Lane Keeping Assistance with Learning-Based Driver Model and Model Predictive Control

International audienceThis paper proposes a novel active Lane Keeping Assistance Systems (LKAS) which relies on a learning-based driver model. The driver model detects unintentional lane departures earlier than existing LKAS, and as a result the correction needed to keep the vehicle in the lane is smaller. When the controller has control of the car, the driver model estimates what the driver would do to keep the car in the lane, and the controller tries to reproduce that behavior as much as possible so that the controlled motion feels comfortable for the driver. The driver model combines a Hidden Markov Model and Gaussian Mixture Regression. The controller is a Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller. The results obtained with real data show that our driver model can reliably predict lane departures. The controller is able to keep the car in the lane when there is a risk of lane departure, and does so less intrusively than existing LKAS. Topics / Active safety and driver assistance systems, Driver modelin