{"title":"Driver route and destination prediction","authors":"G. Panahandeh","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995829","url":null,"abstract":"A method is proposed for estimating driver's intended route and destination. Probabilistic Bayesian models are employed to analyze the history of driving for individuals, where data attributes are GPS traces captured during trips from fleet of cars. The proposed probabilistic model is built up in the road graph level which is associated with its corresponding destination/origin and additional data describing characteristics of each trip. The proposed prediction model is built upon destination clustering [1]. To avoid overfitting of the predictive model for multiple destinations corresponding to the same physical location, we use a modified DBSCAN method to cluster the destinations. Low computational complexity, flexibility, and simplicity of the proposed algorithms that can be adapted and trained with time series data are the main advantages of our predictive model. Preliminary results evaluated for the destination prediction and short range path prediction indicate the accuracy and reliability of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121422760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naoki Akai, Luis Yoichi Morales Saiki, E. Takeuchi, Yuki Yoshihara, Y. Ninomiya
{"title":"Robust localization using 3D NDT scan matching with experimentally determined uncertainty and road marker matching","authors":"Naoki Akai, Luis Yoichi Morales Saiki, E. Takeuchi, Yuki Yoshihara, Y. Ninomiya","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995900","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a localization approach that is based on a point-cloud matching method (normal distribution transform “NDT”) and road-marker matching based on the light detection and ranging intensity. Point-cloud map-based localization methods enable autonomous vehicles to accurately estimate their own positions. However, accurate localization and “matching error” estimations cannot be performed when the appearance of the environment changes, and this is common in rural environments. To cope with these inaccuracies, in this work, we propose to estimate the error of NDT scan matching beforehand (off-line). Then, as the vehicle navigates in the environment, the appropriate uncertainty is assigned to the scan matching. 3D NDT scan matching utilizes the uncertainty information that is estimated off-line, and is combined with a road-marker matching approach using a particle-filtering algorithm. As a result, accurate localization can be performed in areas in which 3D NDT failed. In addition, the uncertainty of the localization is reduced. Experimental results show the performance of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114346412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A simulated car-park environment for the evaluation of video-based on-site parking guidance systems","authors":"Marc Tschentscher, Ben Prus, Daniela Horn","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995933","url":null,"abstract":"Developing image-processing algorithms based on machine learning is a challenging problem concerning the huge amount of thoroughly annotated data needed. The internet provides many already tagged images for basic classification problems like vegetables or different cars, but not for more narrow problems. In order to extend and evaluate the previously presented parking guidance system from our previous work, in this paper, we propose a simulation system based on Unreal Engine 4. We developed an artificial camera which implements all features of a real camera, e.g., lens distortion, motion blur etc. to export video data from the simulated environment. This data is then compared to real-world video footage by using our classification module that distinguishes occupied and free parking lots. We reached a classification rate between 92.28 % and 99.72 % depending on the parking rows' distance using DoG-features and a support vector machine.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116202736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Neumann, T. Langner, Fritz Ulbrich, Dorothee Spitta, D. Goehring
{"title":"Online vehicle detection using Haar-like, LBP and HOG feature based image classifiers with stereo vision preselection","authors":"Daniel Neumann, T. Langner, Fritz Ulbrich, Dorothee Spitta, D. Goehring","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995810","url":null,"abstract":"Environment sensing is an essential property for autonomous cars. With the help of sensors, nearby objects can be detected and localized. Furthermore, the creation of an accurate model of the surroundings is crucial for high-level planning. In this paper, we focus on vehicle detection based on stereo camera images. While stereoscopic computer vision is applied to localize objects in the environment, the objects are then identified by image classifiers. We implemented and evaluated several algorithms from image based pattern recognition in our autonomous car framework, using HOG-, LBP-, and Haar-like features. We will present experimental results using real traffic data with focus on classification accuracy and execution times.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127694777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intention estimation for ramp merging control in autonomous driving","authors":"Chiyu Dong, J. Dolan, B. Litkouhi","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995935","url":null,"abstract":"Cooperative driving behavior is essential for driving in traffic, especially for ramp merging, lane changing or navigating intersections. Autonomous vehicles should also manage these situations by behaving cooperatively and naturally. In this paper, we present a novel learning-based method to efficiently estimate other vehicles' intentions and interact with them in ramp merging scenarios, without over-the-air communication between vehicles. The intention estimate is generated from a Probabilistic Graphical Model (PGM) which organizes historical data and latent intentions and determines predictions. Real driving trajectories are used to learn transition models in the PGM. Thus, besides the structure of the PGM, our method does not require human-designed reward or cost functions. The PGM-based intention estimation is followed by an off-the-shelf ACC distance keeping model to generate proper acceleration/deceleration commands. The PGM plays a plug-in role in our self-driving framework [1]. We validate the performance of our method both on real merging data and using a designed merging strategy in simulation, and show significant improvements compared with previous methods. Parameter design is also discussed by experiments. The new method is computationally efficient, and does not require acceleration information about other vehicles, which is hard to read directly from sensors mounted on the autonomous vehicle.