Many advanced driver assistance systems have entered the market,and automated driving technologies have been developed.Many of them may not work in adverse weather conditions.A forward-looking camera,for example,is th...Many advanced driver assistance systems have entered the market,and automated driving technologies have been developed.Many of them may not work in adverse weather conditions.A forward-looking camera,for example,is the most popular system used for lane detection but does not work for a snow-covered road.The present paper proposes a self-localization system for snowy roads when the roadsides are covered with snow.The system employs a four-layer laser scanner and onboard sensors and uses only pre-existing roadside snow poles provided for drivers in a snowy region without any other road infrastructure.Because the landscape greatly changes in a short time during a snowstorm and snow removal works,it is necessary to restrict the landmarks used for self-localization to tall objects,like snow poles.A system incorporating this technology will support a driver’s efforts to keep to a lane even in a heavy snowstorm.展开更多
基金This work was supported by Japan Institute of Country-ology and Engineering(JICE 2017 and 2018).
文摘Many advanced driver assistance systems have entered the market,and automated driving technologies have been developed.Many of them may not work in adverse weather conditions.A forward-looking camera,for example,is the most popular system used for lane detection but does not work for a snow-covered road.The present paper proposes a self-localization system for snowy roads when the roadsides are covered with snow.The system employs a four-layer laser scanner and onboard sensors and uses only pre-existing roadside snow poles provided for drivers in a snowy region without any other road infrastructure.Because the landscape greatly changes in a short time during a snowstorm and snow removal works,it is necessary to restrict the landmarks used for self-localization to tall objects,like snow poles.A system incorporating this technology will support a driver’s efforts to keep to a lane even in a heavy snowstorm.