Autonomous vision-based technology for AVCS

Author

Bishop, J. Richard, Jr. ; Juberts, Jr M. ; Raviv, D.

Author_Institution

US Dept. of Transportation, Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-20 May 1993

Firstpage

360

Lastpage

363

Abstract

A brief description of the advanced vehicle control systems (AVCSs) component of the intelligent vehicle/highway system (IVHS) program is given. The AVCS goals and plans, which, if implemented, could vastly increase highway capacity and safety, are described. A description of the latest work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) on applying vision-based technology to autonomous driving is given. The testbed vehicle performs autonomous road following on a test course at speeds of up to 90 km/hour under various weather and outdoor light conditions. The vision processing and control algorithms used are described, together with the conditions under which the vehicle has been tested. A brief description of the next phase of development, already in progress, is provided

Keywords

automated highways; automatic guided vehicles; computer vision; intelligent control; 0 to 90 km/h; AVCS; advanced vehicle control systems; autonomous driving; autonomous road following; control algorithms; intelligent vehicle/highway system; testbed vehicle; vision processing; vision-based technology; Automatic voltage control; Capacity planning; Control systems; Intelligent vehicles; NIST; Remotely operated vehicles; Road safety; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1993., 43rd IEEE

Conference_Location

Secaucus, NJ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1267-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1993.507486

Filename

507486