A lane departure warning system using lateral offset with uncalibrated camera

In this paper, we propose an automatic method for determining the lateral offset of the vehicle with respect to the center of the lane. Initially, a linear-parabolic model is used to detect lane boundaries. The linear part of the model is then used to obtain an estimation of the lateral offset, without the knowledge of any intrinsic or extrinsic camera parameter. Finally, the analysis the offset across time is then used to determine a lane departure measure, allowing lane crossings to be detected in advance.