Intelligent Vehicle's Path Tracking Based on Fuzzy Control

Autopilot vehicle is an important part of intelligent transportation systems. The objective is to develop the driver assistance systems on highway and urban road, to help or even to replace the driver, which may reduce traffic accidents and improve the efficiency of traffic system. A method based on machine vision and fuzzy control is proposed to realize intelligent vehicles' autopilot. It uses the CMOS sensor as its path recognition device to draw its lane centerline through image analysis. Taking the feedback speed as the additional input, the study forms the closed-loop control and establishes one graduation fuzzy controller which controls vehicle direction with two fuzzy controller combinations and replaces traditional PID control vehicle speed by fuzzy control. Compare with the conventional PID algorithm and the fuzzy control algorithm, the improved fuzzy control algorithm ensures a high speed and steady running of intelligent vehicle with smaller over modulation in corner.