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Surface recogniton for cars: A comprehensive approach for neural networks

Conference ·
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. New Mexico Tech. Univ., Socorro, NM (United States)
  3. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
This paper explores the viability of neural-networkbased classification of ground surface for vehicles. By classifying road surface in near realtime, improvements in vehicle performance (e.g. braking and cornering) may be possible. Classification performance for many combinations of feature encoding and neural network types are compared. The vehicle used here was an An Audi “S3” with a magnetic suspension system on the sport mode. An NI CompactRIO (or cDAQ) module was used to record from a lowing the cDAQ to communicate with the PCB 352C03 one-axis accelerometer. The accelerometer was firmly attached to the windshield of the car. This work focuses on the classification of four road surfaces (asphalt, dirt, concrete, and sand), though larger target sets were also considered. The most accurate method involved a MATLAB feature extraction package with a back-propagation neural network, yielding an overall accuracy of 97%. Lessons learned from this wide exploration of options may extend to other related classification problems.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1429718
Report Number(s):
SAND--2017-13615J; 659570
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English