WO1999030183A1 - Method for predicting the existence of a curve in a road portion - Google Patents
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S13/02—Systems using reflection of radio waves, e.g. primary radar systems; Analogous systems
- G01S13/06—Systems determining position data of a target
- G01S13/42—Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
- G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
- G01S13/93—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
- G01S13/931—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S7/2955—Means for determining the position of the radar coordinate system for evaluating the position data of the target in another coordinate system
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
- G01S13/93—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
- G01S13/931—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
- G01S2013/9327—Sensor installation details
- G01S2013/93271—Sensor installation details in the front of the vehicles
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
- G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
- G01S13/93—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
- G01S13/931—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
- G01S2013/9329—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles cooperating with reflectors or transponders
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- the present invention relates to a method for predicting the existence of a curve in a road portion in front of a vehicle in connection with the utilisation of a radar arranged on the vehicle which, by transmitting a radar signal and recording received reflections thereof, provides information indicating the position of objects located in an area in front of the vehicle.
- the invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
- Vehicle-mounted radar systems of the type described above, for example for cars, buses, lorries and the like, are currently being developed.
- the purpose of such sys- terns is to assist the driver of the vehicle by providing functions such as primarily cruise control and collision warning, but in future also automatic breaking or other types of avoidance manoeuvring in the case of an imminent collision hazard, based on the detection of vehicles, stationary obstacles, and similar objects in front of the vehicle .
- Such radar systems it is often desirable, on the basis of the detected objects located in an area in front of the vehicle, to provide a prediction of the direction of the path in front of the vehicle, i.e. to determine whether the road is most likely to be straight or curved, and in the latter case the magnitude of an existing curve.
- objects may include road signs, guard rails and the like which in this connection are used to predict the direction of the path.
- a problem associated with, for example, the above- mentioned prior art type of approximation is that reflections originating from objects which do not define the direction of the path will influence the approximation of the functional relationship, i.e. every object which does not delimit or define the path contributes to disturbing the appearance of the function and thus causes a false prediction of the direction of the path.
- the objects originate from several lines or curves, approximation of several functions is required.
- the processor capacity required in the system increases with the number of lines that it must be capable of determining.
- one object of the invention is to reduce or obviate the problems associated with the influence of irrelevant objects when predicting the direction of the path in front of the vehicle.
- a further object of the invention is to simplify processing when several lines or curves can be expected to be found when predicting the direction of the path in front of the vehicle.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a solution which reduces the calculation capacity required in a radar system of the kind mentioned above.
- a method of the kind mentioned by way of introduction characterised by the steps of: deriving values representing directions of hypothetical lines between said objects and to said directions associating derived corresponding values each of which defines the position of a respective one of said lines between said objects; and determining whether at least a subset of said values of directions and corresponding positions fulfils a functional relationship between direction and position and predicting the existence of said curvature on the basis thereof.
- the invention is based on the idea of starting from directions indicated by the objects, more specifically directions of hypothetical lines between the objects, and of basing the prediction of the direction of the path upon these directions. Since the directions relate to hypothetical lines between hypothetical objects, no prior analysis is required in order to determine these directions. Rather, the directions may be derived directly from the information regarding the positions of each combination of two objects, which saves processor capacity.
- the Hough transform is utilised for determining, on the basis of the number pairs obtained from said values of directions and the corresponding positions, whether a functional relationship between direction and position is fulfilled by at least a subset of said number pairs, and, if so, for determining the parameters of the probable appearance of this functional relationship.
- the Hough transform per se in connection with image analysis for detecting lines therein is well known to the person skilled in image processing. It should be noted that the Hough transformation according to the invention is carried out on the basis of a direction/position space and not on the basis of the original spatial space.
- the relationship between direction and distance will be essentially linear.
- the Hough transform is used for finding such a linear relationship between direction and distance for at least a subset of the number pairs obtained from the above-mentioned values of directions and corresponding positions .
