BarvEye - Bifocal Active Gaze Control for Autonomous Driving

Ernst Dieter Dickmanns

2015

Abstract

With the capability of autonomous driving for road vehicles coming closer to market introduction a critical consideration is given to the design parameters of the vision systems actually investigated. They are chosen for relatively simple applications on smooth surfaces. In the paper, this is contrasted with more demanding tasks human drivers will expect to be handled by autonomous systems in the longer run. Visual ranges of more than 200 m and simultaneous fields of view of at least 100º seem to be minimal requirements; potential viewing angles of more than 200º are desirable at road crossings and at traffic circles. Like in human vision, regions of high resolution may be kept small if corresponding gaze control is available. Highly dynamic active gaze control would also allow suppression of angular perturbations during braking or driving on rough ground. A 'Bifocal active road vehicle Eye' (BarvEye) is discussed as an efficient compromise for achieving these capabilities. For approaching human levels of performance, larger knowledge bases on separate levels for a) image features, b) objects / subjects, and c) situations in application domains have to be developed in connection with the capability of learning on all levels.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Dickmanns E. (2015). BarvEye - Bifocal Active Gaze Control for Autonomous Driving . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-091-8, pages 428-436. DOI: 10.5220/0005258904280436

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp15,
author={Ernst Dieter Dickmanns},
title={BarvEye - Bifocal Active Gaze Control for Autonomous Driving},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={428-436},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005258904280436},
isbn={978-989-758-091-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)
TI - BarvEye - Bifocal Active Gaze Control for Autonomous Driving
SN - 978-989-758-091-8
AU - Dickmanns E.
PY - 2015
SP - 428
EP - 436
DO - 10.5220/0005258904280436