LASER INTENSITY-BASED OBSTACLE DETECTION

In this paper, the authors present a new method for detecting obstacles in an automated highway system. The authors demonstrate that laser range scanners are effective in detecting obstacles at long ranges in automated highway settings.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1998 Published By: IEEE Service Center, Piscataway NJ
• Corporate Authors:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Robotics Institute, 5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213-3890
• Authors:
  • Hancock, J
  • Hebert, M
  • Thorpe, C
• Conference:
  • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (1998 : Victoria, B.C.). Innovations in theory, practice and applications ... Vol. 3
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1541-1546

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highways; Crash avoidance systems; Lasers; Optical detectors; Rangefinders
• Subject Areas: Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00777591
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM