Vision-based Vehicle Guidance (1992) (Springer Series in Perception Engineering)

Synopsis

There is a growing social interest in developing vision-based vehicle guidance systems for improving traffic safety and efficiency and the environment. Ex­ amples of vision-based vehicle guidance systems include collision warning systems, steering control systems for tracking painted lane marks, and speed control systems for preventing rear-end collisions. Like other guidance systems for aircraft and trains, these systems are ex­ pected to increase traffic safety significantly. For example, safety improve­ ments of aircraft landing processes after the introduction of automatic guidance systems have been reported to be 100 times better than prior to installment. Although the safety of human lives is beyond price, the cost for automatic guidance could be compensated by decreased insurance costs. It is becoming more important to increase traffic safety by decreasing the human driver's load in our society, especially with an increasing population of senior people who continue to drive. The second potential social benefit is the improvement of traffic efficiency by decreasing the spacing between vehicles without sacrificing safety. It is reported, for example, that four times the efficiency is expected if the spacing between cars is controlled automatically at 90 cm with a speed of 100 kmjh compared to today's typical manual driving. Although there are a lot of tech­ nical, psychological, and social issues to be solved before realizing the high­ density jhigh-speed traffic systems described here, highly efficient highways are becoming more important because of increasing traffic congestion.

Copyright:

1992

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781461227786

Related ISBNs:

9780387975535

Publisher:

Springer New York

Date of Addition:

02/23/21

Copyrighted By:

N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet, Technology

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Ichiro Masaki