A new class of intelligent sensors for the inner space monitoring of the vehicle of the future

摘要

Improvement of car occupant safety, comfort and mobility are the main research domains for the automotive industry by the end of this century. New, very sophisticated functions called ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) will be installed in our vehicles within the next 10 years. These functions could for example improve the environmental perception of the driver, sometimes, in critical situations they could take decisions instead of him (Collision avoidance, -) but also perform totally new automatic operations directly related with safety (airbag firing, -) Fig 1 gives an overview of the development trends for safety functions.