Vehicle detection based on information fusion of radar and machine vision

For increasing the detection accuracy of advanced driver assisted system of the frontal surroundings of vehicle, a vehicle detection method based on the information fusion of radar and vision sensor is put forward. Before the system starts operation, a co-calibration of millimeter-wave radar and camera is conducted, and the transformation relationship between radar and camera coordinates is obtained. The process of vehicle detection stars with the determination of the region of interest (ROI) for vehicle detection in image coordinates based on radar information. Then a symmetry analysis is performed on ROI to get the symmetrical center of vehicle, and the features of vehicle bottom shadow are analyzed and processed with vehicle edge detection completed. Finally, through inverse perspective mapping the width of vehicle is obtained, based on which the results of detection are verified. It is demonstrated that the algorithm proposed has strong environment adaptability and good accuracy, remedying the defects of vehicle detection with single sensor.