A Simulation Platform for the Development of Vehicle ACC Systems

Abstract:

The paper presents a simulation platform for the development of vehicle adaptive cruise control (ACC) systems. The simulation platform has the ability to simulate traffic driving conditions and critical driving conditions and covers software-in-the loop and hardware-in-the-loop test capabilities. First, the system architecture of the simulation platform is introduced. All components of the platform are defined. Those components build the basis for the entire simulation. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between the simulated vehicle and its traffic environment. Second, this paper provides a radar sensor model framework and a vision sensor model framework to establish virtual sensor models to enable high-fidelity simulation on environmental sensing and perception for virtual development, testing and validation of ACC system. Finally, this paper gives an example of ACC under traffic conditions to verify the simulation platform.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 712-715)
• Pages: 1139-1144
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.712-715.1139
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Su Min Zhang*, Hai Zhen Liu, Fei Han, Shan Shan Wang
• Keywords: Adaptive Cruise Control, Radar Sensor Model Framework, Simulation Platform, Traffic Simulation, Vision Sensor Model Framework

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