Driver Assistance and

Vehicle Control

TNK052 Intelligent TransportationSystems

Andreas Tapani

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Driver Assistance today and

in the 1930’s

The driver had to do everything!

ABS, ESP, automatic transmission,

rain sensors, panic brake assistant, …

The driver indicates direction and speed,

the car takes care of the rest!

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The road safety development in Sweden

Source:

SCB

Fatalities per 100 000 cars

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Driver error

86%

Technical failure

3%

Unknown

11%

Single vehicle

21%

Turning/crossing

30%

Vehicle-

pedestrian

18%

Rear-end

13%H

ead-on

10%

Other

8%

Accident statistics

�~1.2 million people killed in road traffic accidents each year

�~40 000 in the EU

�~450 in Sweden

�Nearly all accidents are

due to human error!

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Road safety improvement strategies

�Passive counterm

easures:

Reduce consequences of

errors/accidents

�Active counterm

easures:

Reduce the number of

driver errors

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In-vehicle ITS or “Advanced

Driver Assistance Systems”

(ADAS)

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Estimations of the accident reduction potential

of ITS related to vehicle safety

�80 %

reduction in total accidents (Japan)

�ISA: 25-30 %

reduction (Netherlands)

�ACC: 60 %

reduction in rear-end accidents (Netherlands)

How are this type of estimations done?

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Other potential effects on the traffic system

�Increased capacity

�Reduced travel times

�Reduced environmental impact

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Examples of available

ITS in series-produced

passenger cars

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Driver monitoring

�A simple form

: passengerdetectionfor seatbelts

�Detectingdriver impairmentor distraction

�Camera technology

�(Biosignalmeasurements)

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Night vision

�To allowdriversto gaintime to assessthe situation and choose

and appropriateresponse

�Near or Far InfraRed(NIR or FIR) technology

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Workloadmanagement

�Filteringand prioritizingthe inform

ation presentedto the driver

�Estimationof the driver workloadusingvehiclesensors

(speed brakeforce, windshieldwiperuse)

�Whenchallengingsituations are detected�

Postponeor

cancelnon-urgentwarningsor mobile phonecalls.

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Brakeforcedisplay

�Display brakeforce

throughthe brakelights

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Adaptive headlights

�Headlightsthat followthe road curvature

�Switchbetweenhigh and lowbeam

�Corneringheadlights

�Safetyeffects? (Improvedsight�

Higherspeeds �

reducedsafety?)

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Lane departure

warning

�Recognize lanes and detect an

imminent lane departure

�Cameras

�Lane markings are required

�Lane keeping assistant:

�Provide appropriate steering

input

�Responsibility and legislation

issues

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Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)

�Mantainspeed and distance

to the vehicleinfront

�Engine decelerationor

Activedecelerationwith

limitedbrakeforce

�Earlysystems: lim

itedspeed

range

New systems: Full speed

rangeincludingstop and go

�Ongoingdevelopment:

Linkagebetweenthe ACC

and navigation

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Electronic stabilitycontrol

�Brakingof individualwheels

(suspension and traction

control)

�One of the mostsafety-

enhancingsystems on the

market

�Sensors: Steeringwheel

angle, gyro, yawratelateral

and longitudinal accelation

�(Countersteeringassistance)

�Roll stabilitycontrol

�Takeinto

accountthe load

distribution

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Blind spotdetectionsystems

�Detectingobjectsin the ”blind spot”sideand back

�Cameras or radar

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Pre-collision, collisionavoidanceand

obstacledetectionsystems

�Avoidcrashesand reducethe severityof imminentcrashes

�Lowervehiclespeed

�Driver warningand brakesupport

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Emergencysteeringand breakingassist

�Optimizingthe vehicledecelerationor steeingin emergency

situations

�Maxmizingpressure

in the brakecircuits

�Reducesteeringgearratio

�Shortenstoppingdistance

�More

directsteering

�Autonomousbrakingsystems are alsoavailable

�a potential to avoidaccidents

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Passengerinjurymitigationand

post-crashsystems

�Activewhiplashinjuryreduction

�Monitor the rear of the carusingradar

�Repositionheadrest before

a rear-end

crash

�Advancedairbags

�Adaptthe deploymentpower according

to �Collisionseverity

�Massof the driver

�Partialwindowopening, doorunlocking

and engineand fuelcutoff

�Automaticemergencycall–notifythe

rescueservice automatically

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Co-operative systems

Vehicle-to-vehicle and

vehicle-to-infrastructure communication

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Driver assistance systems technology

Source: PREVENT IP

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ADAS control loop

Surveillance of

the vehicle

environment

Traffic situation

interpretation

Activate intervention system

Prediction of

future situation

Critical?No

Yes

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System classification

Comfort

Safety

Inform

ativ

eLow

response

High

response

Response

time

>

Driver

reaction

time

Response

time

<

Driver

reaction

time

Intervention

Guidance

Navigation

ABS

ESP

CA

LDW

ACC

PA NAVIGATION

VISION ENH.

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Driver assistance systems and accident phases

Rescue

Occupant protection

Collision mitigation

Collision avoidance

Norm

al driving

Emergency

systems

Passive safety systems

High response systems

Inform

ation/

low response

Post Crash

Crash

Pre-crash

Intervention

Driving

Critical

situation

Point of no

return

End of

crash

Crash

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In-vehicle ITS

road map

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PassengercarITS -focusareas in the

developmentprocess

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Issues in the development process

�Technological requirement

�Driver acceptance and behaviouralresponse

�Driver, car manufacturer and system developer liability

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Technological requirements

�Specifications

�Reliability

�Cost

…

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Driver acceptance and behaviouralresponse

�Do drivers want the system?

�Will the driver use the system as intended?

�Behaviouraladaptation

�Is driver attention diverted from traffic due to the system?

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Liability issues

�Who is responsible for an accident?

�Inform

ation systems

�Overridableintervention systems

�Non-overridableintervention systems

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Evaluationof the effectsof in-vehicleITS

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Methods for testing the impact of in-vehicle ITS

�Driving simulator studies

�Field trials

�Traffic modelling

�Economic analysis

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What have we talked about today?

�Changes in the nature of driving

�Accident statistics

�An overview of in-vehicle ITS

�A peek to the future

�Issues that needs to be considered in the system

development process