In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane Endpoints

The low-cost global navigation satellite systems combined with an inertial navigation system (GNSS/INS) used most frequently for vehicle localization show errors up to 10 m, approximately, even in open-sky environments such as highways. To reduce this error on highways, this paper proposes a localiz...

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Main Authors: Kyoungtaek Choi, Jae Kyu Suhr, Ho Gi Jung
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8684912
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description The low-cost global navigation satellite systems combined with an inertial navigation system (GNSS/INS) used most frequently for vehicle localization show errors up to 10 m, approximately, even in open-sky environments such as highways. To reduce this error on highways, this paper proposes a localization method based on lane endpoints. Since a lane endpoint frequently appears on a road and can be detected in close proximity even by a low-cost monocular camera, it is a very useful landmark for precise localization. However, the lane width is generally less than 3.5 m, and the localization error from the GNSS is about 10 m. Therefore, if an ego-lane is not identified, the lane endpoints detected in an ego-lane can be falsely corresponded to the lane endpoints in the other lane of a map. This paper proposes an in-lane localization method that uses lane endpoints, the relation between a camera and a road, and the estimated vehicle’s orientation from a map. In addition, this paper proposes an ego-lane identification method that generates a hypothesis about an ego vehicle position per lane by using the proposed in-lane localization method and verifies each hypothesis by the projection of lane endpoints and an additional landmark such as a road sign. The average error of the proposed in-lane localization method is 0.248 m on highways. The success rate of the proposed ego-lane identification method is 99.28% by one trial and reaches 100% by fusing the results.
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spelling doaj-art-d0595ab0e5fa44b98029d604ac57b9792025-02-03T06:43:50ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952020-01-01202010.1155/2020/86849128684912In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane EndpointsKyoungtaek Choi0Jae Kyu Suhr1Ho Gi Jung2School of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Republic of KoreaSchool of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, 50 Daehak-ro, Chungju-si, Chungbuk 27469, Republic of KoreaThe low-cost global navigation satellite systems combined with an inertial navigation system (GNSS/INS) used most frequently for vehicle localization show errors up to 10 m, approximately, even in open-sky environments such as highways. To reduce this error on highways, this paper proposes a localization method based on lane endpoints. Since a lane endpoint frequently appears on a road and can be detected in close proximity even by a low-cost monocular camera, it is a very useful landmark for precise localization. However, the lane width is generally less than 3.5 m, and the localization error from the GNSS is about 10 m. Therefore, if an ego-lane is not identified, the lane endpoints detected in an ego-lane can be falsely corresponded to the lane endpoints in the other lane of a map. This paper proposes an in-lane localization method that uses lane endpoints, the relation between a camera and a road, and the estimated vehicle’s orientation from a map. In addition, this paper proposes an ego-lane identification method that generates a hypothesis about an ego vehicle position per lane by using the proposed in-lane localization method and verifies each hypothesis by the projection of lane endpoints and an additional landmark such as a road sign. The average error of the proposed in-lane localization method is 0.248 m on highways. The success rate of the proposed ego-lane identification method is 99.28% by one trial and reaches 100% by fusing the results.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8684912
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In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane Endpoints
Journal of Advanced Transportation
title In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane Endpoints
title_full In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane Endpoints
title_fullStr In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane Endpoints
title_full_unstemmed In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane Endpoints
title_short In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane Endpoints
title_sort in lane localization and ego lane identification method based on highway lane endpoints
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8684912
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