Wherecamp Navigation Conference 2015 - NDS standardization

Berlin, 26.11.2015 Dr. Volker Sasse (Chairman NDS Association, VP NavInfo), Dr. Ronald Koch (Carmeq)

WELCOME in Berlin

NDS Association:

Standardization –

Key for

Autonomous

Driving

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WHERECAMP, Navigation & Local Intelligence Conference - Berlin, 26.11.2015

NDS - More than a Physical Storage Format

NDS Association:

Standardization -

Key for

Autonomous

Driving A single company

does not have the

power to dominate

AD ! (v)

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Automotive Grade Map Technology for Auto(nomous) Drive

Our Goal was to get from to

1. Carriage, car, containers transport us on road, rail, water, air

2. Autonomously, by auto pilot, automatically as fast as possible

3. Information integrators inject intelligence supporting the goal

4. We are modeling the world – this is the ultimate basis of the system

A B But beyond

transportation the

car becomes the

DRIVE living room

! (v)

We know:

Intelligent robots

are better drivers,

thus NDS is

focused on

automation ! (v)


NDS is a crucial part of a big change of our world

1. Our primary focus is a technical one, but NDS has influence beyond this

2. The diversity of members is a platform for extended discussion

3. We are integrating parties who collect/merge/provide big data from all

kinds of sources including sensors

4. We provide a standardized system for the reality modeling of the

complete world

Automotive Grade Map Technology for Auto Drive

We are better then

Google Street View when

all cars deliver views and

Google Glass gets data

for a complete VR on the

road corridors! (v)


NDS

• provides what the Autonomous Drive of a connected car fleet requires +

• is a basis for Metropolitan Traffic Management


Standardization

seems to be a risk

in this context, but

we are fulfilling the

requirement of

speed and

necessity ! (v)


NDS is on the market since 2012 within high end infotainment

1. We have the technology and

2. the organization which is

3. accepted internationally by major players and

4. therefore maintained and improved continuously !


A powerful

productive

platform for the

next big shot ! (v)


Car

Manufacturers

Compiler

Developers

Map Data

Providers

System

Providers Technical

Committee

Steering

Committee

General Assembly

Service

Providers


NDS Members

It is proved, that

creativity needs

collaboration! (v)


2013 2014 2015

Photos by BMW

Photos by Daimler

Photos by Volkswagen


The car

companies and

their customers

are the backbone

of AD! (v)


General Assembly

Steering Committee (SC)

[Dr.V.Sasse]

Technical Committee (TC)

[H.-U.Otto]

Working Group WG1: Map Format

Change Control Board (CCB)

DataScript Editor

[B.Gumhold]

Working Group WG2: Cloud Integration

Working Group WG3: Autonomous

Driving Tooling Board (TB)

Technical Coordinator

[F.Klebert]

Validation & Certification Board

(VCB)

Validation Suite Board (VSB)

VCB Coordinator

[Dr.Th.End]

Administrator

[Dr.M.Junker]


NDS is driven

by flexible

projects,

economical

and brings a

large

potential fleet

of cars on the

road ! (v)


Working Group 3: Auto Drive

• Definition

– WG3 is responsible for the development of all map features which are needed to support

autonomous driving use cases.

• Goals

– Define and update map requirements for autonomous driving

– Develop proposals and change requests for NDS map format

• Tasks

– Provide high quality requirements and use cases to support autonomous driving

– Provide high quality documentation for all autonomous driving-related parts of NDS

– Drive integration of innovations from the autonomous driving domain

– Align with WG1 to make NDS format „autonomous driving capable“

Automotive Grade Map Technology for Auto Drive Auto Drive



Seamless integration with NDS standard

Infotainment map

– AutoDrive layer integrates in same

way as other layers

(e.g. guidance, ADAS, truck)

– High re-use of Database Access code

for standard applications

– Already existing attributes can be

assigned to HD lane model

– Utilization of mature mechanism

NDS Database

Guidance

ADAS

Truck

Traffic

AutoDrive

Routing

AutoDrive Features



– Introduction of advanced

geometries

– Lane center line geometries

– Lane boundary geometries

and types

– Lane marking colors

– Connectivity model for simple

and

complex intersections

– Highly accurate attribution of

lanes

Highly Accurate Lane Model



– Concrete lane separator

markings like solid,

dashed, etc.

