RONELDv2: A faster, improved lane tracking method

Lane detection is an integral part of control systems in autonomous vehicles and lane departure warning systems as lanes are a key component of the operating environment for road vehicles. In a previous paper, a robust neural network output enhancement for active lane detection (RONELD) method augme...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Chng, Zhe Ming, Joseph Mun Hung Lew, Jimmy Addison Lee
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 26.02.2022
Subjects
Accuracy
Autonomous vehicles
Deep learning
Lane keeping
Merging zones
Neural networks
Robustness
Tracking
Vehicles
Warning systems
Weight reduction
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Summary:Lane detection is an integral part of control systems in autonomous vehicles and lane departure warning systems as lanes are a key component of the operating environment for road vehicles. In a previous paper, a robust neural network output enhancement for active lane detection (RONELD) method augmenting deep learning lane detection models to improve active, or ego, lane accuracy performance was presented. This paper extends the work by further investigating the lane tracking methods used to increase robustness of the method to lane changes and different lane dimensions (e.g. lane marking thickness) and proposes an improved, lighter weight lane detection method, RONELDv2. It improves on the previous RONELD method by detecting the lane point variance, merging lanes to find a more accurate set of lane parameters, and using an exponential moving average method to calculate more robust lane weights. Experiments using the proposed improvements show a consistent increase in lane detection accuracy results across different datasets and deep learning models, as well as a decrease in computational complexity observed via an up to two-fold decrease in runtime, which enhances its suitability for real-time use on autonomous vehicles and lane departure warning systems.
ISSN:2331-8422