Discrimination of highway snow condition with video monitor for safe driving environment

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunyu Zhang ◽  
Wen Wang ◽  
Yong Su ◽  
Xue Bai
Keyword(s):  
Video Monitor ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Snow Condition

A New Computational Procedure to Predict Transient Hydroplaning Performance of a Tire

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Okano ◽  
M. Koishi
Keyword(s):  
Complex Geometry ◽  
Fluid Flows ◽  
Computational Procedure ◽  
Vehicle Body ◽  
Fluid Viscosity ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Transient Phenomena ◽  
Vehicle Velocity ◽  
Fixed Reference ◽  
Volume Method

Abstract “Hydroplaning characteristics” is one of the key functions for safe driving on wet roads. Since hydroplaning depends on vehicle velocity as well as the tire construction and tread pattern, a predictive simulation tool, which reflects all these effects, is required for effective and precise tire development. A numerical analysis procedure predicting the onset of hydroplaning of a tire, including the effect of vehicle velocity, is proposed in this paper. A commercial explicit-type FEM (finite element method)/FVM (finite volume method) package is used to solve the coupled problems of tire deformation and flow of the surrounding fluid. Tire deformations and fluid flows are solved, using FEM and FVM, respectively. To simulate transient phenomena effectively, vehicle-body-fixed reference-frame is used in the analysis. The proposed analysis can accommodate 1) complex geometry of the tread pattern and 2) rotational effect of tires, which are both important functions of hydroplaning simulation, and also 3) velocity dependency. In the present study, water is assumed to be compressible and also a laminar flow, indeed the fluid viscosity, is not included. To verify the effectiveness of the method, predicted hydroplaning velocities for four different simplified tread patterns are compared with experimental results measured at the proving ground. It is concluded that the proposed numerical method is effective for hydroplaning simulation. Numerical examples are also presented in which the present simulation methods are applied to newly developed prototype tires.

Cloning Safe Driving Behavior for Self-Driving Cars using Convolutional Neural Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wael Farag
Keyword(s):  
Gradient Descent ◽  
Autonomous Driving ◽  
Driving Behavior ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Stochastic Gradient Descent ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Processing Pipeline ◽  
Self Driving Cars ◽  
And Training

Background: In this paper, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to learn safe driving behavior and smooth steering manoeuvring, is proposed as an empowerment of autonomous driving technologies. The training data is collected from a front-facing camera and the steering commands issued by an experienced driver driving in traffic as well as urban roads. Methods: This data is then used to train the proposed CNN to facilitate what it is called “Behavioral Cloning”. The proposed Behavior Cloning CNN is named as “BCNet”, and its deep seventeen-layer architecture has been selected after extensive trials. The BCNet got trained using Adam’s optimization algorithm as a variant of the Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) technique. Results: The paper goes through the development and training process in details and shows the image processing pipeline harnessed in the development. Conclusion: The proposed approach proved successful in cloning the driving behavior embedded in the training data set after extensive simulations.

scholarly journals A 2D Optimal Path Planning Algorithm for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Driving in Unknown Underwater Canyons

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Yushan Sun ◽  
Xiaokun Luo ◽  
Xiangrui Ran ◽  
Guocheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Path Planning ◽  
Obstacle Avoidance ◽  
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles ◽  
Optimal Path ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Target Point ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Policy Gradient ◽  
Planning Algorithm ◽  
Path Planning Algorithm

