison, we discuss the main advantages and drawbacks of the reviewed literature. | ||||
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| Notes | HuPBA; ISE; 600.046; 600.063; 600.078;MILAB | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ PEA2014 | Serial | 2443 | ||
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| Author | Jose Luis Gomez; Gabriel Villalonga; Antonio Lopez | ||||
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Co-Training for Deep Object Detection: Comparing Single-Modal and Multi-Modal Approaches | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 21 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 3185 |
| Keywords | co-training; multi-modality; vision-based object detection; ADAS; self-driving | ||||
| Abstract | Top-performing computer vision models are powered by convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Training an accurate CNN highly depends on both the raw sensor data and their associated ground truth (GT). Collecting such GT is usually done through human labeling, which is time-consuming and does not scale as we wish. This data-labeling bottleneck may be intensified due to domain shifts among image sensors, which could force per-sensor data labeling. In this paper, we focus on the use of co-training, a semi-supervised learning (SSL) method, for obtaining self-labeled object bounding boxes (BBs), i.e., the GT to train deep object detectors. In particular, we assess the goodness of multi-modal co-training by relying on two different views of an image, namely, appearance (RGB) and estimated depth (D). Moreover, we compare appearance-based single-modal co-training with multi-modal. Our results suggest that in a standard SSL setting (no domain shift, a few human-labeled data) and under virtual-to-real domain shift (many virtual-world labeled data, no human-labeled data) multi-modal co-training outperforms single-modal. In the latter case, by performing GAN-based domain translation both co-training modalities are on par, at least when using an off-the-shelf depth estimation model not specifically trained on the translated images. | ||||
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| Notes | ADAS; 600.118 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ GVL2021 | Serial | 3562 | ||
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| Author | Cristhian A. Aguilera-Carrasco; Angel Sappa; Cristhian Aguilera; Ricardo Toledo | ||||
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Cross-Spectral Local Descriptors via Quadruplet Network | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 17 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 873 |
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| Abstract | This paper presents a novel CNN-based architecture, referred to as Q-Net, to learn local feature descriptors that are useful for matching image patches from two different spectral bands. Given correctly matched and non-matching cross-spectral image pairs, a quadruplet network is trained to map input image patches to a common Euclidean space, regardless of the input spectral band. Our approach is inspired by the recent success of triplet networks in the visible spectrum, but adapted for cross-spectral scenarios, where, for each matching pair, there are always two possible non-matching patches: one for each spectrum. Experimental evaluations on a public cross-spectral VIS-NIR dataset shows that the proposed approach improves the state-of-the-art. Moreover, the proposed technique can also be used in mono-spectral settings, obtaining a similar performance to triplet network descriptors, but requiring less training data. | ||||
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| Notes | ADAS; 600.086; 600.118 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ ASA2017 | Serial | 2914 | ||
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| Author | Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Jose Elias Yauri; Pau Folch; Daniel Alvarez; Debora Gil | ||||
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EEG Dataset Collection for Mental Workload Predictions in Flight-Deck Environment | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2024 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 24 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 1174 |
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| Abstract | High mental workload reduces human performance and the ability to correctly carry out complex tasks. In particular, aircraft pilots enduring high mental workloads are at high risk of failure, even with catastrophic outcomes. Despite progress, there is still a lack of knowledge about the interrelationship between mental workload and brain functionality, and there is still limited data on flight-deck scenarios. Although recent emerging deep-learning (DL) methods using physiological data have presented new ways to find new physiological markers to detect and assess cognitive states, they demand large amounts of properly annotated datasets to achieve good performance. We present a new dataset of electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings specifically collected for the recognition of different levels of mental workload. The data were recorded from three experiments, where participants were induced to different levels of workload through tasks of increasing cognition demand. The first involved playing the N-back test, which combines memory recall with arithmetical skills. The second was playing Heat-the-Chair, a serious game specifically designed to emphasize and monitor subjects under controlled concurrent tasks. The third was flying in an Airbus320 simulator and solving several critical situations. The design of the dataset has been validated on three different levels: (1) correlation of the theoretical difficulty of each scenario to the self-perceived difficulty and performance of subjects; (2) significant difference in EEG temporal patterns across the theoretical difficulties and (3) usefulness for the training and evaluation of AI models. | ||||