– Physical lane

boundaries like curbs,

guard rails, etc.

– Estimated lane

boundaries like end of

road (lawn edge)

– Lane markings like

arrows

– Special lane types

Lane Markings and Boundaries



– 3D positioning objects

(e.g. roadside furniture,

house corners, overhead

structures etc.)

– Features several material

types for improved sensor

fusion results

(e.g. concrete wall vs.

transparent wall)

Positioning


Information sources on NDS

• Teaser video explaining NDS on web site

• NDS Wikipedia articles in different languages

(English & Chinese & German & Japanese online)

• NDS association web site with NDS products and tools

More than a PSF



The technical basis for auto drive is available

We’ve had ….


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lane and

avoidance

assistance

dead angle and roadwork and

parking assistance

adding more precise

adding more up-to-date

information in order to fulfill

the new auto drive

requirements.

Based on the past evolution

we will have a mature

revolution ! (v)


NDS and timing estimates about the progress

• Some technicians estimate that already in 2020 we can see autonomous

series products driving on some highways. The extent of automation and

supervision is highly dependent on legal adaptations in the country.

• However, the dream to have the autonomous car without human control

on all roads by then is rather unrealistic. But: the topic will be driven with

high pressure from the car industry due to the expected and needed

business effect.


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time

NDS importance

NDS connects

internationally with

ADASIS, SENSORIS, own

and external innovation

departments, Universities

and AD Startups in order

to improve the world as

soon as possible ! (v)


The potential of information collected by the auto drive car

• The auto drive car is collecting all information around the car

(e.g., 50 sensors like stereo-video cameras, radar devices, laser

scanners)

• Storing and sharing this information reveals forward-looking business

use cases for:

– even more convenient driving

– lowering energy consumption

– increasing safetey on the road


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Sensors and

Database are the

foundation of a self

learning ecosystem ! (v)


NDS brings the relevant information together

• We need a mature learning system where

each single information source collector

participates

• This requires cooperation rather

than competition

• NDS enables the cooperation by

laying the ground for storing and

exchanging information:

– NDS is technical reliable: It is already in use in most modern infotainment systems

in the market

– NDS is international reflecting the local particularities

– NDS is open for innovations

– NDS comes with a lively community


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We are creative,

flexible and fast

adjusting to the

requirements of the

new world ! (v)



NDS, auto drive and metropolitan traffic management

Traffic in metropolitan cities like Beijing are frequently collapsing

– Space is limited / maximum amount of road surface reached

– Efforts to restrict number of cars have not been successful

– Drivers follow their individual road preferences which is harming

the traffic flow as a whole

Solution requested by traffic management organizations

– “Reduction” of the individual influence on the route selection

– Control the computer steered stream of cars on the roads as a whole

NDS and auto drive can be the basis

for metropolitan traffic management

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In the future we will

transfer Terabits/s

and handle massive

amounts of big data

for this purpose ! (v)


NDS in the context of involved parties

• The cooperation includes parties who decide on traffic laws and streets

regulations even in ethical context

• Others are insurances and those in charge of admission procedures.

• Besides, the new world BRAIN has a monetary relationship where the

ownership needs regulation, since connected cars in the internet

produce valuable mass data.

• Last not least the community has to protect personal data, which needs

to be solved appropriately.


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NDS importance

Our members and implicitly

NDS are involved in all of

these matters worldwide ! (v)


NDS and the automotive BRAIN

• Maps were always of high importance influencing the world. However, the

map data was rather static and the processing simple.

• Today we see increasingly:

– Precise and up-to-date modelling of the real and dynamic world around the car

– The inclusion of a very high and still increasing number of sensors in the dynamic

processing of the data in the car

– The exchange of information with the road infrastructure and other road users

The connected network of dynamic information becomes an automotive

BRAIN - NDS can serve as the memory of this brain

WE ARE INVITING EVERONE TO FIND SOLUTIONS COOPERATING WITH

US BECAUSE NO-BODY CAN HANDLE THIS ALONE

LET US JOIN ALL FORCES AND CHANGE THE WORLD !


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A GLOBAL AUTO DRIVE MAP

NDS provides the world-wide map standard for automotive grade use

NDS VISION

Autonomous

Driving is

revolutionary like

a Moonshot !

10X ! (v)

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