Do you have your summer travels already fixed? Why not make a pit-stop in Barcelona and find out about the latest in lane-level navigation technology?

For the past two and a half years (January 2016 - June 2018) inLane, an EU-financed project, has worked on integrating EGNSS and Computer Vision technology in order to develop a low-cost, lane-level, precise turn-by-turn navigation application.

Lane-level positioning and map matching are some of the biggest challenges for navigation systems. We need more accurate and more reliable positioning systems to cater to the growing demand from applications such as enhanced driver awareness, intelligent speed alert and simple lane allocation. There is also a question around the adaptability of navigation systems to these applications. This depends firstly on the availability of an accurate common reference for positioning (an enhanced map) and secondly, on the level of the provided pose estimation (integrity).

inLane proposes a new generation, low-cost, lane-level, precise turn-by-turn navigation applications through the fusion of EGNSS and Computer Vision technology. With the help of crowdsourced real-time updates, inLane foresees the generation of local dynamic maps (LDM) that help advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) applications with enhanced dynamic scene information. Delivering lane-level information to an in-vehicle navigation system and combining this with the opportunity for vehicles to exchange information between themselves, will give drivers the opportunity to select the optimal road lane, even in the case of dense urban and extra-urban traffic.

Every driver will be able to choose the appropriate lane and will to be able to reduce the risks associate with last-moment lane-change manoeuvres.

Come and witness all of this first-hand this summer in Barcelona!

Agenda

9:30 - Registration

10:00 - 10:10 - Welcome (ERTICO)

10:10 - 10:30 - Keynote speech by GSA (TBC)

10:30 - 11:00 - Introduction to inLane project - vision, mission, objectives, results (Vicomtech)

11:00 - 12:30 - Demonstration of inLane's technology (with coffee break):

• Scene understanding
• Sensor fusion
• Local dynamic map generation
• Crowdsourced map updates
• Camera to map alignment
• Lane-level navigation (live demo in a vehicle)
• Augmented reality for ADAS

12:30 - 13:15 - Panel discussion: benefits of inLane and Galileo technology (moderator: ERTICO)

• Advancements in research (Technical University of Eindhoven, Vicomtech, IFSTTAR)
• For industry (TomTom, Honda Research Institute, TeleConsult Austria, Intel)
• For public authorities, cities and end-users (Barcelona City Council, RACC)

13:15 - 13:30 - Certification of hybrid GNSS positioning systems: challenges and standardisation opportunities (IFSTTAR)

13:30 - 13:45 - The way forward for inLane: exploitation opportunities and business angles (ERTICO)

13:45 - 14:00 - Wrap up and closing words (Vicomtech)

14:00 - Lunch (with more inLane demos for interested participants)

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