基于预期偏移距离的人机权值分配策略研究

针对智能车辆横向运动控制中驾驶员和辅助系统的控制权限冲突问题,本文中提出一种人机权值分配策略。采用车辆在预瞄点处的预期偏移距离(PDLC)衡量车道偏离危险度,预期偏移距离通过对预瞄偏差修正获取。权值分配函数设计时以PDLC为自变量,以保证驾驶员的权值为优先控制目标,以一定的横向运动控制精度为先决条件。在CarSim/Simulink联合仿真平台和CarSim/Labview RT硬件在环实验台上对提出的控制策略进行了实验验证和数据分析。结果表明,采用权值分配策略协调驾驶员和辅助系统的控制,可在有效跟踪理想道路中心线的前提下保证驾驶员的控制权值,降低其工作负荷以及纠正驾驶员的误操作行为。     

改进的有限时间最优预瞄横向控制器设计

提出了有限时间最优预瞄横向控制算法,根据高速公路车道保持系统实际控制要求,使用了同时考虑车辆当前偏差、预瞄点偏差和控制变量的有限时间二次型性能指标函数。运用最优跟踪算法并进行预瞄距离内曲率恒定的假设,使得控制器参数可以离线求解,保证了车辆控制的实时性。通过仿真及实车试验验证,该控制算法具有较好的跟踪效果。     

基于可拓切换控制方法的智能车辆车道保持系统研究（双语出版）

针对道路曲率变化范围较大时，智能车辆在大曲率道路工况车道保持控制精度低的问题，提出一种基于可拓切换控制理论的智能车辆车道保持控制系统，该车道保持系统由上层可拓控制器和下层控制器两部分组成。在上层可拓控制器中，通过车道线检测得到车辆相对于道路的位置信息和道路曲率信息。根据可拓集合理论，选取预瞄点处横向位置偏差和前方道路曲率值作为可拓集合的特征值并划分可拓集合，求解关联函数，并根据关联函数值将车辆-道路系统状态分为经典域、可拓域和非域。在下层控制器中，在经典域采用基于横向位置偏差和航向偏差的PID反馈控制器，在可拓域中采用基于前方道路曲率的PID前馈-反馈控制器，非域中车辆-道路系统处于完全失控状态，采取紧急制动。2种仿真工况结果表明：相比于单一PID反馈控制，提出的车道保持控制系统，有效抑制了在大曲率道路下的跟踪误差值，提高了智能驾驶汽车在时变曲率的道路工况下车道保持控制精度和工况适应性。     

Vision-based fusion of robust lane tracking and forward vehicle detection in a real driving environment

With the goal of developing an accurate and fast lane tracking system for the purpose of driver assistance, this paper proposes a vision-based fusion technique for lane tracking and forward vehicle detection to handle challenging conditions, i.e., lane occlusion by a forward vehicle, lane change, varying illumination, road traffic signs, and pitch motion, all of which often occur in real driving environments. First, our algorithm uses random sample consensus (RANSAC) and Kalman filtering to calculate the lane equation from the lane candidates found by template matching. Simple template matching and a combination of RANSAC and Kalman filtering makes calculating the lane equation as a hyperbola pair very quick and robust against varying illumination and discontinuities in the lane. Second, our algorithm uses a state transfer technique to maintain lane tracking continuously in spite of the lane changing situation. This reduces the computational time when dealing with the lane change because lane detection, which takes much more time than lane tracking, is not necessary with this algorithm. Third, false lane candidates from occlusions by frontal vehicles are eliminated using accurate regions of the forward vehicles from our improved forward vehicle detector. Fourth, our proposed method achieved robustness against road traffic signs and pitch motion using the adaptive region of interest and a constraint on the position of the vanishing point. Our algorithm was tested with image sequences from a real driving situation and demonstrated its robustness.     

