1. An object detection and recognition system for a vehicle, comprising: at least one image capture device; a vision controller configured to receive images from the image capture device; an object detector configured to recognize an object of interest within the received images; and a vehicle controller for receiving the object of interest and configured to control a vehicle subsystem in response to recognition of the object of interest, wherein the object detector comprises an object segmenter configured to isolate individual objects within the received images and an object recognizer configured to determine whether the individual objects include the object of interest by curve fitting at least one object of interest template to one of the isolated individual objects.