Innovative sensor technology will lead the trend of driverless cars

Motor vehicle refers to a car that can drive automatically with little human intervention. It is likely to represent the future driving trend. According to IHS 'automotive research report, the automotive sensor market that has helped create this engineering miracle has now emerged and will maintain rapid growth in the next few years.

Parking assist cameras and lane departure warning cameras are just two types of sensors that will appear in autonomous driving applications and are expected to grow strongly each year over the next five years. Shipments of such sensors are expected to reach 3.4 million units in 2012, which is double the 1.7 million units last year, and will reach about 18 million units in 2015, almost 20 times the 939200 units in 2010.

People have invested tremendous energy in developing autonomous vehicles. This kind of car is also called a robot car or driverless car, which can sense the surrounding environment and drive automatically. Although people can choose the destination, they do not have to perform mechanical operations.

The basis of automatic vehicle control is environment and situational awareness, and current driver assistance systems also rely on the same perception. This type of perception is provided by various sensors inside and outside the vehicle, which monitor various control systems in the front, rear, left, and right of the vehicle. For example, parking assist cameras help drivers park their cars to avoid collisions with any objects or other cars, and lane departure warning sensors can detect that cars may deviate from the lane due to driver distractions or operational errors.

Although cameras and relays are currently dominant in cars, telemetry called LIDAR is being used on at least one autonomous driving prototype, Google ’s driverless cars. Google's technology is used in a Toyota car. According to "Wired" magazine report, Toyota Prius is equipped with a LIDAR sensor of Velodyne LIDAR Inc., using 64 laser heads rotating 900 revolutions per minute to form a 360-degree angle of view around the car.

In addition, there are three radar sensors in the front, one in the back, and a high-resolution camera on the front windshield, all of which can instantly reflect the surrounding conditions of the car. "Wired" stated that the system generates comprehensive images of objects and areas around the car, analyzes and predicts its future movements, and performs 20 times per second.

The sensor network installed on the Google Prius prototype has appeared in several production models of several car manufacturers, providing lateral and radial automatic control. IHS believes that the rest of the work is to integrate these systems and all of their sensory data into a comprehensive control system for all car movements. But this is easier said than done.

Mercedes-Benz S-Class also has almost all advanced safety and driver assistance systems that German manufacturers must provide. Forward radar (including long range and short range), forward camera sensor, rear short range radar. There are additional sensors to monitor the car system and driver input, ready to activate the electronic stability control system when cornering too much, or to remind the driver to avoid the danger of drowsiness or crash. In short, these sensors and systems monitor the areas that are currently the most dangerous for drivers: the area in front of the car to pass through, and the blind spots on the back and sides of the car.

For the automotive industry, one challenge for the introduction of autonomous vehicles will be how to introduce this concept to generally cautious car buyers, although driverless systems can theoretically reduce the workload of drivers. It can automatically perform a variety of tasks, such as a parallel car, and can also provide auxiliary support in the event of a driver error or injury. The automotive industry knows that for many people, the car and driving process may be an emotional experience, so caution must be exercised in promoting the possible advantages of the new system, even if it may minimize injury or save lives.

At the same time, players outside the automotive industry, such as Google and other entities, are increasingly concerned about personal mobility related to automobiles, and these manufacturers are not bound by traditional ideas like those in the automotive industry. These manufacturers continue to define processes, develop various systems, and make various preparations for autonomous vehicles. Automobiles must seem to be the focus of attention in the future.

IHS believes that the two teams will meet somewhere in the middle, and the resulting automotive innovation will provide a new sense of security and freedom of movement.

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