Real-time monocular image-based path detection

Autor: Tomas Krajnik, Marta Mejail, Pablo De Cristóforis, Matias Nitsche
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Real-Time Image Processing. 11:335-348
ISSN: 1861-8219
1861-8200
Popis: In this work, we present a new real-time image-based monocular path detection method. It does not require camera calibration and works on semi-structured outdoor paths. The core of the method is based on segmenting images and classifying each super-pixel to infer a contour of navigable space. This method allows a mobile robot equipped with a monocular camera to follow different naturally delimited paths. The contour shape can be used to calculate the forward and steering speed of the robot. To achieve real-time computation necessary for on-board execution in mobile robots, the image segmentation is implemented on a low-power embedded GPU. The validity of our approach has been verified with an image dataset of various outdoor paths as well as with a real mobile robot.
Databáze: OpenAIRE