REMOTE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM BASED ON HIGH ACCURACY OF LOCALIZATION BY INDOOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAP AND SENSOR AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160033963A1
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: NOH, Samyeul
• Application Number:
  US14/814,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20160033963A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0022 characterised by the communication link data switching networks in general H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0276 using signals provided by a source external to the vehicle involving a plurality of vehicles G05D1/0287; automatically controlling vehicle speed responsive to externally generated signals B60K31/0058
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0282 generated in a local control room
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

Provided is a remote autonomous driving system based on position recognition using an indoor infrastructure map and a sensor device and a method thereof. The server device for remote autonomous driving based on position recognition includes a first network interface unit configured to receive sensing information obtained by a movable infrastructure sensor device sensing a remotely controlled vehicle and transmit a control command for the movable infrastructure sensor device to track the remotely controlled vehicle, a remote controller unit configured to generate a driving route of the remotely controlled vehicle and a driving control command corresponding to the driving route using the sensing information, and a second network interface unit configured to transmit the driving control command to the remotely controlled vehicle.

Claims

1. A server device for remote autonomous driving based on position recognition, the server device comprising:

a first network interface unit configured to receive sensing information obtained by a movable infrastructure sensor device sensing a remotely controlled vehicle and transmit a control command for the movable infrastructure sensor device to track the remotely controlled vehicle;

a remote controller unit configured to generate a driving route of the remotely controlled vehicle and a driving control command corresponding to the driving route using the sensing information; and

a second network interface unit configured to transmit the driving control command to the remotely controlled vehicle.

2. The server device of claim 1, wherein the remote controller unit comprises a vehicle pose recognition unit configured to recognize a pose of the remotely controlled vehicle using the sensing information.

3. The server device of claim 2, wherein the vehicle pose recognition unit recognizes the position of the remotely controlled vehicle using a relative position coordinate of the infrastructure sensor device included in the sensing information.

4. The server device of claim 2, wherein the vehicle pose recognition unit recognizes the pose of the remotely controlled vehicle using a rotation angle of the infrastructure sensor with respect to an axis which the infrastructure sensor is fixed to.

5. The server device of claim 2, wherein the remote controller further comprises a map mapping unit configured to map the recognized position and pose of the vehicle on an indoor infrastructure map.

6. The server device of claim 5, wherein the remote controller further comprises a driving route generation unit configured to designate a destination of the remotely controlled vehicle using the indoor infrastructure map, the recognized position and pose information of the vehicle, and information obtained by mapping the recognized position and pose information of the vehicle on the indoor infrastructure map, and generate a driving route from a real-time recognized position of the vehicle to the destination.

7. The server device of claim 1, wherein the driving control command includes additional information including a vehicle speed and a driving lane in an entire route from departure to destination.

8. The server device of claim 1, further comprising a third network interface unit configured to transmit the information obtained by mapping the recognized position and pose information of the vehicle on the indoor infrastructure map to a user terminal and receive an autonomous driving service request from the user terminal.

9. The server device of claim 8, wherein the remote controller searches the remotely controlled vehicle corresponding to the autonomous driving service request from the indoor infrastructure map and transmits a control command for the infrastructure sensor device to track the searched remotely controlled vehicle through the first network interface unit.

10. A remote autonomous driving method that is performed by a server device for remote autonomous driving based on position recognition, the method comprising:

registering a remotely controlled vehicle using sensing information obtained by sensing the remotely controlled vehicle;

generating a control command for a movable infrastructure sensor device to track the remotely controlled vehicle; and

generating a driving route of the remotely controlled vehicle and a driving control command corresponding to the driving route using the sensing information obtained by the infrastructure sensor device tracking and sensing the remotely controlled vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the generating of a driving route of the remotely controlled vehicle and a driving control command corresponding to the driving route comprises:

recognizing the position and pose of the remotely controlled vehicle using the sensing information obtained by the infrastructure sensor device tracking and sensing the remotely controlled vehicle; and

mapping the recognized position and pose of the vehicle on an indoor infrastructure map.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the recognizing of the position and pose of the remotely controlled vehicle comprises:

recognizing the position of the remotely controlled vehicle using a relative position coordinate of the infrastructure sensor device included in the sensing information; and

recognizing the pose of the remotely controlled vehicle using a rotation angle of the infrastructure sensor with respect to an axis which the infrastructure sensor is fixed to.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating of a driving route of the remotely controlled vehicle and a driving control command corresponding to the driving route further comprises:

designating a destination of the remotely controlled vehicle using the indoor infrastructure map, the recognized position and pose information of the vehicle, and information obtained by mapping the recognized position and pose information of the vehicle on the indoor infrastructure map; and

generating a driving route from a real-time recognized position of the vehicle to the destination.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the driving control command includes additional information including a vehicle speed and a driving lane in an entire route from departure to destination.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting the information obtained by mapping the recognized position and pose information of the vehicle on the indoor infrastructure map to a user terminal; and

receiving an autonomous driving service request from the user terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the receiving of an autonomous driving service request comprises:

searching the remotely controlled vehicle corresponding to the autonomous driving service request from the indoor infrastructure map; and

generating a control command for the infrastructure sensor device to track the searched remotely controlled vehicle.