基于最大相关准则图像分割的结构化道路路径识别和跟踪算法

为提高基于视觉导航的智能车辆对结构化道路车道标识线的识别和跟踪精度,同时消除车流、阴影和光照不均匀等不利因素的影响,提出一种基于最大相关准则的图像分割算法及基于感兴趣区域的车道标识线跟踪算法:首先,对图像进行滤波和光线补偿等前期处理,采用最大相关准则的图像分割算法对道路图像进行阈值分割;然后,根据车道的结构特征及先验知识提取车道标识线的特征点,并运用最小二乘法对特征点拟合,得到车道模型的参数;最后,通过建立感兴趣区域(ROI)的方法实现对车道标识线的准确跟踪。试验结果表明,该算法具有很好的准确性、实时性和鲁棒性。     

无人驾驶汽车路径跟踪控制方法拟人程度研究

无人驾驶汽车路径跟踪控制是无人驾驶汽车运动控制的核心所在,目前常用的路径跟踪模型主要以路径跟踪精度为主要控制目标,在很大程度上忽略了无人驾驶汽车的乘坐舒适性和控制的拟人程度。为了研究无人驾驶汽车路径跟踪控制算法的拟人程度并提高乘坐舒适性,基于转向几何学、汽车运动学和汽车动力学理论建立实车中常用的4种路径跟踪模型,提出以路径跟踪过程中的最大横向加速度a_ymax和方向盘转角平方和δ_w²共同表征路径跟踪模型的拟人程度和横向乘坐舒适性。基于驾驶人实车换道试验数据,建立多项式拟人换道参考路径,搭建CarSim/Simulink联合仿真模型,并对其进行不同车速下的车辆换道试验。研究结果表明：路径跟踪模型的横向循迹偏差均会随着车速的提高而增加,但都能较好实现路径跟踪;带预瞄路径跟踪模型和动力学前馈最优LQR路径跟踪模型拟人程度较好;汽车运动学路径跟踪模型的乘坐舒适性最差,方向盘修正激烈;在100 km·h^-1,a_ymax>0.7 m·s^-2,δ_w²>2.7×10³时,拟人程度最差;不带预瞄路径跟踪模型循迹精度最高,且拟人程度最高,乘坐舒适性最好,120 km·h^-1时,a_ymax ≤ 0.5 m·s^-2。     

Investigation of automatic path tracking using an extended Kalman filter

This paper proposes a lane marker recognition method that uses the steering angle in addition to image information. A Kalman filter was reconfigured regarding the yaw motion and lateral motion of lane markers, previously treated as a stochastic process, as the states of a vehicle model driven on the basis of the steering angle. Driving tests conducted with an actual vehicle verified that this method provides good tracking at the time of steering input and avoids misrecognition of lane marker candidate points in inclement weather.     

智能汽车路径跟踪精度及操纵稳定性耦合机理分析

针对现有智能汽车路径跟踪算法研究中存在的智能汽车路径跟踪精度与操纵稳定性相互耦合和相互制约问题,在车辆二自由度模型基础上,设计了基于传统预瞄误差模型的PID控制方法,研究了智能汽车在蛇形道路工况、定曲率变车速工况和定车速变曲率工况下,车速及道路曲率对智能汽车路径跟踪精度和操纵稳定性的影响。仿真结果表明,随着车速和道路曲率的增加,智能汽车路径跟踪精度以及操纵稳定性降低;智能汽车的路径跟踪精度提高,操纵稳定性变差。     

基于扩展卡尔曼滤波的车道融合跟踪

车道检测算法的研究是智能车辆自动导航的首要环节。与目前基于视觉的车道检测与跟踪系统不同,本文提出一种基于扩展卡尔曼滤波的车道融合跟踪方法。该方法利用毫米波雷达探测到前方车辆的距离信息,并采用扩展卡尔曼滤波技术和图像处理技术,建立车道跟踪的动态视觉窗口,提取车道边界,并判断前方车辆相对于车道的位置。该方法大大缩减了处理时间,且增强了系统的鲁棒性。     

