Research Results - ADAS

ADAS –
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

"The research area on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems comprises driver needs and acceptance of in-vehicle support systems and the evaluation of the effects of such systems on driver behaviour, traffic safety, flow and environment.

The main types of applications that are being looked into are support systems for speed and distance keeping within the framework of various European projects, such as SASPENCE/PReVENT, PROSPER, MASTER and national Swedish trials on ISA – Intelligent Speed Adaptation.

The research area on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems comprises driver needs and acceptance of in-vehicle support systems and the evaluation of the effects of such systems on driver behaviour, traffic safety, flow and environment."

Examples of such a system are:

* In-vehicle navigation system with typically GPS and TMC
for providing up-to-date traffic information.
* Adaptive cruise control (ACC)
* Lane/road departure detection/warning system
* Lane departure warning
* Lane change assistance
* Collision warning system
* Intelligent speed adaptation or intelligent speed advice (ISA)
* Night vision
* Adaptive light control
* Pedestrian protection system
* Automatic parking
* Traffic sign recognition
* Blind spot detection
* Driver drowsiness detection
* C2C communication
* Hill descent control



Conclusion: Need for Pedestrians:

The only ADAS, which helps to protect pedestrian ist the Pedestrian Protection System, which is only helpfull in case of a crash but not preventing. There are allready some good existing ADAS which help preventing crashes with other cars, which could be adepted to pedestrian safety too:

* Adaptive light control - also for corners for not just seeing the street
but also the pedestrians crossing the street

* Night vision - Or "Heat Vision" for pedestrians

* C2P communication - Interaction between cars and pedestrians


Referred to:
ADAS @ Wiki (eng)
ADAS @ LUND University
ADAC (ger)
eSafety (eng)
eSafety Videos (ger & eng)