GNSS accuracy improvement using rapid shadow transitions

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1113-1122

  Yozevitch, Roi ^a   Ben Moshe, Boaz ^a   Dvir, Amit ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Department of Computer Science Ariel University ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) accuracy improvement; lane detection; shadow matching

Indexed keywords

NAVIGATION;

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; BASED ON DETECTIONS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; LANE DETECTION; NAVIGATION SATELLITES; SAFETY APPLICATIONS; SHADOW MATCHING; VELOCITY ESTIMATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84902077245     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2013.2294537     Document Type: Article

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