降雨条件对车载激光雷达性能影响的试验研究

激光雷达是自动驾驶车辆最为关键的传感器之一，被广泛用于车辆定位、目标检测与跟踪等任务。然而，激光雷达的点云数据会受到恶劣天气（如雨、雾、雪等）的严重影响，致使自动驾驶全天候行驶仍然面临着巨大挑战。为了量化评估恶劣天气对激光雷达性能的影响，分析了降雨环境下激光雷达的性能，基于构建的场地降雨模拟系统控制降雨量，通过多视角的静、动态试验定性与定量分析激光雷达测距精度、典型目标点密度、有效检测距离等性能参数与降雨量之间的关系。试验结果表明：车辆作为目标物时，目标物上的激光点云受降雨的影响最大，相较于无雨环境，中雨时打在汽车上的激光点数降低幅度超过了60%，检测距离下降了69%，并且随着降雨量的增大激光雷达对目标的有效检测距离持续下降；试验方法和结果对于测试评价自动驾驶性能及提升降雨环境下的激光感知能力具有重要意义。     

Vehicle detection system design based on stereo vision sensors

Vehicle detection is a crucial issue for driver assistance system as well as for autonomous vehicle guidance function and it has to be performed with high reliability to avoid any potential collision. The vision-based vehicle detection systems are regarded promising for this purpose because they require little infrastructure on a highway. However, the feasibility of these systems in passenger car requires accurate and robust sensing performance. In this paper, a vehicle detection system using stereo vision sensors is developed. This system utilizes feature extraction, epipoplar constraint and feature matching in order to robustly detect the initial corresponding pairs. The proposed system can detect a leading vehicle in front and can estimate its position parameters such as the distance and heading angle. After the initial detection, the system executes the tracking algorithm for the vehicles in the lane. The proposed vehicle detection system is implemented on a passenger car and its performances are verified experimentally.     

基于Matlab的汽车偏离车道报警系统

为提高汽车的主动安全性并克服现有的汽车偏离车道报警系统所存在的结构复杂和成本高等缺点,文章设计了一种基于Matlab的汽车偏离车道报警系统,利用摄像头获取车道图像并实时传给车内计算机系统,经过对图像一系列的处理分析判断汽车是否偏离车道而进行报警。经验证,该系统能够实时检测出左右车道标志线,可以根据车道夹角法判断汽车是否偏离车道,满足了汽车偏离车道报警的需要。该系统结构简单高效,能显著提高汽车行驶的主动安全性。     

复杂动态环境下智能汽车局部路径规划与跟踪算法研究

路径规划及路径跟踪控制是智能汽车研究的关键技术，而复杂、时变的交通环境给智能汽车的路径规划与跟踪提出严苛要求。针对现有局部路径规划方法只适用于较为简单的工况，无法应对多车道、多静/动态障碍等复杂工况的问题，提出一种基于离散优化思想的动态路径规划算法。该算法利用样条曲线曲率变化均匀的特性，在s-ρ曲线坐标系中生成了一组参数化候选路径簇；考虑动态碰撞安全影响，在碰撞带约束下结合道路法规限制及车辆动态安全要求，规划车辆速度；此外，综合考虑静态安全性、舒适性、目标车道、道路占用率等影响因素，以选择最优路径。在路径跟踪层面，基于预瞄理论设计鲁棒性好、跟踪精度高的分数阶PID路径跟踪控制器，以跟踪误差最小为目标，采用粒子群优化算法对分数阶PID控制器参数进行整定。最后，基于Simulink/CarSim建立联合仿真平台，设计多车道，多静/动态障碍的复杂工况以验证该算法的有效性。研究结果表明：由于在评价函数中引入动态安全评价指标、目标车道评价指标以及道路占用率指标，极大地提升了规划器性能，使车辆在行驶过程中根据驾驶环境自主调整速度，降低换道次数，从而保证智能汽车的主动安全性能，提升了通行效率，使该算法能够较好地处理复杂动态环境下的避障问题。     

