Logo image
Back
Audition ability to enhance reliability of autonomous vehicles: Allowing cars to hear
Conference paper

Audition ability to enhance reliability of autonomous vehicles: Allowing cars to hear

Yazan A. Alqudah, Belal H. Sababha and Tarek Youssef
2019 IEEE SouthEastCon, 11-14 April 2019, Huntsville, AL
IEEE / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Incorporated
IEEE SouthEast Con 2019 (Huntsville, Alabama, 11/11/2019–11/14/2019)
2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/SoutheastCon42311.2019.9020496

Metrics

199 Record Views

Abstract

The reliability of autonomous vehicles can be enhanced by providing the vehicle with more information about the surrounding environment. Autonomous vehicles typically use LiDAR, Radar, and computer vision to substitute for the driver’s vision. By adding auditory perception, an autonomous vehicle will improve its reliability and enable the vehicle to react better to the environment. This paper proposes a novel approach to enhance the reliability of autonomous vehicles. By adding auditory perception, the vehicle will be able to hear and process audio. To illustrate the advantage of auditory capability, we conducted an experiment to collect and process audio signals obtained from a vehicle driving on the road. We showed how an audio signal can be processed to obtain extra information that can alert the vehicle to potential dangers.

Details

Logo image