Computer Vision in Vehicle Technology

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ACC	adaptive cruise control
ADAS	advanced driver assistance system
AUV	autonomous underwater vehicle
BA	bundle adjustment
BCM	brightness constancy model
BoW	bag of words
CAN	controller area network
CLAHE	contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization
COTS	crown of thorns starfish
DCT	discrete cosine transforms
DOF	degree of freedom
DVL	Doppler velocity log
EKF	extended Kalman filter
ESC	electronic stability control
FCA	forward collision avoidance
FEM	finite element method
FFT	fast Fourier transform
FIR	far infrared
FLS	forward-looking sonar
GA	global alignment
GDIM	generalized dynamic image model
GLCM	gray level co-occurrence matrix
GPS	global positioning system
GPU	graphical processing unit
HDR	high dynamic range
HOG	histogram of gradients
HOV	human operated vehicle
HSV	hue saturation value
IR	infrared
KPCA	kernel principal component analysis
LBL	long baseline
LBP	local binary patterns
LCA	lane change assistance
LDA	linear discriminant analysis
LDW	lane departure warning
LHC	local homogeneity coefficient
LKS	lane keeping system
LMedS	least median of squares
MEX	MATLAB executable
MLS	moving least squares
MR	maximum response
MST	minimum spanning tree
NCC	normalized chromaticity coordinates
NDT	normal distribution transform
NIR	near infrared
OVV	online visual vocabularies
PCA	principal component analysis
PDWMD	probability density weighted mean distance
PNN	probabilistic neural network
RANSAC	random ...