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Topology-Aware Lane Detection with Relational Reasoning and Consistency Constraints.

Danyang Dong1, Qibo Zhang1, Yihui Zhan1

  • 1Center for Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 15, 2026
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Summary

TPDNet enhances autonomous driving by improving lane detection. This topology-aware framework better understands lane structures, reducing errors in complex road scenarios for safer navigation.

Keywords:
autonomous drivingdeep learninglane detectionstructural consistencytopology-aware learning

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Vision
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics

Background:

  • Lane detection is crucial for autonomous driving and intelligent transportation systems.
  • Existing methods often overlook structural lane relationships, leading to errors in complex scenarios.
  • Limitations include broken lanes, ordering mistakes, and geometric inconsistencies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose TPDNet, a novel topology-aware lane detection framework.
  • To incorporate structural reasoning at feature, prediction, and loss levels.
  • To improve the robustness and accuracy of lane detection in challenging conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Introduced a Topology-aware Perception Reasoner (TPR) for feature-level relational dependency.
  • Designed a Topology-Decoupled Head (TDH) to separate geometric regression and lane classification.
  • Formulated a Topology Consistency Loss (TCL) for smoothness and ordering supervision.

Main Results:

  • TPDNet achieved strong performance on CULane (F1@50: 81.46) and TuSimple (F1: 98.01).
  • Demonstrated improved robustness in challenging scenarios like curves and dazzle light.
  • Outperformed baselines on CurveLanes (mF1: 58.74, +4.98 points).

Conclusions:

  • Topology-aware reasoning significantly enhances lane detection generalization.
  • TPDNet produces more structurally coherent lane predictions across diverse road conditions.
  • The framework offers improved reliability for autonomous driving systems.