Assessing the effects of severe winter weather on automotive lidar

Jeremy P. Bos; Wei Weng

doi:10.1117/12.2678571

3 October 2023 Assessing the effects of severe winter weather on automotive lidar

Jeremy P. Bos, Wei Weng

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Proceedings Volume 12691, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans XII; 1269106 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678571
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) operating outside of fair-weather conditions will inevitably encounter winter weather. In populous cities like Boston, Chicago, New York, Detroit and many others, this weather may sometimes be severe. Severe winter weather conditions are characterized by low temperatures, freezing rain, and snow. Over the span of three years we have collected over forty terabytes of severe winter weather driving data in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan featuring seven different AV or automotive focused lidars. In this work we summarize the effects of falling and blowing snow and other precipitation on lidar and its implications for AVs as well as some approaches for mitigating these effects.

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Jeremy P. Bos and Wei Weng "Assessing the effects of severe winter weather on automotive lidar", Proc. SPIE 12691, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans XII, 1269106 (3 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678571

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