The Open Automation and Control Systems Journal

2015, 7 : 661-669
Published online 2015 July 10. DOI: 10.2174/1874444301507010661
Publisher ID: TOAUTOCJ-7-661

The Design and Research of the Smart Path Tracing Car Based on the Image Recognition

Chen Meng-yuan
Anhui Polytechnic University, Key Laboratory of Anhui Electric Drive and Control, 241000, Wuhu, Anhui, China.

ABSTRACT

To realize the smart car’s automatic path tracing along the different types of path, a smart path tracing car based on car model is developed. In the design of the smart path tracing car, image processing affects the smart car’s performance directly. This article adopts direct acquisition, direct edge detection algorithm and the improved edge detection algorithm to analyze and compare the road message acquired by COMS camera. Plenty of experiment data show that, under different light intensity, the edge detection algorithm can acquire image with better accuracy and efficiency, solving the contradiction between the system’s rapidity and stability, and realizing the smart car’s running along the guide curve stably and rapidly.

Keywords:

Smart car, Camera, Edge detection, Path identification.