Title :
Vehicle identification technique using active laser radar system
Author :
Yano, Tatsuro ; Tsujimura, Takeshi ; Yoshida, Koichi
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
30 July-1 Aug. 2003
Abstract :
This paper describes a laser radar system equipped with a laser range finder and mounted on pan-tilt equipment. We propose a method for estimating vehicle direction using this system, and report experiments designed to confirm that the direction could be estimated to within four degrees. In addition, we measured vehicle shapes using the estimated results, and distinguished the vehicle model, thus confirming the effectiveness of our laser radar system.
Keywords :
automated highways; automobiles; image recognition; image sensors; laser ranging; optical radar; optical tracking; position measurement; target tracking; Hough transform; active laser radar system; laser range finder; pan-tilt equipment; parking; vehicle direction estimation; vehicle distinction; vehicle identification; vehicle model distinction; vehicle shape measurement; Area measurement; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser radar; Position measurement; Radar equipment; Radar measurements; Shape measurement; Time measurement; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, MFI2003. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7987-X
DOI :
10.1109/MFI-2003.2003.1232670
