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Real-Time Traffic Information and Road Sign Recognitions of Circumstance on Expressway for Vehicles in C-ITS Environments

C-ITS 환경에서 차량의 고속도로 주행 시 주변 환경 인지를 위한 실시간 교통정보 및 안내 표지판 인식

  • Im, Changjae (Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of Dankook University) ;
  • Kim, Daewon (Department of Applied Computer Engineering, Dankook University)
  • 임창재 (단국대학교 대학원 컴퓨터학과) ;
  • 김대원 (단국대학교 응용컴퓨터공학과)
  • Received : 2016.08.20
  • Accepted : 2016.12.21
  • Published : 2017.01.25
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Abstract

Recently, the IoT (Internet of Things) environment is being developed rapidly through network which is linked to intellectual objects. Through the IoT, it is possible for human to intercommunicate with objects and objects to objects. Also, the IoT provides artificial intelligent service mixed with knowledge of situational awareness. One of the industries based on the IoT is a car industry. Nowadays, a self-driving vehicle which is not only fuel-efficient, smooth for traffic, but also puts top priority on eventual safety for humans became the most important conversation topic. Since several years ago, a research on the recognition of the surrounding environment for self-driving vehicles using sensors, lidar, camera, and radar techniques has been progressed actively. Currently, based on the WAVE (Wireless Access in Vehicular Environment), the research is being boosted by forming networking between vehicles, vehicle and infrastructures. In this paper, a research on the recognition of a traffic signs on highway was processed as a part of the awareness of the surrounding environment for self-driving vehicles. Through the traffic signs which have features of fixed standard and installation location, we provided a learning theory and a corresponding results of experiment about the way that a vehicle is aware of traffic signs and additional informations on it.

최근 지능화된 사물들이 연결되는 네트워크를 통해 사람과 사물, 사물과 사물 간에 상호 소통하는 응용프로그램 및 하드웨어가 잇달아 소개되고 있다. 이런 추세에 더불어, 상황인식 기반의 지식이 결합되어 인공지능 서비스를 제공하는 사물인터넷(IoT : Internet of Things) 환경이 급속도로 발전하고 있다. 사물인터넷을 활용한 산업 중 하나로 자동차 산업을 들 수 있다. 최근에는 연료 효율과 원활한 교통 환경뿐만 아니라 운전자와 승객의 안전을 최우선으로 하는 자율 주행 자동차가 화두가 되고 있다. 이전부터 센서, 라이다, 카메라, 레이더 기술 등을 이용하여 자율 주행 자동차를 위한 주위 환경 인식에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행돼 왔다. 현대에는 차세대 무선통신 기술인 WAVE를 기반으로 차량과 차량, 차량과 주변의 교통 인프라와의 통신을 통한 네트워킹을 형성하고 주변 환경에 대한 정보를 공유하는 등 사물인터넷을 활용한 자율 주행 자동차 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 자율 주행 자동차의 주위 환경 인식 기술의 일환으로 고속도로 교통 표지판 및 전방 잔여거리 인식에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 본 연구는, 도로 교통 표지판이 설치 규정에 의하여 정해진 규격과 지정된 설치 위치를 갖고 있다는 특성을 이용하였다. 궁극적으로, 고속도로 주행 중 촬영한 영상을 이용하여 해당 비디오 영상 내에서 도로 교통 표지판을 인식한 뒤 추가적으로 표지판에 씌어 있는 문자 정보를 인식하고 이를 운전자 및 승객이 인지하도록 하는 이론 학습과 해당실험 결과를 제시하였다.

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