Computer-supported analysis of crash films

Alexander Gerhard; Harald Renz

doi:10.1117/12.209541

30 May 1995 Computer-supported analysis of crash films

Alexander Gerhard, Harald Renz

Proceedings Volume 2513, 21st International Congress on: High-Speed Photography and Photonics; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209541
Event: High-Speed Photography and Photonics: 21st International Congress, 1994, Taejon, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

Automobile crash tests are filmed in order to demonstrate the resistance of the vehicles and the safety guaranteed to the passengers. The conventional analysis of the high speed films works by manual measurement of specified markers in each frame. In cooperation with the automobile industry the computer system MOTION was designed which automizes all steps necessary for generation of calibrated trajectories. It provides all hardware features for scanning, displaying and storage of image sequences as well as an extensive software package with an user interface adapted to the task. The robustness, accuracy and reproducibility of the evaluated results is achieved by a new developed tracking algorithm based on a special marker type.

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Alexander Gerhard and Harald Renz "Computer-supported analysis of crash films", Proc. SPIE 2513, 21st International Congress on: High-Speed Photography and Photonics, (30 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209541

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