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| Notes | IAM | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ HYF2024 | Serial | 4019 | ||
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| Author | Cesar Isaza; Joaquin Salas; Bogdan Raducanu | ||||
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Evaluation of Intrinsic Image Algorithms to Detect the Shadows Cast by Static Objects Outdoors | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2012 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 12 | Issue | 10 | Pages | 13333-13348 |
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| Abstract | In some automatic scene analysis applications, the presence of shadows becomes a nuisance that is necessary to deal with. As a consequence, a preliminary stage in many computer vision algorithms is to attenuate their effect. In this paper, we focus our attention on the detection of shadows cast by static objects outdoors, as the scene is viewed for extended periods of time (days, weeks) from a fixed camera and considering daylight intervals where the main source of light is the sun. In this context, we report two contributions. First, we introduce the use of synthetic images for which ground truth can be generated automatically, avoiding the tedious effort of manual annotation. Secondly, we report a novel application of the intrinsic image concept to the automatic detection of shadows cast by static objects in outdoors. We make both a quantitative and a qualitative evaluation of several algorithms based on this image representation. For the quantitative evaluation, we used the synthetic data set, while for the qualitative evaluation we used both data sets. Our experimental results show that the evaluated methods can partially solve the problem of shadow detection. | ||||
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| Notes | OR;MV | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ ISR2012b | Serial | 2173 | ||
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| Author | Cristhian A. Aguilera-Carrasco; Cristhian Aguilera; Cristobal A. Navarro; Angel Sappa | ||||
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Fast CNN Stereo Depth Estimation through Embedded GPU Devices | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 20 | Issue | 11 | Pages | 3249 |
| Keywords | stereo matching; deep learning; embedded GPU | ||||
| Abstract | Current CNN-based stereo depth estimation models can barely run under real-time constraints on embedded graphic processing unit (GPU) devices. Moreover, state-of-the-art evaluations usually do not consider model optimization techniques, being that it is unknown what is the current potential on embedded GPU devices. In this work, we evaluate two state-of-the-art models on three different embedded GPU devices, with and without optimization methods, presenting performance results that illustrate the actual capabilities of embedded GPU devices for stereo depth estimation. More importantly, based on our evaluation, we propose the use of a U-Net like architecture for postprocessing the cost-volume, instead of a typical sequence of 3D convolutions, drastically augmenting the runtime speed of current models. In our experiments, we achieve real-time inference speed, in the range of 5–32 ms, for 1216 × 368 input stereo images on the Jetson TX2, Jetson Xavier, and Jetson Nano embedded devices. | ||||
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| Notes | MSIAU; 600.122 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ AAN2020 | Serial | 3428 | ||
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| Author | P. Ricaurte ; C. Chilan; Cristhian A. Aguilera-Carrasco; Boris X. Vintimilla; Angel Sappa | ||||
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Feature Point Descriptors: Infrared and Visible Spectra | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2014 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 14 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 3690-3701 |
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| Abstract | This manuscript evaluates the behavior of classical feature point descriptors when they are used in images from long-wave infrared spectral band and compare them with the results obtained in the visible spectrum. Robustness to changes in rotation, scaling, blur, and additive noise are analyzed using a state of the art framework. Experimental results using a cross-spectral outdoor image data set are presented and conclusions from these experiments are given. | ||||
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| Notes | ADAS;600.055; 600.076 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ RCA2014a | Serial | 2474 | ||
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| Author | Antonio Hernandez; Miguel Reyes; Victor Ponce; Sergio Escalera | ||||
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GrabCut-Based Human Segmentation in Video Sequences | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2012 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 12 | Issue | 11 | Pages | 15376-15393 |
| Keywords | segmentation; human pose recovery; GrabCut; GraphCut; Active Appearance Models; Conditional Random Field | ||||
