Effects of Pavement Marking Characteristics on Machine Vision Technology
Machine vision systems are becoming more common with new vehicles. This technology can detect pavement markings to provide the driver various benefits such as lane departure warning and lane keeping assistance. In order to better understand the effects of pavement marking characteristics on the performance of machine vision systems, Potters Industries sponsored research to determine effects of pavement marking width, pavement marking color, and pavement marking retroreflectivity (dry and wet). The test equipment, protocol, and results are described below. This research offers the first-of-its-kind glimpse into the relationship between pavement markings characteristics and machine vision detection. While more work is clearly needed, this work should provide researchers, highway agencies, and vehicle manufacturers some general understanding that can lead to safer highways and more cost-effective pavement marking management practices.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHD55 Standing Committee on Signing and Marking Materials.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Davies, Chris
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
- Date: 2017
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 7p
- Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Autonomous land vehicles; Lane changing; Lane occupancy; Machine vision; Reflectorized road markings; Retroreflectivity; Road markings
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01625598
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 17-03724
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 8 2017 9:23AM