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http://dx.doi.org/10.11003/JPNT.2020.9.1.23

Precise Vehicle Localization Using Gaussian Mixture Map Based on Road Marking  

Kim, Kyu-Won (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Konkuk University)
Jee, Gyu-In (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Konkuk University)
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Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing / v.9, no.1, 2020 , pp. 23-31 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is essential to estimate the vehicle localization for an autonomous safety driving. In particular, since LIDAR provides precise scan data, many studies carried out to estimate the vehicle localization using LIDAR and pre-generated map. The road marking always exists on the road because of provides driving information. Therefore, it is often used for map information. In this paper, we propose to generate the Gaussian mixture map based on road-marking information and localization method using this map. Generally, the probability distributions map stores the single Gaussian distribution for each grid. However, single resolution probability distributions map cannot express complex shapes when grid resolution is large. In addition, when grid resolution is small, map size is bigger and process time is longer. Therefore, it is difficult to apply the road marking. On the other hand, Gaussian mixture distribution can effectively express the road marking by several probability distributions. In this paper, we generate Gaussian mixture map and perform vehicle localization using Gaussian mixture map. Localization performance is analyzed through the experimental result.
Keywords
autonomous vehicle; LIDAR; Gaussian mixture map; vehicle localization;
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