Multisensor data fusion for autonomous vehicle navigation in risky environments

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1165-1185

  Foresti, Gian Luca ^a   Regazzoni, Carlo S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicle driving; Feature extraction; Laser range finder; Multisensor data fusion; Outdoor environments; Ultrasonic sensors

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LAND FILL; NAVIGATION; OPTICAL RADAR; RANGE FINDERS; RELIABILITY; SENSORS; TRUCKS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE CAMERAS; LASER RANGE FINDERS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 0036766639     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2002.800629     Document Type: Article

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