RACCOON: A Real-Time Autonomous Car Chaser Operating Optimally at Night

Abstract

RACCOON is a vision system that tracks car taillights at night. It builds a global map in real time of the lead vehicle's position based on the location and separation of the taillights in a sequence of video images. RACCOON has been integrated into a car following experiment on the CMU Navlab II, a computer-controlled HMMWV testbed. The Navlab II safely followed a lead vehicle on a winding road in light traffic at 32 km/h.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA266963

Entities

People

  • Rahul Sukthankar

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Guidance
  • Images
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Navigation
  • Sequences
  • Unmanned Ground Systems
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Video
  • Video Images

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.