Octree‐based point cloud simulation to assess the readiness of highway infrastructure for autonomous vehicles

M Gouda, J Mirza, J Weiß… - … ‐Aided Civil and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are anticipated to supersede human drivers with an expectation
of improved safety and operation. Since current infrastructure is designed based on the …

Automated assessment of infrastructure preparedness for autonomous vehicles

M Gouda, I Chowdhury, J Weiß, A Epp… - Automation in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Several highway design elements are presently determined based on constraints due to
human drivers. Autonomous vehicles (AV) are expected to replace human drivers with an …

Using convex hulls with octree/voxel representations of point clouds to assess road and roadside geometric design for automated vehicles

M Gouda, Z Pawliuk, J Mirza, K El-Basyouny - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to quantitatively assess the geometric design of road and roadside
infrastructure for Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) using point cloud data while addressing the …

Assessing stopping and passing sight distance on highways using mobile LiDAR data

SA Gargoum, K El-Basyouny… - Journal of Computing in …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
Geometric design guides provide minimum standards that must be met to ensure the safe
and efficient operation of highways. One of the most important elements when designing a …

[HTML][HTML] Using small unmanned aerial vehicle in 3D modeling of highways with tree-covered roadsides to estimate sight distance

L Iglesias, C De Santos-Berbel, V Pascual, M Castro - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The safe and efficient operation of highways largely depends on the adequate provision of
sight distance. Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be utilized to efficiently complete …

Readiness of as-built horizontal curved roads for LiDAR-based automated vehicles: A virtual simulation analysis

S Wang, Y Ma, J Liu, B Yu, F Zhu - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging automated vehicle (AV) technology is being deployed on as-built roadways due to
its promising safety improvements. However, realistic problems concerning whether and …

Occlusion-aware risk assessment for autonomous driving in urban environments

MY Yu, R Vasudevan… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Navigating safely in urban environments remains a challenging problem for autonomous
vehicles. Occlusion and limited sensor range can pose significant challenges to safely …

Generation and validation of virtual point cloud data for automated driving systems

T Hanke, A Schaermann, M Geiger… - 2017 IEEE 20th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of an automated driving system is crucially affected by its environmental
perception. The vehicle's perception of its environment provides the foundation for the …

Automatic lane change scenario extraction and generation of scenarios in OpenX format from real-world data

D Karunakaran, JS Berrio, S Worrall… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Autonomous Vehicles (AV)'s wide-scale deployment appears imminent despite many safety
challenges yet to be resolved. The modern autonomous vehicles will undoubtedly include …

Graph-based 2D road representation of 3D point clouds for intelligent vehicles

C Guo, W Sato, L Han, S Mita… - 2011 IEEE Intelligent …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Comprehensive situational awareness is paramount to the effectiveness of proprietary
navigational and higher-level functions of intelligent vehicles. In this paper, we address a …