Hybrid Multi-Sensor Integration for Static or Dynamic Obstacle Detection, Tracking and Classification for Autonomous Vehicle

Abstract

Autonomous Vehicles (AV) reduces human intervention by perceiving the vehicle’s location with respect to the environment. In this regard, utilization of multiple sensors corresponding to various features of environment perception yields not only detection but also enables tracking and classification of the object leading to high security and reliability. Therefore, we propose to deploy hybrid multi-sensors such as Radar, LiDAR, and camera sensors. However, the data acquired with these hybrid sensors overlaps with the wide viewing angles of the individual sensors, and hence convolutional neural network and Kalman Filter (KF) based data fusion framework was implemented with a goal to facilitate a robust object detection system to avoid collisions inroads. The complete system tested over 1000 road scenarios for real-time environment perception showed that our hardware and software configurations outperformed numerous other conventional systems. Hence, this system could potentially find its application in object detection, tracking, and classification in a real-time environment.