Multiple-sensor based approach for road terrain classification

Wang, S

Multiple-sensor based approach for road terrain classification

Wang, S

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Wang, S
dc.date.accessioned	2013-11-21T05:23:51Z
dc.date.available	2013-11-21T05:23:51Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/24109
dc.description	University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Complete perception of the environment around a vehicle plays a crucial role in safe driving. Those include other stationary or dynamic objects, drivable regions, road signs and terrain types. In this thesis, classification of terrain types is investigated. Knowledge of the road terrain is useful to improve passengers’ safety and comfort in road vehicles. It is also useful for bounding safe navigational routes for autonomous vehicles. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to develop a methodology to identify impending road terrain types by using on-board sensors. Two kinds of sensors are used in this research. The first kind of sensors measure parameters of the vehicle in terms of vibration and speed. Therefore, these sensors can only produce measurements while the vehicle is navigating on a particular terrain. The second type of sensors measure properties of the terrain in terms of structure and visual cues, for example cameras and Laser Range Finders (LRFs). These sensors can even produce measurements of impending terrain types. However, all those kinds of sensors have their own advantages and disadvantages. In this thesis, it is proposed to fuse them to improve the terrain type classification results. The sensor fusion is achieved using Markov Random Field (MRF). The MRF model is designed to contain five nodes and five cliques which describe the relationships between the classification results of the accelerometer, camera, and two LRFs. The MRF model’s energy function is appropriately synthesized to improve the classification accuracies of the impending terrains. Experiments carried out on a real vehicle test-bed, CRUISE (CAS Research Ute for Intelligence, Safety and Exploration) on different types of roads with various speeds show that the MRF based fusion algorithm lead to significant improvements (approximate 30%) of the road terrain classification accuracies.	en_US
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/24109/2/02whole.pdf
dc.rights	The author owns the copyright in this thesis including all reproduction and reuse rights for the work. The work may not be altered without the permission of the copyright owner. Attribution is essential when quoting or paraphrasing from this thesis.
dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	Road terrain classification.	en
dc.subject	Markov random field.	en
dc.subject	Laser range finder	en
dc.subject	All terrain vehicles.	en
dc.subject	Remote sensing.	en
dc.subject	Sensor data fusion.	en
dc.title	Multiple-sensor based approach for road terrain classification	en_US
dc.type	Thesis
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

Complete perception of the environment around a vehicle plays a crucial role in safe driving. Those include other stationary or dynamic objects, drivable regions, road signs and terrain types. In this thesis, classification of terrain types is investigated. Knowledge of the road terrain is useful to improve passengers’ safety and comfort in road vehicles. It is also useful for bounding safe navigational routes for autonomous vehicles. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to develop a methodology to identify impending road terrain types by using on-board sensors. Two kinds of sensors are used in this research. The first kind of sensors measure parameters of the vehicle in terms of vibration and speed. Therefore, these sensors can only produce measurements while the vehicle is navigating on a particular terrain. The second type of sensors measure properties of the terrain in terms of structure and visual cues, for example cameras and Laser Range Finders (LRFs). These sensors can even produce measurements of impending terrain types. However, all those kinds of sensors have their own advantages and disadvantages. In this thesis, it is proposed to fuse them to improve the terrain type classification results. The sensor fusion is achieved using Markov Random Field (MRF). The MRF model is designed to contain five nodes and five cliques which describe the relationships between the classification results of the accelerometer, camera, and two LRFs. The MRF model’s energy function is appropriately synthesized to improve the classification accuracies of the impending terrains. Experiments carried out on a real vehicle test-bed, CRUISE (CAS Research Ute for Intelligence, Safety and Exploration) on different types of roads with various speeds show that the MRF based fusion algorithm lead to significant improvements (approximate 30%) of the road terrain classification accuracies.

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