Real-time 3D reconstruction of road curvature in far look-ahead distance from analysis of image sequences

Reinhold Behringer

doi:10.1117/12.227865

1 December 1995 Real-time 3D reconstruction of road curvature in far look-ahead distance from analysis of image sequences

Reinhold Behringer

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Proceedings Volume 2646, Digital Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing '95; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.227865
Event: Digital Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing '95, 1995, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

A system for visual road recognition in far look-ahead distance, implemented in the autonomous road vehicle VaMP (a passenger car), is described. Visual cues of a road in a video image are the bright lane markings and the edges formed at the road borders. In a distance of more than 100 m, the most relevant road cue is the homogeneous road area, limited by the two border edges. These cues can be detected by the image processing module KRONOS applying edge detection techniques and areal 2D segmentation based on resolution triangles (analogous to a resolution pyramid). An estimation process performs an update of a state vector, which describes spatial road shape and vehicle orientation relative to the road. This state vector is estimated every 40 ms by exploiting knowledge about the vehicle movement (spatio-temporal model of vehicle dynamics) and the road design rules (clothoidal segments). Kalman filter techniques are applied to obtain an optimal estimate of the state vector by evaluating the measurements of the road border positions in the image sequence taken by a set of CCD cameras. The road consists of segments with piecewise constant curvature parameters. The borders between these segments can be detected by applying methods which have been developed for detection of discontinuities during time-discrete measurements. The road recognition system has been tested in autonomous rides with VaMP on public Autobahnen in real traffic at speeds up to 130 km/h.

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Reinhold Behringer "Real-time 3D reconstruction of road curvature in far look-ahead distance from analysis of image sequences", Proc. SPIE 2646, Digital Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing '95, (1 December 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.227865

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Roads

Image segmentation

Filtering (signal processing)

Image processing

Image analysis

3D modeling

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