AVOIDANCE - Collision Avoidance system in a passenger vehicle

摘要

In the last few years, Driver Assistance Systems have contributed to a significantreduction on traffic accidents and fatalities. However, there’s still room for improvement ofactive safety in passenger vehicles. Collision Avoidance Systems that undertake driver’sresponsibility in case of imminent risk are one of the ultimate strategies to reduce the accidentpossibility or, in any case, to minimize its consequences, as projects such as interactIVe areshowcasing. Being driver’s inattention one of the main causes of accidents, Highly AutomatedDriving is another relevant topic for the future of accident-free driving, as different researchprojects are demonstrating (e.g., HAVE-IT). This paper depicts the current development of aCollision Avoidance System combined with highly automated driving under certaincircumstances undertaken by CTAG. Named AVOIDANCE, a first introduction on projectobjectives is provided, including the use cases and applications defined on the first phases ofthe project. The technical part of the description includes a description of the environmentperception approach, the interaction of the autonomous control systems with the vehicledynamics, the implementation on the vehicle’s electronic architecture and the selected HMIconcept. Finally, a chapter on project first results is included, before ending with next stepsand conclusions.