| Abstract | In this paper, we present a fully-automatic Spatio-Temporal GrabCut human segmentation methodology that combines tracking and segmentation. GrabCut initialization is performed by a HOG-based subject detection, face detection, and skin color model. Spatial information is included by Mean Shift clustering whereas temporal coherence is considered by the historical of Gaussian Mixture Models. Moreover, full face and pose recovery is obtained by combining human segmentation with Active Appearance Models and Conditional Random Fields. Results over public datasets and in a new Human Limb dataset show a robust segmentation and recovery of both face and pose using the presented methodology. | ||||
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| Notes | HuPBA;MILAB | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ HRP2012 | Serial | 2147 | ||
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| Author | Idoia Ruiz; Joan Serrat | ||||
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Hierarchical Novelty Detection for Traffic Sign Recognition | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2022 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 22 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 4389 |
| Keywords | Novelty detection; hierarchical classification; deep learning; traffic sign recognition; autonomous driving; computer vision | ||||
| Abstract | Recent works have made significant progress in novelty detection, i.e., the problem of detecting samples of novel classes, never seen during training, while classifying those that belong to known classes. However, the only information this task provides about novel samples is that they are unknown. In this work, we leverage hierarchical taxonomies of classes to provide informative outputs for samples of novel classes. We predict their closest class in the taxonomy, i.e., its parent class. We address this problem, known as hierarchical novelty detection, by proposing a novel loss, namely Hierarchical Cosine Loss that is designed to learn class prototypes along with an embedding of discriminative features consistent with the taxonomy. We apply it to traffic sign recognition, where we predict the parent class semantics for new types of traffic signs. Our model beats state-of-the art approaches on two large scale traffic sign benchmarks, Mapillary Traffic Sign Dataset (MTSD) and Tsinghua-Tencent 100K (TT100K), and performs similarly on natural images benchmarks (AWA2, CUB). For TT100K and MTSD, our approach is able to detect novel samples at the correct nodes of the hierarchy with 81% and 36% of accuracy, respectively, at 80% known class accuracy. | ||||
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| Notes | ADAS; 600.154 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ RuS2022 | Serial | 3684 | ||
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| Author | Wenjuan Gong; Xuena Zhang; Jordi Gonzalez; Andrews Sobral; Thierry Bouwmans; Changhe Tu; El-hadi Zahzah | ||||
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Human Pose Estimation from Monocular Images: A Comprehensive Survey | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 16 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 1966 |
| Keywords | human pose estimation; human bodymodels; generativemethods; discriminativemethods; top-down methods; bottom-up methods | ||||
| Abstract | Human pose estimation refers to the estimation of the location of body parts and how they are connected in an image. Human pose estimation from monocular images has wide applications (e.g., image indexing). Several surveys on human pose estimation can be found in the literature, but they focus on a certain category; for example, model-based approaches or human motion analysis, etc. As far as we know, an overall review of this problem domain has yet to be provided. Furthermore, recent advancements based on deep learning have brought novel algorithms for this problem. In this paper, a comprehensive survey of human pose estimation from monocular images is carried out including milestone works and recent advancements. Based on one standard pipeline for the solution of computer vision problems, this survey splits the problem into several modules: feature extraction and description, human body models, and modeling
methods. Problem modeling methods are approached based on two means of categorization in this survey. One way to categorize includes top-down and bottom-up methods, and another way includes generative and discriminative methods. Considering the fact that one direct application of human pose estimation is to provide initialization for automatic video surveillance, there are additional sections for motion-related methods in all modules: motion features, motion models, and motion-based methods. Finally, the paper also collects 26 publicly available data sets for validation and provides error measurement methods that are frequently used. |
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| Notes | ISE; 600.098; 600.119 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ GZG2016 | Serial | 2933 | ||
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| Author | O. Fors; J. Nuñez; Xavier Otazu; A. Prades; Robert D. Cardinal | ||||
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Improving the Ability of Image Sensors to Detect Faint Stars and Moving Objects Using Image Deconvolution Techniques | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 10 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 1743–1752 |
| Keywords | image processing; image deconvolution; faint stars; space debris; wavelet transform | ||||
