Real-time road detection in infrared imagery

Haritini E. Andre; Keith McCoy

doi:10.1117/12.21237

1 September 1990 Real-time road detection in infrared imagery

Haritini E. Andre, Keith McCoy

Proceedings Volume 1295, Real-Time Image Processing II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21237
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Automatic road detection is an important part in many scene recognition applications. The extraction of roads provides a means of navigation and position update for remotely piloted vehicles or autonomous vehicles. Roads supply strong contextual information which can be used to improve the performance of automatic target recognition (ATh) systems by directing the search for targets and adjusting target classification confidences. This paper will describe algorithmic techniques for labeling roads in high-resolution infrared imagery. In addition, realtime implementation of this structural approach using a processor array based on the Martin Marietta Geometric Arithmetic Parallel Processor (GAPPTh) chip will be addressed. The algorithm described is based on the hypothesis that a road consists of pairs of line segments separated by a distance "d" with opposite gradient directions (antiparallel). The general nature of the algorithm, in addition to its parallel implementation in a single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) machine, are improvements to existing work. The algorithm seeks to identify line segments meeting the road hypothesis in a manner that performs well, even when the side of the road is fragmented due to occlusion or intersections. The use of geometrical relationships between line segments is a powerful yet flexible method of road classification which is independent of orientation. In addition, this approach can be used to nominate other types of objects with minor parametric changes.

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Haritini E. Andre and Keith McCoy "Real-time road detection in infrared imagery", Proc. SPIE 1295, Real-Time Image Processing II, (1 September 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21237

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