Track-to-track fusion with asynchronous sensors using information matrix fusion for surround environment perception

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1717-1726

  Aeberhard, Michael ^a   Schlichtharle, Stefan ^b   Kaempchen, Nico ^a   Bertram, Torsten ^c  

^a BMW GROUP   (Germany)

^b BMW AG   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asynchronous sensors; driver assistance systems; environment perception; information matrix fusion (IMF); multisensor fusion; track to track fusion

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS SENSOR; AUTOMATED DRIVING; DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FUSION ARCHITECTURE; INFORMATION MATRIX FUSION; PROTOTYPE VEHICLES; REAL SENSOR DATA; SENSOR DATA; TRACK-TO-TRACK FUSION; TRACK-TO-TRACK FUSION ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; KALMAN FILTERS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SENSORS; STATE ESTIMATION;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84870574126     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2012.2202229     Document Type: Article

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