Obstacle Classification Based on Laser Scanner for Intelligent Vehicle Systems
In the field of advanced driver-assistance and autonomous vehicle systems, understanding the surrounding vehicles plays a vital role to ensure a robust and safe navigation. To solve detection and classification problem, an obstacle classification strategy based on laser sensor is presented. Objects are classified according the geometry, distance range, reflectance, and disorder of each of the detected object. In order to define the best number of features that allows the algorithm to classify these objects, a feature analysis is performed. To do this, the set of features were divided into four groups based on the characteristic, distance, reflectance, and the entropy of the object. Finally, the classification task is performed using the support vector machines (SVM) and adaptive boosting (AdaBoost) algorithms. The evaluation indicates that the method proposes a feasible solution for intelligent vehicle applications, achieving a detection rate of 87.96% at 48.32 ms for the SVM and 98.19% at 79.18ms for the AdaBoost.