多车道高速公路路侧交通标志遮挡概率研究

为了计算不同交通量、不同运行车速情况下,多车道高速公路路侧交通标志视认中大型车对小型车的动态遮挡概率,将内侧车道小型车与外侧车道大型车车头间的垂直距离作为判断路侧交通标志遮挡的依据,根据视距几何关系确定多车道高速公路驾驶人在视认区域内视线被遮挡的最大和最小临界距离;建立路侧交通标志遮挡模型,根据视认距离确定内侧及外侧车道仿真路段长度,以0.1 s为仿真步长,借助VISSIM交通仿真软件获取车辆车头坐标、与前车跟车距离等动态基础数据,实现高速公路交通标志遮挡概率计算过程的动态化。结果表明：外侧车道的车型、交通量、视认距离以及大小车运行速度都对路侧交通标志遮挡率有一定的影响;在交通量一定的情况下,驾驶人视线被遮挡的概率随着外侧车道大型车数量的增加而增大;在外侧车道大型车数量一定的情况下,驾驶人视线被遮挡概率随着小型车数量的增加而增大;在小型车速度一定的情况下,驾驶人视线被遮挡概率随着大型车速度的增大呈降低趋势;小型车速度增大时,驾驶人视线被遮挡的概率会有所提高。     

融合预瞄与势场栅格法的紧急避撞驾驶人模型

紧急避障工况下的驾驶人操作具有响应快且动作幅值较大的特点，传统预瞄驾驶人模型已不能适应紧急避障工况的需求，故考虑实际避撞场景开发相应的驾驶人模型就显得尤为必要。针对此种状况，基于驾驶模拟器，结合紧急避撞工况实际驾驶人操纵数据，提出了一种融合预瞄与势场栅格法的紧急避撞驾驶人模型。首先针对紧急避撞工况下车辆运动特点，建立车辆横、纵向耦合非线性动力学模型，并给出其状态空间方程描述；其次，离线仿真分析紧急避撞系统特征，并结合线性二次型最优控制，建立最优曲率预瞄+跟踪误差反馈驾驶人模型；再者，基于紧急避撞工况下真实驾驶人经验转向行为数据，开发基于势场栅格法的驾驶人模型，为进一步提高驾驶人模型对避障行驶工况的适应性，将基于势场栅格法的驾驶人模型与最优曲率预瞄+跟踪误差反馈驾驶人模型进行融合，并基于Sigmoid函数实现两者输出的权重分配；最后，针对所提出的融合预瞄与势场栅格法的驾驶人模型，开展基于避撞台架的驾驶人在环仿真试验以及实车试验。研究结果表明：在紧急避撞工况下，对比最优曲率预瞄+跟踪误差反馈驾驶人模型，融合预瞄与势场栅格法的驾驶人模型输出的转向动作与实际驾驶人行为较为接近，可在保证避障安全性的前提下，兼顾避障路径跟踪精度与车辆行驶的稳定性。     

An optimal model-based trajectory following architecture synthesising the lateral adaptive preview strategy and longitudinal velocity planning for highly automated vehicle

Automated driving has received a broad of attentions from the academia and industry, since it is effective to greatly reduce the severity of potential traffic accidents and achieve the ultimate automobile safety and comfort. This paper presents an optimal model-based trajectory following architecture for highly automated vehicle in its driving tasks such as automated guidance or lane keeping, which includes a velocity-planning module, a steering controller and a velocity-tracking controller. The velocity-planning module considering the optimal time-consuming and passenger comforts simultaneously could generate a smooth velocity profile. The robust sliding mode control (SMC) steering controller with adaptive preview time strategy could not only track the target path well, but also avoid a big lateral acceleration occurred in its path-tracking progress due to a fuzzy-adaptive preview time mechanism introduced. In addition, an SMC controller with input–output linearisation method for velocity tracking is built and validated. Simulation results show this trajectory following architecture are effective and feasible for high automated driving vehicle, comparing with the Driver-in-the-Loop simulations performed by an experienced driver and novice driver, respectively. The simulation results demonstrate that the present trajectory following architecture could plan a satisfying longitudinal speed profile, track the target path well and safely when dealing with different road geometry structure, it ensures a good time efficiency and driving comfort simultaneously.     

