Vehicle Tracking for an Evasive Manoeuvres Assistant Using Low-Cost Ultrasonic Sensors

Abstract

Many driver assistance systems require knowledge of the vehicle environment. As these systems are increasing in complexity and performance, this knowledge of the environment needs to be more complete and reliable, so sensor fusion combining long, medium and short range sensors is now being used. This paper analyzes the feasibility of using ultrasonic sensors for low cost vehicle-positioning and tracking in the lane adjacent to the host vehicle in order to identify free areas around the vehicle and provide information to an automatic avoidance collision system that can perform autonomous braking and lane change manoeuvres. A laser scanner is used for the early detection of obstacles in the direction of travel while two ultrasonic sensors monitor the blind spot of the host vehicle. The results of tests on a test track demonstrate the ability of these sensors to accurately determine the kinematic variables of the obstacles encountered, despite a clear limitation in range.

Conflict management based on belief function entropy in sensor fusion

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Implementasi Navigasi Kendaraan Dengan Menggunakan Embedded Pc Dan Deteksi Jalan Berbasis Metode Texture Filter

“…Salah satunya adalah informasi tentang jarak kendaraan terhadap sebuah objek tertentu. Komputer mampu melakukan pengukuran jarak dengan tingkat akurasi yang tinggi dengan instrumen seperti laser [1] dengan metode Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), ultrasonik [2]yang memanfaatkan pemantulan gelombang suara, dan radar [3] yang memanfaatkan pemantulan gelombang radio. Instrumen laser dan radar sulit diaplikasikan pada kendaraan karena dimensi instrumen yang besar, sedangkan ultrasonik memiliki sudut deteksi yang terbatas.…”

An Ultrasonic Sensor System Based on a Two-Dimensional State Method for Highway Vehicle Violation Detection Applications

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“…As there are hundreds of thousands kilometers of highways, it is not easy to monitor all vehicles at any time. Traditional TRV detection methods include: ultrasound based systems [ 3 , 7 , 8 , 9 ], capacitive sensor based systems [ 10 ], infrared sensors [ 11 ], laser and radar sensors [ 12 ], traffic video based systems [ 13 ], computer vision techniques [ 2 , 14 ], RFID technology [ 15 ], etc. The former vehicle detection sensors or monitoring cameras were always installed along the highway in fixed positions [ 16 ], there might be problems associated with this kind of measurement placement such as: (a) in tunnels or on multiple lane sections of the highways, where sensors might detect vehicles erroneously due to the reception of unnecessary reflected signals; (b) although thousands of sensors have been adopted, they still cannot cover all spots of the highways.…”