- said Hough transform preferably comprises the steps of transforming number pairs, obtained from said values of directions and corresponding posi- tions, into respective curves in a parameter space, whose dimensions correspond to the parameters included in said functional relationship of direction as a function of position for a hypothetical range, the parameter combinations obtained from said curves indicating possible appearances of said functional relationship; and determining one or more intersecting points between the curves in said parameter space and, on the basis of these, work- ing out parameter combinations indicating the specific appearances of said functional relationship, corresponding to specific appearances of curvatures present in the road portion.
- an intersecting point in the parameter space defines the parameters of the functional relationship between direction and position, and that, in turn, the relationship between direction and position defines a curvature of the road. Since each number pair gives rise to a separate curve in the parameter space, it will be appreciated that a set of number pairs will give rise to a set of curves in the parameter space, and consequently a plurality of intersecting points will exist between these curves. How- ever, this does not mean that all intersecting points correspond to relevant functional relationships. Only in cases where a plurality of intersecting points are concentrated in a small area in the parameter space does this lead to the conclusion that there exists a func- tional relationship common to a plurality of the number pairs, and only then is a path prediction deemed to exist.
- the Hough transformation be based on rectilinear relationships expressed as first degree polynomials and that, consequently, said parameter space be two-dimensional.
- the transform can also be used with respect to multidimensional or non-linear relationships.
- the above-mentioned curves in the parameter space may be straight lines as well as sinusoidal relationships or higher order polynomials.
- the analysis of the curves in said parameter space produced by means of the Hough transform is advantageous- ly carried out by incrementing or otherwise changing the element values in a matrix having the same dimensions as the parameter space.
- an initial mean value formation is advantageously employed, followed by a determination of local maxima of the matrix.
- each number pair provides an incrementation of all elements on a surface of a dimension lower than the dimension of the matrix, i.e. a curve in the case of a two-dimensional matrix.
- a major advantage of utilising the Hough transform compared to, for example, least squares approximation is that number pairs which do not represent a curvature of the road do not influence the prediction of the direction of the path and it is not necessary to determine how many curves one is looking for until after the actual transformation to the parameter space has been achieved, or to determine which number pairs belong to which curve.
- direc- tions of moving objects are also derived by deriving, with respect to an object which on the basis of radar information gathered on two separate occasions is determined to be a moving object, a value of a direction of the object in the form of the direction of motion of the object, and a corresponding value representing the position of the moving object.
- the number pairs used in the subsequent analysis preferably carried out using the Hough transform, can thus relate to lines between objects in the image as well as directions of motion of moving objects. It will be appreciated that the direction of motion of the vehicle in question can also be used as a basis for a number pair corresponding thereto.
- the derivation of direc- tions of lines between different objects is preferably limited to lines between static objects, since it is unlikely that a line between a static object and a moving object represents the direction of the path.
- the analysis according to the invention is preferably limited to include only those derived directional values which deviate less than a predetermined limit value from the direction of travel of the vehicle. This is based on the assumption that directions extending more or less transversely of the direction of travel of the vehicle are unlikely to represent the road upon which the vehicle is travelling. Consequently, the analysis will be both quicker and simpler if such obviously false directional values are simply ignored.
- the analysis according to the invention is preferably limited to include only those directional values which deviate less than a predetermined limit value from a previously predicted direction of the path in the corresponding position. This is based on the insight that the direction of the road in a portion far away from the vehicle in question can be significantly different from the direction of travel of the vehicle, and that a classification of the relevance of an obtained directional value should preferably be related to a predicted direction of the path in the position in question, to the extent that such a prediction has been achieved in a previous phase.
- a number pair corresponding to the position and direction of motion of a moving object is preferably more heavily weighted than a number pair corresponding to the direction and the position of an individual line between two objects.
- Yet another alter- native is to weight number pairs of moving objects differently depending on the speed of the objects.