Lane-keeping benefits of practical rear axle steer

The classic two-degree-of-freedom yaw-plane or ‘bicycle’ vehicle model is augmented with two additional states to describe lane-keeping behaviour and further augmented with an additional control input to steer the rear axle. A simple driver model is hypothesised where the driver closes a loop on a projected lateral lane position. The driver can select the preview distance to compensate driver/vehicle dynamics, consistent with the ‘cross-over’ model found in the literature. A rear axle steer control law is found to be a function of the front axle steering input and vehicle speed that exhibits stability similar to a positive-real system, while at the same time improving the ability of the driver/vehicle system to track a complex curved lane and improving steady-state manoeuvrability. The theoretically derived control law bears similarity to practical embodiments allowing a deeper understanding of the functional value of steering a rear axle.     

Robust lane markings detection and road geometry computation

Detection of lane markings based on a camera sensor can be a low-cost solution to lane departure and curve-over-speed warnings. A number of methods and implementations have been reported in the literature. However, reliable detection is still an issue because of cast shadows, worn and occluded markings, variable ambient lighting conditions, for example. We focus on increasing detection reliability in two ways. First, we employed an image feature other than the commonly used edges: ridges, which we claim addresses this problem better. Second, we adapted RANSAC, a generic robust estimation method, to fit a parametric model of a pair of lane lines to the image features, based on both ridgeness and ridge orientation. In addition, the model was fitted for the left and right lane lines simultaneously to enforce a consistent result. Four measures of interest for driver assistance applications were directly computed from the fitted parametric model at each frame: lane width, lane curvature, and vehicle yaw angle and lateral offset with regard the lane medial axis. We qualitatively assessed our method in video sequences captured on several road types and under very different lighting conditions. We also quantitatively assessed it on synthetic but realistic video sequences for which road geometry and vehicle trajectory ground truth are known.     

存在车辆干扰的车道线识别

为避免道路上行驶的其它车辆对车道线识别的干扰,提出了一种结合车辆识别的车道线识别方法。融合雷达数据,车辆识别模块首先在图像中识别出车辆占据的区域;对于每一个车道线识别模块挑出的车道线候选点进行判断,去除处于车辆区域的车道线点;如果有效车道线点数目不足,则利用卡尔曼滤波的跟踪结果,确定符合最小风险函数的车道线位置。经过多种工况下的试验验证,该方法能够稳定地对车道线进行识别,准确地提取车道线参数,并且算法对车辆干扰有良好的抵抗能力。     

Vehicle dynamics and road curvature estimation for lane departure warning system using robust fuzzy observers: experimental validation

This paper describes a new approach to estimate vehicle dynamics and the road curvature in order to detect vehicle lane departures. This method has been evaluated through an experimental set-up using a real test vehicle equipped with the RT2500 inertial measurement unit. Based on a robust unknown input fuzzy observer, the road curvature is estimated and compared to the vehicle trajectory curvature. The difference between the two curvatures is used by the proposed lane departure detection algorithm as the first driving risk indicator. To reduce false alarms and take into account driver corrections, a second driving risk indicator based on the steering dynamics is considered. The vehicle nonlinear model is deduced from the vehicle lateral dynamics and road geometry and then represented by an uncertain Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy model. Taking into account the unmeasured variables, an unknown input fuzzy observer is proposed. Synthesis conditions of the proposed fuzzy observer are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities using the Lyapunov method.