| Abstract | Abstract: In this paper we show how the techniques of image deconvolution can increase the ability of image sensors as, for example, CCD imagers, to detect faint stars or faint orbital objects (small satellites and space debris). In the case of faint stars, we show that this benefit is equivalent to double the quantum efficiency of the used image sensor or to increase the effective telescope aperture by more than 30% without decreasing the astrometric precision or introducing artificial bias. In the case of orbital objects, the deconvolution technique can double the signal-to-noise ratio of the image, which helps to discover and control dangerous objects as space debris or lost satellites. The benefits obtained using CCD detectors can be extrapolated to any kind of image sensors. | ||||
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| Call Number | CAT @ cat @ FNO2010 | Serial | 1285 | ||
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| Author | Cristhian A. Aguilera-Carrasco; C. Aguilera; Angel Sappa | ||||
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Melamine Faced Panels Defect Classification beyond the Visible Spectrum | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 18 | Issue | 11 | Pages | 1-10 |
| Keywords | industrial application; infrared; machine learning | ||||
| Abstract | In this work, we explore the use of images from different spectral bands to classify defects in melamine faced panels, which could appear through the production process. Through experimental evaluation, we evaluate the use of images from the visible (VS), near-infrared (NIR), and long wavelength infrared (LWIR), to classify the defects using a feature descriptor learning approach together with a support vector machine classifier. Two descriptors were evaluated, Extended Local Binary Patterns (E-LBP) and SURF using a Bag of Words (BoW) representation. The evaluation was carried on with an image set obtained during this work, which contained five different defect categories that currently occurs in the industry. Results show that using images from beyond the visual spectrum helps to improve classification performance in contrast with a single visible spectrum solution. | ||||
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| Notes | MSIAU; 600.122 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ AAS2018 | Serial | 3191 | ||
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| Author | Cristhian Aguilera; Fernando Barrera; Felipe Lumbreras; Angel Sappa; Ricardo Toledo | ||||
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Multispectral Image Feature Points | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2012 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 12 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 12661-12672 |
| Keywords | multispectral image descriptor; color and infrared images; feature point descriptor | ||||
| Abstract | Far-Infrared and Visible Spectrum images. It allows matching interest points on images of the same scene but acquired in different spectral bands. Initially, points of interest are detected on both images through a SIFT-like based scale space representation. Then, these points are characterized using an Edge Oriented Histogram (EOH) descriptor. Finally, points of interest from multispectral images are matched by finding nearest couples using the information from the descriptor. The provided experimental results and comparisons with similar methods show both the validity of the proposed approach as well as the improvements it offers with respect to the current state-of-the-art. | ||||
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| Call Number | Admin @ si @ ABL2012 | Serial | 2154 | ||
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| Author | Zhijie Fang; David Vazquez; Antonio Lopez | ||||
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On-Board Detection of Pedestrian Intentions | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | Sensors | Abbreviated Journal | SENS |
| Volume | 17 | Issue | 10 | Pages | 2193 |
| Keywords | pedestrian intention; ADAS; self-driving | ||||
| Abstract | Avoiding vehicle-to-pedestrian crashes is a critical requirement for nowadays advanced driver assistant systems (ADAS) and future self-driving vehicles. Accordingly, detecting pedestrians from raw sensor data has a history of more than 15 years of research, with vision playing a central role.
During the last years, deep learning has boosted the accuracy of image-based pedestrian detectors. However, detection is just the first step towards answering the core question, namely is the vehicle going to crash with a pedestrian provided preventive actions are not taken? Therefore, knowing as soon as possible if a detected pedestrian has the intention of crossing the road ahead of the vehicle is essential for performing safe and comfortable maneuvers that prevent a crash. However, compared to pedestrian detection, there is relatively little literature on detecting pedestrian intentions. This paper aims to contribute along this line by presenting a new vision-based approach which analyzes the pose of a pedestrian along several frames to determine if he or she is going to enter the road or not. We present experiments showing 750 ms of anticipation for pedestrians crossing the road, which at a typical urban driving speed of 50 km/h can provide 15 additional meters (compared to a pure pedestrian detector) for vehicle automatic reactions or to warn the driver. Moreover, in contrast with state-of-the-art methods, our approach is monocular, neither requiring stereo nor optical flow information. |
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| Notes | ADAS; 600.085; 600.076; 601.223; 600.116; 600.118 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ FVL2017 | Serial | 2983 | ||
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