Title :
CAPC: an implementation of a road-departure warning system
Author :
LeBlanc, David J. ; Johnson, Gregory E. ; Venhovens, Paul J Th ; Gerber, Garth ; DeSonia, Robert ; Ervin, Robert D. ; Lin, Chiu-Feng ; Ulsoy, A. Galip ; Pilutti, Thomas E.
Author_Institution :
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The Crewman´s Associate for Path Control (CAPC) is an automatic road-departure warning system for motor vehicle drivers. This paper presents the design of, and preliminary field results from, the CAPC prototype vehicle, a modified 1994 Ford Taurus SHO. The CAPC system is intended for highway drivers who are drifting off the roadway at a shallow angle of departure due to inattention, drowsiness, intoxication, or other causes. A camera senses the roadway ahead, and a suite of transducers provide measurements of vehicle motion and driver steering commands. Warning and intervention functions for CAPC have been developed during ongoing research at the University of Michigan
Keywords :
computer vision; road vehicles; velocity measurement; 1994 Ford Taurus SHO; Crewman´s Associate for Path Control; driver steering commands; drowsiness; inattention; intoxication; road-departure warning system; vehicle motion; Alarm systems; Automated highways; Automatic control; Cameras; Control systems; Motion measurement; Prototypes; Road vehicles; Transducers; Vehicle driving;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dearborn, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2975-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1996.558926
