Lane detection for a steering assistance system

Author

Watanabe, Akihiro ; Nishida, MaKoto

Author_Institution

Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., Aichi, Japan

fYear

2005

fDate

6-8 June 2005

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

164

Abstract

In this paper, a lane detection algorithm for a steering assistance system (SAS) is introduced. Our aim is to develop a lane detection sensor that is sufficiently robust to enable it to be applied to the SAS without the need for application specific hardware. For this purpose, we simplify the process that groups detected edge points into lines, using a road surface with low resolution. Additionally, we use a method to select the correct lane boundary lines from multiple candidates using pattern matching for scenes where lane boundaries are complex. Our algorithm has been implemented on simple hardware consisting of a CMOS imager and two microprocessors.

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; computer vision; driver information systems; edge detection; image matching; CMOS imager; edge point detection; image recognition; lane boundary lines; lane detection algorithm; lane detection sensor; machine vision; microprocessors; pattern matching; pattern recognition; steering assistance system; Alarm systems; Automobiles; Image edge detection; Programmable control; Research and development; Road accidents; Road safety; Robustness; Synthetic aperture sonar; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2005. Proceedings. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8961-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVS.2005.1505095

Filename

1505095