- Each direction obtained, represented by the respec- tive line or direction of motion, shall be taken into consideration with respect to the position for which the direction can be considered to be relevant. Consequently, according to the invention, a corresponding positional value is derived for each directional value obtained.
- These positions may be expressed in several different ways. The preferred alternative is for said positions to be expressed as the distance thereto from the vehicle in question. According to another alternative, said positions are expressed as distances thereto from a chosen reference point, which may be defined either in relation to the vehicle or in relation to the environment. For example, one of the objects may be chosen as a reference point .
- Said positional values may, for example, be expressed as the straight distance between the vehicle and the line/object, as the distance between the vehicle and the line/object projected onto an axis extending along the direction of travel of the vehicle in question, or as the arc distance to the line/object taking into account the angle thereto, seen from the vehicle in question.
- positional information may also be obtained from the knowledge of which subarea is relevant to a specific line/object.
- directions are preferably indicated as spatial directions or angles in a system of coordinates which is defined with respect to the vehicle, but other ways of defining direction may, of course, also be used, for example in relation to a ground-based system of coordinates.
- all directional values can preferably be related in some way to the direction of travel of the vehicle.
- the distance to a point half-way between two objects from which the line derives is advantageously chosen, since it is likely that the direction of the line best corresponds to the direction of the path at a distance half-way between the objects.
- the invention is, of course, not restricted to this choice and that other bases for determining the distance between the vehicle in question and the line between two objects can be used. For example, the distance from the vehicle to the closer of the two objects can be chosen.
- the initial derivation of number pairs is repeated with respect to the actual number pairs themselves.
- the directional analysis can be carried out yet another time with respect to lines between these points (number pairs) prior to carrying out the actual determination of a functional relationship.
- the result can be likened to a second derivative of the original posi- tional information.
- the invention is advantageously implemented using conventional microprocessor technology and that, according to a second aspect, the invention thus relates to a device, such as a micropro- cessor, for carrying out the steps and measures recited in the appended claims and discussed above.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a representation of the positions of objects in relation to a vehicle
- Fig. 2 schematically shows a geometric division of a road into straight lines and curves of a predefined kind
- Figs 3a and 3b schematically show the first and the second derivative of the direction of the road as a function of the range in Fig. 2;
- Fig. 4 schematically shows choices of lines and distances with respect to the objects in Fig. 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 5 schematically shows a diagram of directions as a function of distance from the radar image in Fig. 4
- Figs 6a and 6b show an example of the utilisation of the Hough transform to detect lines in an x-y plane
- Figs 7a and 8a schematically show examples of the utilisation of the Hough transform to detect lines in the diagram shown in Fig. 5;
- Fig. 8 schematically shows the division of the processing of the objects in Fig. 1 into different areas according to an embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of the positions of objects detected by a vehicle-mounted radar in an area located in front of the vehicle.
- the radar provides successively renewed posi- tional information, e.g. ten times per second, by transmitting a scanning radar signal and recording received reflections thereof from objects located in the area in front of the vehicle.
- posi- tional information e.g. ten times per second
- the radar is mounted on the vehicle in question, which by way of illustration is schematically shown at 20 in the Figure in order to indicate, by way of illustration, the location of the vehicle 20 in relation to the other objects.
- a number of objects 31, 32, 33 are located in front of the vehicle.
- One of the objects is a vehicle 31 travelling in a direction opposite to that of the vehicle in question.
- Another object is a vehicle 32 which is travelling in the same direction as the vehicle in question and which is located in a curve in the road.
- the other objects 33 are static objects in the environment, such as trees, lamp posts, guard rails, road signs, and the like.
- Figs 2, 3, and 3b illustrate a geometric division of a road into straight lines and curves of a predefined kind.
- Most roads particularly those made for speeds over 60 km/h, consist of segments or portions which with a high degree of accuracy, can be approximated by straight lines, circles, and clothoids. (It should be noted that a straight line can actually be viewed as a circle with an infinite radius of curvature.)
- the direction of the line is constant (as in road portions I and V in Fig. 2) .
