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http://dx.doi.org/10.14372/IEMEK.2017.12.1.43

Mutual Interference on Mobile Pulsed Scanning LIDAR  

Kim, Gunzung (Yeungnam University)
Eom, Jeongsook (Yeungnam University)
Choi, Jeonghee (Daegu University)
Park, Yongwan (Yeungnam University)
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IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications / v.12, no.1, 2017 , pp. 43-62 More about this Journal
Abstract
Mobile pulse scanning Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) are essential components of intelligent vehicles capable of autonomous travel. Obstacle detection functions of autonomous vehicles require very low failure rates. With the increasing number of autonomous vehicles equipped with scanning LIDARs to detect and avoid obstacles and navigate safely through the environment, the probability of mutual interference becomes an important issue. The reception of foreign laser pulses can lead to problems such as ghost targets or a reduced signal-to-noise ratio. This paper will show the probability that any two scanning LIDARs will interfere mutually by considering spatial and temporal overlaps. We have conducted four experiments to investigate the occurrence of the mutual interference between scanning LIDARs. These four experimental results introduced the effects of mutual interference and indicated that the interference has spatial and temporal locality. It is hard to ignore consecutive mutual interference on the same line or the same angle because it is possible the real object not noise or error. It may make serious faults because the obstacle detection functions of autonomous vehicle rely on heavily the scanning LIDAR.
Keywords
LIDAR; Scanning LIDAR; Mutual interference; Autonomous travel; Laser;
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