Requirements on automotive radar systems for enhanced pedestrian protection

Author

Heuer, M. ; Al-Hamadi, A. ; Meinecke, M. -M ; Mende, R.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

23-25 May 2012

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

48

Abstract

This paper work is connected to the joint EU-project called ARTRAC. It briefly describes one of the first project tasks in which the requirements are derived that are necessary for enhanced pedestrian protection for a single radar system. Therefore, we examine different points of view: accident statistics and the associated environmental circumstances, user needs for active safety systems and radar regulations. The resulting technical requirements are compared to current automotive radar systems, while reviewing the feasibility. In addition we discuss how a new transmit/ receive antenna and multi-channel receiver should be developed and give examples for possible safety functions that could benefit from this innovative radar sensor.

Keywords

pedestrians; radio receivers; receiving antennas; road vehicle radar; safety systems; transmitting antennas; ARTRAC; EU-project; accident statistics; active safety systems; associated environmental circumstances; automotive radar systems; multichannel receiver; pedestrian protection; radar regulations; radar sensor; safety functions; single radar system; transmit/receive antenna; Accidents; Automotive engineering; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; Safety; Vehicles; automotive radar; radar sensor technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Symposium (IRS), 2012 13th International

Conference_Location

Warsaw

ISSN

2155-5754

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1838-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRS.2012.6233286

Filename

6233286