Advanced Driver Assistance System Technologies and Its Challenges Toward the Development of Autonomous Vehicle

摘要

The automotive industry is more concerned about vehicle and road safety. Nowadays the Govt. has introduced new safety regulations to improve the vehicle and road safety. Most of the accidents are happening because of human errors, violation of traffic rules, etc. To avoid or reduce these accidents and to meet the Govt. safety regulations the automotive industries started implementing new technologies like Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), Passive and Active safety system in vehicles. ADAS is the most important safety feature in modern automobiles. The key functionality of ADAS is to provide more comfort to the driver and to improve road and vehicle safety by minimizing human errors. To achieve these functionalities the system use sensors like Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging), Camera, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), and Ultrasonic sensors. Based on sensor input Electronic Control Unit (ECU) delivers the information to driver in terms of warnings, alarms, etc. or system takes the longitudinal and lateral control to bring the vehicle to safer zone. Focus of this paper is to discuss the hardware and software technologies used for the development of ADAS systems and its challenges.