Intelligent vehicle navigation is moving from rare luxury to ubiquitous accessory. Continuous developments in the world of vision technology [1] bring new possibilities, from adaptive cruise control to unmanned vehicles capable of piloting themselves. Sarnoff uses its vision expertise to advance these developments and create more solutions for increased driver awareness, surveillance on the move, and situational awareness [2].

Sarnoff’s vision technologies utilize a range of sensor capabilities, including stereo/monocular cameras (passive image capture), RADAR, and multi-modal fusion of the two. Our vision technologies offer the ability to recognize and classify obstacles [3], from pedestrians and vehicles to road infrastructures. Once these obstacles are detected, they can be tracked using our surveillance on the move capabilities. With Sarnoff’s vehicle-born technologies, our clients are able to maintain situational awareness, increase driver safety or enable autonomous navigation.

Sarnoff’s automotive vision technologies can be applied to meet many demanding needs. Driver safety applications such as adaptive cruise control, pedestrian warning and lane departure warning utilize our technology to recognize obstacles in a vehicle’s path and alert the driver. In addition to increased driver awareness, this same technology can be applied to autonomous vehicles. Intelligent vision capabilities enable driverless vehicles to safely navigate [4] an area.