Device for detecting a road traveling lane
First Claim
1. A device for detecting a road traveling lane, from images on a road surface continuously picked up by image pickup means, comprising:
- edge point detection means for detecting a plurality of edge points in a contour on the image;
segment group producing means for providing a line segment for the plurality of edge points detected by said edge point detection means, on the basis of continuity of distance and direction between neighboring edge points, and grouping a plurality of line segments having a predetermined relationship with each other, to produce a segment group;
curve detection means for detecting a curve fitted to the segment group produced by said segment group producing means; and
lane boundary position defining means for comparing a plurality of curves distributed in the vicinity of right and left lane boundaries out of the curves detected by said curve detection means, with the segment groups produced by said segment group producing means, to define an innermost marking line, when a segment group forming a curve closest to the center of said traveling lane has a predetermined length and repeated cycle, and define a position of a neighboring curve outside of said innermost marking line relatively to the center of said traveling lane, as a position of a boundary of said traveling lane.
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Abstract
A device for detecting a road traveling lane, which is capable of stably defining a position of a boundary of a traveling lane. Edge point detection means (ED) detects a plurality of edge points in a contour on an image, and segment group producing means (SD) produces a line segment on the basis of continuity of distance and direction between neighboring edge points, and groups a plurality of line segments having a predetermined relationship with each other, to produce a segment group. Further, curve detection means (CD) detects a curve fitted to the segment group. Then, when a segment group forming a curve closest to the center of the traveling lane has a predetermined length and repeated cycle, lane boundary position defining means (LD) defines the segment group as the innermost marking line, and defines a position of a neighboring curve outside of the innermost marking line as the position of the boundary of the traveling lane.
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11 Claims
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1. A device for detecting a road traveling lane, from images on a road surface continuously picked up by image pickup means, comprising:
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edge point detection means for detecting a plurality of edge points in a contour on the image;
segment group producing means for providing a line segment for the plurality of edge points detected by said edge point detection means, on the basis of continuity of distance and direction between neighboring edge points, and grouping a plurality of line segments having a predetermined relationship with each other, to produce a segment group;
curve detection means for detecting a curve fitted to the segment group produced by said segment group producing means; and
lane boundary position defining means for comparing a plurality of curves distributed in the vicinity of right and left lane boundaries out of the curves detected by said curve detection means, with the segment groups produced by said segment group producing means, to define an innermost marking line, when a segment group forming a curve closest to the center of said traveling lane has a predetermined length and repeated cycle, and define a position of a neighboring curve outside of said innermost marking line relatively to the center of said traveling lane, as a position of a boundary of said traveling lane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A device for detecting a road traveling lane, from images continuously picked up on the road by image pickup means, comprising:
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edge point detection means for detecting a plurality of edge points from a contour on the images;
curve detection means for detecting curves fitted to the plurality of edge points detected by said edge point detection means;
segment group producing means for grouping groups of edge points contributed to the curves detected by said curve detection means, to produce segment groups; and
lane boundary position defining means for comparing a plurality of curves distributed in the vicinity of right and left lane boundaries out of the curves detected by said curve detection means, with the segment groups produced by said segment group producing means, to define an innermost marking line, when a segment group produced for a curve closest to a center of said traveling lane indicates a predetermined length and repeated cycle, and define a position of a neighboring curve outside of said innermost marking line relatively to the center of said traveling lane, as a position of a boundary of said traveling lane. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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