The Route to the "Sensitive Automobile"
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Bosch's plans for driver assistance systems which will get you to your destination even more safely and with much less strain
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Sensors and electronic systems in automobiles will soon be able to sense and interpret a vehicle's surroundings, allowing them to rapidly identify dangerous situations. "Electronic vehicle environment sensing makes it possible to implement numerous novel driver assistance systems", says Dr. Rainer Kallenbach, Executive Vice President Automobile Electronics Division at Bosch with responsibility for driver assistance systems, at the Stuttgart company's Automotive Press Briefing in Boxberg.
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One example: Bosch's semi-autonomous Parking Assistance system will make parking much easier in future. It measures the size of a parking space and tells the driver what steering movements to make. The product will be ready for series production in 2007. In a more advanced version of the system called Park Steering Control, the steering manoeuvres, once calculated, will be performed by an electronically controlled power steering unit.
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Bosch is also expanding the range of functions of its current Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) driver assistance system. The new system, known as ACCplus, will not only maintain a safe distance to the vehicle in front at speeds above 30 kph, but will in future also operate at lower speeds than this, right down to full stop, and automatically bring the vehicle to a halt in stop-and-go traffic. "The driver decides whether or not to move the vehicle forwards after coming to a halt", explains Kallenbach, "because - like all Bosch's driver assistance systems - ACC is intended to take the strain off the driver, not treat him like a child". ACCplus will go into series production in 2006.
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In the very near future, video sensors will play a central role, for example in systems for lane departure recognition. If the vehicle starts to drift off course, the system gives the driver a warning. Other possible applications include night vision support, road sign recognition, recognition of other vehicles and the identification of obstacles in the road ahead.
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With the aim of reducing accident rates, Bosch is taking a number of driver assistance systems designed primarily for driver comfort and convenience and developing them further into a group of products under the heading of Predictive Safety Systems (PSS). The first level of development is Predictive Brake Assist (PBA): if the ACC identifies a dangerous traffic situation, the system imperceptibly moves the brake pads close to the brake discs and prepares the braking assistance system for a possible emergency braking manoeuvre. This system was fitted as standard to the Audi A6 in 2005. The second level of development expands the PBA's range of functions: Predictive Collision Warning (PCW) gives the driver timely warning of critical situations. Bosch will start series production of this system in 2006. The third stage of development, known as Predictive Emergency Brake (PEB), triggers an emergency braking if the driver fails to react at all, or not adequately, to the warning just given. "PEB can significantly reduce the force of a collision", explains Kallenbach. Bosch plans to offer these systems from 2009 on.
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Bosch has also begun the CAPS (Combined Active and Passive Safety) program aimed at linking up all the active and passive safety systems. For example, if the ESP® Electronic Stability Program identifies a situation which critically affects the driving dynamics, it will activate passive safety systems such as the seatbelt tensioners. Kallenbach is confident: "Working in combination with the sensors which detect the vehicle environment, CAPS creates further potential for reducing both the number of accidents and their severity."
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- Electronic Parking Assistance
- Improved Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
- Predictive Safety Systems
- New Bosch concept: CAPS combines active and passive safety systems
Sensors and electronic systems in automobiles will soon be able to sense and interpret a vehicle's surroundings, allowing them to rapidly identify dangerous situations. "Electronic vehicle environment sensing makes it possible to implement numerous novel driver assistance systems", says Dr. Rainer Kallenbach, Executive Vice President Automobile Electronics Division at Bosch with responsibility for driver assistance systems, at the Stuttgart company's Automotive Press Briefing in Boxberg.
(Click on the photo to enlarge. High resolution versions are available)
One example: Bosch's semi-autonomous Parking Assistance system will make parking much easier in future. It measures the size of a parking space and tells the driver what steering movements to make. The product will be ready for series production in 2007. In a more advanced version of the system called Park Steering Control, the steering manoeuvres, once calculated, will be performed by an electronically controlled power steering unit.
(Click on the photo to enlarge. High resolution versions are available)
Bosch is also expanding the range of functions of its current Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) driver assistance system. The new system, known as ACCplus, will not only maintain a safe distance to the vehicle in front at speeds above 30 kph, but will in future also operate at lower speeds than this, right down to full stop, and automatically bring the vehicle to a halt in stop-and-go traffic. "The driver decides whether or not to move the vehicle forwards after coming to a halt", explains Kallenbach, "because - like all Bosch's driver assistance systems - ACC is intended to take the strain off the driver, not treat him like a child". ACCplus will go into series production in 2006.
(Click on the photo to enlarge. High resolution versions are available)
In the very near future, video sensors will play a central role, for example in systems for lane departure recognition. If the vehicle starts to drift off course, the system gives the driver a warning. Other possible applications include night vision support, road sign recognition, recognition of other vehicles and the identification of obstacles in the road ahead.
(Click on the photo to enlarge. High resolution versions are available)
With the aim of reducing accident rates, Bosch is taking a number of driver assistance systems designed primarily for driver comfort and convenience and developing them further into a group of products under the heading of Predictive Safety Systems (PSS). The first level of development is Predictive Brake Assist (PBA): if the ACC identifies a dangerous traffic situation, the system imperceptibly moves the brake pads close to the brake discs and prepares the braking assistance system for a possible emergency braking manoeuvre. This system was fitted as standard to the Audi A6 in 2005. The second level of development expands the PBA's range of functions: Predictive Collision Warning (PCW) gives the driver timely warning of critical situations. Bosch will start series production of this system in 2006. The third stage of development, known as Predictive Emergency Brake (PEB), triggers an emergency braking if the driver fails to react at all, or not adequately, to the warning just given. "PEB can significantly reduce the force of a collision", explains Kallenbach. Bosch plans to offer these systems from 2009 on.
(Click on the photo to enlarge. High resolution versions are available)
Bosch has also begun the CAPS (Combined Active and Passive Safety) program aimed at linking up all the active and passive safety systems. For example, if the ESP® Electronic Stability Program identifies a situation which critically affects the driving dynamics, it will activate passive safety systems such as the seatbelt tensioners. Kallenbach is confident: "Working in combination with the sensors which detect the vehicle environment, CAPS creates further potential for reducing both the number of accidents and their severity."
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