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Rail detection using lidar sensors

Stein, D. 1; Spindler, M. 1; Kuper, J. 1; Lauer, M. ORCID iD icon 1
1 Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

This article investigates in which way a lidar sensor can be used in a train-borne localization system. The idea is to sense infrastructure elements like rails and turnouts with the lidar sensor and to recognize those objects with a template-matching approach. A requirement analysis for the lidar sensor is presented and a market review based on these requirements is performed. Furthermore, an approach for template matching on lidar scans to recognize infrastructure objects is introduced and its empirical performance is demonstrated based on measurements taken in a light rail environment.

The overall goal of the integration of lidar sensors is to fill the sensory gap of existing train localization approaches, which are able to determine the exact, track-selective train position only if highly accurate position measurements from satellite navigation systems are available, which is often not the case. By integrating a lidar sensor, the localization system becomes more diverse, more robust, and can tolerate missing or faulty measurements from the satellite navigation system.


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Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.2495/SDP-V11-N1-65-78
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Zitationen: 17
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Mess- und Regelungstechnik (MRT)
Institut für Mess- und Regelungstechnik mit Maschinenlaboratorium (MRT)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2016
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1743-7601, 1743-761X
KITopen-ID: 1000057503
Erschienen in International journal of sustainable development and planning
Verlag International Information and Engineering Technology Association
Band 11
Heft 1
Seiten 65-78
Schlagwörter lidar sensor, rail detection, train-borne localization
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