Real-Time Lane Detection on Suburban Streets Using Visual Cue Integration | Zendy

Shehan Fernando | Zendy; Lanka Udawatta | Zendy; Ben Horan | Zendy; Pubudu N. Pathirana | Zendy

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Real-Time Lane Detection on Suburban Streets Using Visual Cue Integration

Author(s) -

Shehan Fernando,

Lanka Udawatta,

Ben Horan,

Pubudu N. Pathirana

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of advanced robotic systems

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 1729-8814

pISSN - 1729-8806

DOI - 10.5772/58248

Subject(s) - computer science , computer vision , artificial intelligence , robustness (evolution) , outlier , boundary (topology) , pattern recognition (psychology) , mathematics , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

The detection of lane boundaries on suburban streets using images obtained from video constitutes a challenging task. This is mainly due to the difficulties associated with estimating the complex geometric structure of lane boundaries, the quality of lane markings as a result of wear, occlusions by traffic, and shadows caused by road-side trees and structures. Most of the existing techniques for lane boundary detection employ a single visual cue and will only work under certain conditions and where there are clear lane markings. Also, better results are achieved when there are no other onroad objects present. This paper extends our previous work and discusses a novel lane boundary detection algorithm specifically addressing the abovementioned issues through the integration of two visual cues. The first visual cue is based on stripe-like features found on lane lines extracted using a two-dimensional symmetric Gabor filter. The second visual cue is based on a texture characteristic determined using the entropy measure of the predefined neighbourhood around a lane boundary line. The visual cues are then integrated using a rulebased classifier which incorporates a modified sequential covering algorithm to improve robustness. To separate lane boundary lines from other similar features, a road mask is generated using road chromaticity values estimated from CIE L*a*b* colour transformation. Extraneous points around lane boundary lines are then removed by an outlier removal procedure based on studentized residuals. The lane boundary lines are then modelled with Bezier spline curves. To validate the algorithm, extensive experimental evaluation was carried out on suburban streets and the results are presented.

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