EYE-SAFE LASER LINE STRIPER FOR OUTSIDE USE

Collision warning or autonomous driving in cluttered environments, such as urban areas, require short range high resolution sensors. Range finders using laser triangulation fulfill these requirements, but they face the additional challenge of operating in bright sunlight while remaining eye-safe. The laser line striper introduced in this paper achieves all these requirements without the need of expensive components. The sensor can be built with a variety of field-of-views.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Transit Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mertz, C
  • Kozar, J
  • Miller, J R
  • Thprpe, C
• Conference:
  • Technical Information on Transit IVI Projects
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Date: 2002-10-28 to 2002-10-29
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicle guidance; Bus transit; Lasers; Rangefinders; Sensors; Transit buses; Urban areas
• Identifier Terms: Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
• Uncontrolled Terms: Collision warning systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00936267
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2003 12:00AM