- the derivative of the direction Dir of the path, with respect to the distance travelled (Range) is zero and the second derivative of the direction of the path, with respect to the distance travelled, is also zero, as shown at I and V in Figs 3a and 3b.
- a clothoid is defined by the fact that the radius of curvature R of the line is proportional (or alternatively inversely proportional) to the arc length. Consequently, the derivative of the direction of the path as a function of the distance travelled is proportional to the distance travelled, and the second derivative of the direction of the path with respect to the distance travelled is constant, as shown at II and IV in Figs 3a and 3b.
- Fig. 4 shows a schematic selection of lines and positions (distances) of the objects in Fig. 1 according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the direction of hypothetical lines between the static objects 33 is calculated.
- processing of lines from all objects to all objects does not take place, rather only lines between each static object and the static objects located within a certain distance therefrom, e.g. 10 metres, are calculated.
- This choice is based on the assumption that it is less likely that lines between objects located far away from each other represent the actual direction of the path. In the basic case, two objects are connected by one line only, i.e. no line is counted twice.
- all derived directions deviating more than a set limit value e.g. 50 degrees, from the direction of travel of the vehicle are quite simply ignored, since it is unlikely that such directions represent the direction of the path in front of the vehicle.
- a limit value for a deviation in relation to a predicted direction of the path, based on a previous prediction carried out with a certain degree of reliability, could also be used.
- Each direction obtained, represented by a respective line or direction of motion, is relevant with respect to its position. Consequently, for each directional value obtained, a corresponding positional value is derived, which is indicated in Fig. 4 with the vehicle as the point of reference.
- This distance value can be expressed in several ways. For example, as the shortest distance between the vehicle 20 and the line/object, as indicated by dashed lines at 50, or as the distance between the vehicle and the line/object projected onto an axis extending along the direction of travel of the vehicle, as indicated by dashed lines at 51, or as the arc distance to the line/object taking into the account the angle thereto, seen from the vehicle, as indicated by dashed lines at 52.
- a point in the middle of the respective line is advantageously chosen when determining the position as described above, since the direction of the respective line most likely best represents the direction of the path at a distance halfway between the objects.
- the directions and distances derived from Fig. 4 as described above are drawn as points in a diagram showing direction as a function of distance, a relationship similar to the one shown in Fig. 5 is obtained. Since this diagram can be said to represent a spatial differentiation of the original positional information, in accordance with the discussion with reference to Figs 2, 3a, and 3b above, the existence of an essentially circular curve in the spatial space will be represented by an essentially linear relationship between the points in the direction/distance diagram, as indicated by a dashed line in Fig. 5. By determining the parameters of this straight line, on the basis of the points obtained, it is easy to calculate the parameters of the corresponding curve in the road.
- the sixth line corresponding to the divergent point in the direction/distance diagram, intersects the other lines in Fig. 7b at points located too far apart from the other intersecting points, subsequent to said mean value formation and calculation of maxima, for it to be assumed to correspond to a prob- able line in the direction/distance plane. Consequently, the divergent point in Fig. 7a will not influence the determination of the values of the parameters of the functional relationship, unlike the case where a line in the direction/distance space is determined by means of, for example, least squares approximation on the basis of all the points.
- Fig. 8 schematically shows the division of an area in front of the vehicle into subareas according to an embodiment of the invention.
- area A relates to a first portion closest to the vehicle and area B relates to an adjacent portion located farther away from the vehicle.
- area B relates to an adjacent portion located farther away from the vehicle.
- there is no substantial line in area A while a curvature will probably be predicted in area B.
- the processing described with reference to the above Figures is advantageously carried out separately for separate areas.
- the Hough transform described above is preferable carried out in separate matrices for the separate areas A and B.
- Areas A and B can be defined either with respect to the vehicle 20 or with respect to the environment. In the latter case, areas A and B will move towards the vehicle as the vehicle moves forward in the environment, and new areas will successively replace areas A and B.
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