Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or ADAS, are systems to help the driver in
the driving process. When designed with a safe Human-Machine Interface, they
should increase car safety and more generally road safety.
Description Advanced driver assistance systems are
systems developed to automateenhance vehicle systems for safety and better
driving. Safety features are designed to avoid collisions and accidents by
offering technologies that alert the driver to potential problems, or to
avoid collisions by implementing safeguards and taking over control of
the vehicle. Adaptive features may automate lighting, provide adaptive
cruise control, automate braking, incorporate GPS/ traffic warnings,
connect to smartphones, alert driver to other cars or dangers, keep the driver
in the correct lane, or show what is in blind spots.
There are many forms of ADAS available; some features are built into cars or are
available as an add-on package. Also, there are aftermarket solutions
available. Advanced driver assistance systems are
one of the fastest-growing segments in automotive electronics.
ADAS technology can be based upon vision/camera systems, sensor
technology, car data networks, Vehicle-to-vehicle, or
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure systems. Next-generation ADAS will increasingly
leverage wireless network connectivity to offer improved value by using
car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure data.
Developments On March 31, 2014,the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced
that it will require all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds to have rear view
cameras by May 2018. The rule was required by Congress as part of the
Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007. The Act is named
after two-year-old Cameron Gulbransen, who was killed when his father failed to
see the toddler, and accidentally backed over him in the family’s driveway.
GM offered the first vibrating seat warning ever available, in Cadillacs
starting with the 2013 Cadillac ATS. If the driver begins drifting out of the
traveling lane of a highway, the seat vibrates on the side of the lane warning
the driver of danger. The Safety Alert Seat also provides a vibrating pulse on
both sides of the seat when a frontal threat is detected.
Alcohol Ignition interlock devices do not allow the driver to start the car if
the breath alcohol level is above a predescribed amount. The Automotive
Coalition for Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration have called for a Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety
program to put alcohol detection devices in all cars.
Examples Adaptive cruise control
Adaptive high beam Glare-free high beam and pixel light
Adaptive light control: swivelling curve lights
Automatic parking Automotive navigation system with
typically GPS and TMC for providing up-to-date traffic information.
Automotive night vision Blind spot monitor
Collision avoidance system Crosswind stabilization
Driver drowsiness detection Driver Monitoring System
Electric vehicle warning sounds used in hybrids and plug-in electric vehicles
Emergency driver assistant Forward Collision Warning
Intersection assistant Hill descent control
Intelligent speed adaptation or intelligent speed advice
Lane departure warning system Lane change assistance
Pedestrian protection system Traffic sign recognition
Turning assistant Vehicular communication systems
Wrong-way driving warning See also
EuroFOT Intelligent Transportation System
Traffic psychology References
External links Vision-based driver assistance
Intelligent Transport Systems Field Operational Testing Advanced
Driver Assistance Systems INSIDE ADAS - Paper for Advanced Driver
Assistance Systems aCoDriver