DEVELOPMENT OF COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS AT DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS

Abstract

Since the late 1980s, Delphi Automotive Systems has been very involved with the practical development of a variety of Collision Avoidance products for the near- and long-term automotive market. Many of these products will incorporate the use of millimeter-wave radar sensors as the primary detection sensor for use in the detection and identification of primary objects that pose a conflicting threat to the host vehicle. The design of these products have been approached from a system perspective, with a particular emphasis placed on performance, package size, and cost. The critical issues and other technical challenges in developing these systems will be explored 1. INTRODUCTION Tremendous progress has been made since the 1960's with regards to vehicle safety. Early safety approaches emphasized precaution (e.g., surviving a crash) and focused on such passive devices as seat belts, air bags, crash zones, and lighting. These improvements have dramatically reduced the rate of crashrelated ...