Real-time traffic cone detection for autonomous vehicle

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Abstract

Traffic signs recognition is a basic task for autonomous vehicle. Among the numerous traffic signs, traffic cone is a very important mark used to guide cars where to go. A method based on vision and radar sensors information fusion is proposed to detect traffic cone in this paper. The algorithm mainly includes two parts: finding where the obstacle is in the image and recognizing whether it is a cone. We use homography to calibrate camera and radar, from which the radar data can be mapped on the image and a small corresponding image patch can be easily cutout. Then, a method based on contour feature called chamfer matching is used to determine whether the obstacle in the image patch is a cone. The approach has been tested on our autonomous vehicle, which shows it can guarantee both effectiveness and instantaneity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 34th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2015
EditorsQianchuan Zhao, Shirong Liu
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3718-3722
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789881563897
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Sep 2015
Event34th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2015 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 28 Jul 201530 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameChinese Control Conference, CCC
Volume2015-September
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

Conference34th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period28/07/1530/07/15

Keywords

  • autonomous vehicle
  • calibration
  • chamfer matching
  • real time
  • traffic cone

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