Abstract
A new approach to autonomous land vehicle ALV navigation by the person follow- ing is proposed. This approach is based on sequential pattern recognition and com- puter vision techniques, and maintenance of smoothness for indoor navigation is the main goal. The ALV is guided automatically to follow a person who walks in front of the vehicle. The vehicle can be used as an autonomous handcart, go-cart, buffet car, golf cart, weeder, etc. in various applications. Sequential pattern recognition is used to design a classifier for making decisions about whether the person in front of the vehicle is walking straight or is too right or too left of the vehicle. Multiple images in a sequence are used as input to the system. Computer vision techniques are used to detect and locate the person in front of the vehicle. By sequential pattern recognition, the relation between the location of the person and that of the vehicle is categorized into three classes. Corresponding adjustments of the direction of the vehicle are computed to achieve smooth navigation. The approach is implemented on a real ALV, and successful and smooth navigation sessions confirm the feasibility of the approach.
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