# SwiftLane: Towards Fast and Efficient Lane Detection

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.11779 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2110.11779/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 11 of its 25 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 22 Oct 2021.

## Builds on (most cited first, 11 of 11)

- [Deep Residual Learning for Image Recognition](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1512.03385/) (2015)
- [PyTorch: An Imperative Style, High-Performance Deep Learning Library](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1912.01703/) (2019)
- [Spatial As Deep: Spatial CNN for Traffic Scene Understanding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1712.06080/) (2017)
- [Learning Lightweight Lane Detection CNNs by Self Attention Distillation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1908.00821/) (2019)
- [Keep your Eyes on the Lane: Real-time Attention-guided Lane Detection](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.12035/) (2020)
- [Ultra Fast Structure-aware Deep Lane Detection](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2004.11757/) (2020)
- [CurveLane-NAS: Unifying Lane-Sensitive Architecture Search and Adaptive Point Blending](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2007.12147/) (2020)
- [Key Points Estimation and Point Instance Segmentation Approach for Lane Detection](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2002.06604/) (2020)
- [RESA: Recurrent Feature-Shift Aggregator for Lane Detection](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2008.13719/) (2020)
- [Focus on Local: Detecting Lane Marker from Bottom Up via Key Point](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2105.13680/) (2021)
- [End-to-End Lane Marker Detection via Row-wise Classification](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2005.08630/) (2020)

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [PersFormer: 3D Lane Detection via Perspective Transformer and the OpenLane Benchmark](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.11089/) (2022)
- [Automatic High Resolution Wire Segmentation and Removal](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.00221/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Recent work done on lane detection has been able to detect lanes accurately in complex scenarios, yet many fail to deliver real-time performance specifically with limited computational resources. In this work, we propose SwiftLane: a simple and light-weight, end-to-end deep learning based framework, coupled with the row-wise classification formulation for fast and efficient lane detection. This framework is supplemented with a false positive suppression algorithm and a curve fitting technique to further increase the accuracy. Our method achieves an inference speed of 411 frames per second, surpassing state-of-the-art in terms of speed while achieving comparable results in terms of accuracy on the popular CULane benchmark dataset. In addition, our proposed framework together with TensorRT optimization facilitates real-time lane detection on a Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier as an embedded system while achieving a high inference speed of 56 frames per second.
