Design of Advanced Front-lighting control unit and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation

Due to the poor adaptability of the traditional vehicle headlights under some conditions such as vehicle´s speed at night, road type and weather situation, the Advanced Front-lighting System (AFS) has been widely concerned in the world. This article analyzes the Advanced Front-lighting control unit´s hardware characters and the related strategy of headlight. For confirming the feasibility of the advanced front-lighting´s algorithm, the Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation for AFS based on Driving Simulator is researched and developed, which has the function of the Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation for AFS. With a series of simulation testing, the conclusion is indicated that this system has the good function of the Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation for AFS, it can be to confirm and evaluation the feasibility of Advanced Front-lighting´s control algorithm and the performance of the software and hardware, to reduce the repeated real object experiment and danger, which is lay the foundation for calibration and test of AFS.