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125728313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building driver's trust in lane change assistance systems by adapting to driver's uncertainty states","authors":"Fei Yan, M. Eilers, A. Lüdtke, M. Baumann","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995772","url":null,"abstract":"Driver's uncertainty during decision-making in overtaking results in long reaction times and potentially dangerous lane change maneuvers. Current lane change assistance systems focus on safety assessments providing either too conservative or excessive warnings, which influence driver's acceptance and trust in these systems. Inspired by the emancipation theory of trust, we expect systems providing information adapted to driver's uncertainty states to simultaneously help to reduce long reaction times and build the overall trust in automation. In previous work, we presented an adaptive lane change assistance system based on this concept utilizing a probabilistic model of driver's uncertainty. In this paper, we investigate whether the proposed system is able to improve reaction times and build trust in the automation as expected. A simulator study was conducted to compare the proposed system with an unassisted baseline and three reference systems not adaptive to driver's uncertainty. The results show while all systems reduce reaction times compared to the baseline, the proposed adaptive system is the most trusted and accepted.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133092064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real-time variational stereo reconstruction with applications to large-scale dense SLAM","authors":"G. Kuschk, Aljaz Bozic, D. Cremers","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995899","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an algorithm for dense and direct large-scale visual SLAM that runs in real-time on a commodity notebook. A fast variational dense 3D reconstruction algorithm was developed which robustly integrates data terms from multiple images. This mitigates the effect of the aperture problem and is demonstrated on synthetic and real data. An additional property of the variational reconstruction framework is the ability to integrate sparse depth priors (e.g. from RGB-D sensors or LiDAR data) into the early stages of the visual depth reconstruction, leading to an implicit sensor fusion scheme for a variable number of heterogenous depth sensors. Embedded into a keyframe-based SLAM framework, this results in a memory efficient representation of the scene and therefore (in combination with loop-closure detection and pose tracking via direct image alignment) enables us to densely reconstruct large scenes in real-time. Experimental validation on the KITTI dataset shows that our method can recover large-scale and dense reconstructions of entire street scenes in real-time from a driving car.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130754592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Green routing fuel saving opportunity assessment: A case study using large-scale real-world travel data","authors":"Lei Zhu, J. Holden, E. Wood, Jeffrey Gender","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995882","url":null,"abstract":"New technologies such as connected and automated vehicles have attracted more and more research attention for their potential to improve the energy efficiency and environmental impact of current transportation systems. Green routing is one such connected vehicle strategy under which drivers receive information about the most fuel-efficient route before departing for a given destination. This paper introduces an evaluation framework for estimating the benefits of green routing based on large-scale, real-world travel data. The framework has the capability to quantify fuel savings by estimating the fuel consumption on alternate routes that could be taken between two locations and comparing these to the estimated fuel consumption of the actual route taken. A route-based fuel consumption estimation model that considers road traffic conditions, functional class, and grade is proposed and used in the framework. A study using a large-scale, high-resolution data set from the California Household Travel Survey indicates that 31% of actual routes have fuel savings potential, and among these routes the cumulative fuel savings could reach 12%. Alternately calculating the potential fuel savings relative to the full set of actual routes (including those that already follow the greenest route recommendation), the potential savings relative to the overall estimated fuel consumption would be 4.5%. Notably, two thirds of the fuel savings occur on green routes that save both fuel and time relative to the original actual routes. The remaining third would be subject to weighing the potential fuel savings against required increases in travel time for the recommended green route.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130755235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Train cooperative control for headway adjustment in high-speed railways","authors":"J. Xun, Jiateng Yin, Yang Zhou, Fan Liu","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995740","url":null,"abstract":"In high-speed railways equipped with advanced train control systems, the train-to-train or train-to-ground communication technologies enable the trains to follow their former trains with a constant headway. Due to some disturbances (e.g., weather condition, train re-routing), the train following headway may be inconsistent between successive trains, which requires real-time headway adjustment to coordinate train operations by selecting proper speed curves to improve system performances (e.g., line capacity, energy consumption, power demand, etc) with constrains of safety, punctuality and comfort. This paper proposes a multi-train control model based on cooperative control to adjust train following headway. In particular, this train cooperative control model considers several practical constraints, e.g., train controller output constraints, safe train following distance. Then, this control problem is solved through a rolling horizon approach by calculating the Riccati equation with Lagrangian multipliers. Finally, two case studies are given through simulation experiments. The simulation results are analyzed which demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130943346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuel and comfort efficient cooperative control for autonomous vehicles","authors":"F. Mohseni, J. Åslund, E. Frisk, L. Nielsen","doi":"10.1109/IVS.2017.7995943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2017.7995943","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a cooperative fuel and comfort efficient control for autonomous vehicles is presented in order to perform different traffic maneuvers. The problem is formulated as an optimal control problem in which the cost function takes into account the fuel consumption and passengers comfort, subject to safety and speed constraints. The optimal solution takes into account the comfort and fuel consumption, which is obtained by minimizing a jerk, an acceleration, and a fuel criterion. It is shown that the method can be applied to control different groups of vehicles in different traffic scenarios. Simulation results are used to illustrate the generality property and performance of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":143367,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133075503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}