Lane detection algorithm for an onboard camera

Mario Bellino; Yuri Lopez de Meneses; Peter Ryser; Jacques Jacot

doi:10.1117/12.596866

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16 February 2005 Lane detection algorithm for an onboard camera

Mario Bellino; Yuri Lopez de Meneses; Peter Ryser; Jacques Jacot

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Proceedings Volume 5663, Photonics in the Automobile; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.596866
Event: European Workshop on Photonics in the Automobile, 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

After analysing the major causes of injuries and death on roads, it is understandable that one of the main goals in the automotive industry is to increase vehicle safety. The European project SPARC (Secure Propulsion using Advanced Redundant Control) is developing the next generation of trucks that will fulfil these aims. The main technologies that will be used in the SPARC project to achieve the desiderated level of safety will be presented. In order to avoid accidents in critical situations, it is necessary to have a representation of the environment of the vehicle. Thus, several solutions using different sensors will be described and analysed. Particularly, a division of this project aims to integrate cameras in automotive vehicles to increase security and prevent driver's mistakes. Indeed, with this vision platform it would be possible to extract the position of the lane with respect to the vehicle, and thus, help the driver to follow the optimal trajectory. A definition of lane is proposed, and a lane detection algorithm is presented. In order to improve the detection, several criteria are explained and detailed. Regrettably, such an embedded camera is subject to the vibration of the truck, and the resulting sequence of images is difficult to analyse. Thus, we present different solutions to stabilize the images and particularly a new approach developed by the "Laboratoire de Production Microtechnique". Indeed, it was demonstrated in previous works that the presence of noise can be used, through a phenomenon called Stochastic Resonance. Thus, instead of decreasing the influence of noise in industrial applications, which has non negligible costs, it is perhaps interesting to use this phenomenon to reveal some useful information, such as for example the contour of the objects and lanes.

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Mario Bellino, Yuri Lopez de Meneses, Peter Ryser, and Jacques Jacot "Lane detection algorithm for an onboard camera", Proc. SPIE 5663, Photonics in the Automobile, (16 February 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.596866