Evaluation of Mobile Environment for Vehicular Visible Light Communication Using Multiple LEDs and Event Cameras

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Main Authors: Soga, Ryota, Shiba, Shintaro, Kong, Quan, Kobori, Norimasa, Shimizu, Tsukasa, Lu, Shan, Yamazato, Takaya
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author Soga, Ryota
Shiba, Shintaro
Kong, Quan
Kobori, Norimasa
Shimizu, Tsukasa
Lu, Shan
Yamazato, Takaya
author_facet Soga, Ryota
Shiba, Shintaro
Kong, Quan
Kobori, Norimasa
Shimizu, Tsukasa
Lu, Shan
Yamazato, Takaya
contents In the fields of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD), sensors that serve as the ``eyes'' for sensing the vehicle's surrounding environment are essential. Traditionally, image sensors and LiDAR have played this role. However, a new type of vision sensor, event cameras, has recently attracted attention. Event cameras respond to changes in the surrounding environment (e.g., motion), exhibit strong robustness against motion blur, and perform well in high dynamic range environments, which are desirable in robotics applications. Furthermore, the asynchronous and low-latency principles of data acquisition make event cameras suitable for optical communication. By adding communication functionality to event cameras, it becomes possible to utilize I2V communication to immediately share information about forward collisions, sudden braking, and road conditions, thereby contributing to hazard avoidance. Additionally, receiving information such as signal timing and traffic volume enables speed adjustment and optimal route selection, facilitating more efficient driving. In this study, we construct a vehicle visible light communication system where event cameras are receivers, and multiple LEDs are transmitters. In driving scenes, the system tracks the transmitter positions and separates densely packed LED light sources using pilot sequences based on Walsh-Hadamard codes. As a result, outdoor vehicle experiments demonstrate error-free communication under conditions where the transmitter-receiver distance was within 40 meters and the vehicle's driving speed was 30 km/h (8.3 m/s).
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spellingShingle Evaluation of Mobile Environment for Vehicular Visible Light Communication Using Multiple LEDs and Event Cameras
Soga, Ryota
Shiba, Shintaro
Kong, Quan
Kobori, Norimasa
Shimizu, Tsukasa
Lu, Shan
Yamazato, Takaya
Robotics
Information Theory
Networking and Internet Architecture
In the fields of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD), sensors that serve as the ``eyes'' for sensing the vehicle's surrounding environment are essential. Traditionally, image sensors and LiDAR have played this role. However, a new type of vision sensor, event cameras, has recently attracted attention. Event cameras respond to changes in the surrounding environment (e.g., motion), exhibit strong robustness against motion blur, and perform well in high dynamic range environments, which are desirable in robotics applications. Furthermore, the asynchronous and low-latency principles of data acquisition make event cameras suitable for optical communication. By adding communication functionality to event cameras, it becomes possible to utilize I2V communication to immediately share information about forward collisions, sudden braking, and road conditions, thereby contributing to hazard avoidance. Additionally, receiving information such as signal timing and traffic volume enables speed adjustment and optimal route selection, facilitating more efficient driving. In this study, we construct a vehicle visible light communication system where event cameras are receivers, and multiple LEDs are transmitters. In driving scenes, the system tracks the transmitter positions and separates densely packed LED light sources using pilot sequences based on Walsh-Hadamard codes. As a result, outdoor vehicle experiments demonstrate error-free communication under conditions where the transmitter-receiver distance was within 40 meters and the vehicle's driving speed was 30 km/h (8.3 m/s).
title Evaluation of Mobile Environment for Vehicular Visible Light Communication Using Multiple LEDs and Event Cameras
topic Robotics
Information Theory
Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15412