Driver assistance system and method for object detection and notification

A method for object detection and notification by a driver assistance system of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a module of a vehicle driver assistance unit, image data detected by an image sensor mounted to a vehicle;
• detecting, by the module of the vehicle driver assistance unit, at least one object in the image data, wherein detecting the at least one object includes
• performing a feature extraction operation on the image data detected by the image sensor to identify one or more image areas,
• performing a second extraction operation on the image data detected by the image sensor to identify one or more image areas based on modeled thermal feature training, and
• identifying one or more objects in the image data based on a comparison of one or more image areas of the feature extraction operation and second extraction operation;
• and
• outputting, by the module of the vehicle driver assistance unit, for display the image data detected by the image sensor including one or more graphical elements as a notification for the at least one object.