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Traffic Light Detection and Tracking for Urban Automated Driving

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K12713
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Perceptual information processing
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

Yoneda Keisuke  金沢大学, 新学術創成研究機構, 助教 (80643957)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords自動運転自動車 / 周辺環境認識 / 画像処理 / ITS / 機械学習 / 自動運転 / 高度道路交通システム(ITS)
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Environmental perception using onboard sensor is an important role in urban automated driving. This study develops a traffic light detection system using a camera and a digital map. On urban roads where many traffic lights are placed, it is sometimes difficult to identify the specific traffic light in the image because multiple traffic lights are observed. Therefore, accurate correspondence with the traffic light on the digital map was realized by modeling the existence probability of the traffic light position observed in the image. Furthermore, an object tracking method was implemented for traffic lights in order to achieve stable recognition against changes in lighting conditions. The developed system was installed on the automated vehicle to verify the validity of the recognition ability in urban driving.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

信号機の認識は状態が時間変化する道路特徴であるため,対象物を適切に特定しながらその状態変化を考慮して認識することが重要となる.本研究の取り組みにより,地図上の信号機を画像中に存在する信号機間の対応付けが実現され,自動運転車が次に通過する交差点の信号機など特定の信号機を抽出しやすくなる.現在の交通死亡事故において,交差点周辺の十分な安全確認により防げる事故が多いと報告されている.自動車の交差点走行における状況判断が改善されることで,安全な走行環境の確保に貢献可能である.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2018 2017

All Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Presentation] Digital Map based Signal State Recognition of Far Traffic Lights with Low Brightness2018

    • Author(s)
      Akisue KURAMOTO, Ryo YANASE, Mohammad ALDIBAJA, Tae-hyon KIM, Keisuke YONEDA, Naoki SUGANUMA
    • Organizer
      IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Traffic Light and Arrow Detection using Digital Map and Luminance Enhancing2017

    • Author(s)
      Keisuke YONEDA, Akisue KURAMOTO, Junya KAMEYAMA, Naoki SUGANUMA
    • Organizer
      The 1st International Conference on Digital Practice for Science, Technology, Education, and Management
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 信号機状態認識の精度向上に関する考察2017

    • Author(s)
      倉元昭季, 亀山純哉, 米陀佳祐, 菅沼直樹
    • Organizer
      自動車技術会2017年秋季大会学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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