OBJECT DETECTION WITH LASER SCANNERS FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

In this paper, the authors describe how laser scanners can be used in vehicle guidance and collision avoidance applications. They give an overview of the components and describe how the object detection algorithm tracks objects and calculates parameters such as position size, speed and acceleration. The algorithm is configurable for various conditions, including indoor or outdoor tracking with low or high vehicle speeds. The scanners work with an active laser-light source, are able to see through light rain, snow and fog, and have built-in signal processing to free the vehicle guidance system from the time-consuming tasks of obstacle detection and tracking.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2001. Pergamon, Oxford, England
• Corporate Authors:

  Universitat Stuttgart. Institut fur Strassen und Verkehrswesen

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  Volkswagenwerk

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  Technische Universitat Branuschweig

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  Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen

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• Authors:
  • Ewald, Andreas
  • Willhoeft, Volker
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 369-372
• Serial:
  • Control in transportation systems 2000 : a proceedings volume from the 9th IFAC Symposium, Braunschweig, Germany, 13-15 June 2000. Vol. 2
  • Publisher: Universitat Stuttgart. Institut fur Strassen und Verkehrswesen

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: In vehicle sensors; Optical detectors; Scanners

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00933065
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 1 2002 12:00AM