Data Association Between Perception and V2V Communication Sensors
This addresses the need for reliable sensor fusion in ADAS for automotive safety, but it is incremental as it applies an existing method to a new sensor combination.
The paper tackles the problem of data association between camera and V2V communication sensors in automotive safety systems, presenting a Mahalanobis distance-based algorithm that is low in computational complexity and capable of real-time operation.
The connectivity between vehicles, infrastructure, and other traffic participants brings a new dimension to automotive safety applications. Soon all the newly produced cars will have Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communication modems alongside the existing Advanced Driver Assistant Systems (ADAS). It is essential to identify the different sensor measurements for the same targets (Data Association) to use connectivity reliably as a safety feature alongside the standard ADAS functionality. Considering the camera is the most common sensor available for ADAS systems, in this paper, we present an experimental implementation of a Mahalanobis distance-based data association algorithm between the camera and the Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communication sensors. The implemented algorithm has low computational complexity and the capability of running in real-time. One can use the presented algorithm for sensor fusion algorithms or higher-level decision-making applications in ADAS modules.