CAPC: an implementation of a road-departure warning system

Author

LeBlanc, David J. ; Johnson, Gregory E. ; Venhovens, Paul J Th ; Gerber, Garth ; DeSonia, Robert ; Ervin, Robert D. ; Lin, Chiu-Feng ; Ulsoy, A. Galip ; Pilutti, Thomas E.

Author_Institution

Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

15-18 Sep 1996

Firstpage

590

Lastpage

595

Abstract

The Crewman´s Associate for Path Control (CAPC) is an automatic road-departure warning system for motor vehicle drivers. This paper presents the design of, and preliminary field results from, the CAPC prototype vehicle, a modified 1994 Ford Taurus SHO. The CAPC system is intended for highway drivers who are drifting off the roadway at a shallow angle of departure due to inattention, drowsiness, intoxication, or other causes. A camera senses the roadway ahead, and a suite of transducers provide measurements of vehicle motion and driver steering commands. Warning and intervention functions for CAPC have been developed during ongoing research at the University of Michigan

Keywords

computer vision; road vehicles; velocity measurement; 1994 Ford Taurus SHO; Crewman´s Associate for Path Control; driver steering commands; drowsiness; inattention; intoxication; road-departure warning system; vehicle motion; Alarm systems; Automated highways; Automatic control; Cameras; Control systems; Motion measurement; Prototypes; Road vehicles; Transducers; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Applications, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2975-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCA.1996.558926

Filename

558926