This research aims to solve the safe navigation problem of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in deep ocean, which is a complex and changeable environment with various mountains. When an AUV reaches the deep sea navigation, it encounters many underwater canyons, and the hard valley walls threaten its safety seriously. To solve the problem on the safe driving of AUV in underwater canyons and address the potential of AUV autonomous obstacle avoidance in uncertain environments, an improved AUV path planning algorithm based on the deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) algorithm is proposed in this work. This method refers to an end-to-end path planning algorithm that optimizes the strategy directly. It takes sensor information as input and driving speed and yaw angle as outputs. The path planning algorithm can reach the predetermined target point while avoiding large-scale static obstacles, such as valley walls in the simulated underwater canyon environment, as well as sudden small-scale dynamic obstacles, such as marine life and other vehicles. In addition, this research aims at the multi-objective structure of the obstacle avoidance of path planning, modularized reward function design, and combined artificial potential field method to set continuous rewards. This research also proposes a new algorithm called deep SumTree-deterministic policy gradient algorithm (SumTree-DDPG), which improves the random storage and extraction strategy of DDPG algorithm experience samples. According to the importance of the experience samples, the samples are classified and stored in combination with the SumTree structure, high-quality samples are extracted continuously, and SumTree-DDPG algorithm finally improves the speed of the convergence model. Finally, this research uses Python language to write an underwater canyon simulation environment and builds a deep reinforcement learning simulation platform on a high-performance computer to conduct simulation learning training for AUV. Data simulation verified that the proposed path planning method can guide the under-actuated underwater robot to navigate to the target without colliding with any obstacles. In comparison with the DDPG algorithm, the stability, training’s total reward, and robustness of the improved Sumtree-DDPG algorithm planner in this study are better.

scholarly journals An Intelligent Task Scheduling Mechanism for Autonomous Vehicles via Deep Learning

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1788
Author(s):  
Gomatheeshwari Balasekaran ◽  
Selvakumar Jayakumar ◽  
Rocío Pérez de Prado
Keyword(s):  
Execution Time ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Battery Life ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Task Management ◽  
Inference System ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Self Driving Cars

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles have received much attention in recent years. Safe driving is one of the essential concerns of self-driving cars. The main problem in providing better safe driving requires an efficient inference system for real-time task management and autonomous control. Due to limited battery life and computing power, reducing execution time and resource consumption can be a daunting process. This paper addressed these challenges and developed an intelligent task management system for IoT-based autonomous vehicles. For each task processing, a supervised resource predictor is invoked for optimal hardware cluster selection. Tasks are executed based on the earliest hyper period first (EHF) scheduler to achieve optimal task error rate and schedule length performance. The single-layer feedforward neural network (SLFN) and lightweight learning approaches are designed to distribute each task to the appropriate processor based on their emergency and CPU utilization. We developed this intelligent task management module in python and experimentally tested it on multicore SoCs (Odroid Xu4 and NVIDIA Jetson embedded platforms).Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) benchmarks are used for training and testing purposes. The proposed modules are validated by observing the task miss rate, resource utilization, and energy consumption metrics compared with state-of-art heuristics. SLFN-EHF task scheduler achieved better results in an average of 98% accuracy, and in an average of 20–27% reduced in execution time and 32–45% in task miss rate metric than conventional methods.

scholarly journals Rethinking Cell Phone Use While Driving: Isolated Risk Behavior or a Pattern of Risk-Taking Associated with Impulsivity in Young Drivers?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5640
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Walshe ◽  
Flaura K. Winston ◽  
Dan Romer
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Related Personality

This study examines whether cell phone use stands apart from a general pattern of risky driving practices associated with crashes and impulsivity-related personality traits in young drivers. A retrospective online survey study recruited 384 young drivers from across the United States using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to complete a survey measuring risky driving practices (including cell phone use), history of crashes, and impulsivity-related personality traits. Almost half (44.5%) of the drivers reported being involved in at least one crash, and the majority engaged in cell phone use while driving (up to 73%). Factor analysis and structural equation modeling found that cell phone use loaded highly on a latent factor with other risky driving practices that were associated with prior crashes (b = 0.15, [95% CI: 0.01, 0.29]). There was also an indirect relationship between one form of impulsivity and crashes through risky driving (b = 0.127, [95% CI: 0.01, 0.30]). Additional analyses did not find an independent contribution to crashes for frequent cell phone use. These results suggest a pattern of risky driving practices associated with impulsivity in young drivers, indicating the benefit of exploring a more comprehensive safe driving strategy that includes the avoidance of cell phone use as well as other risky practices, particularly for young drivers with greater impulsive tendencies.

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