Abstract
Innovation in methodology and integration of different tools is needed to allow effective assessment of active safety systems. With the growing importance of active systems, an assessment methodology and complying development tools for active safety systems have the primary attention of both the developers and the regulators. Evaluation of active safety systems is complex and robustness, repeatability and safety are key requirements in the assessment methods. The system performance of active safety systems depends on different factors such as the traffic environment, the vehicle state, and the driver behavior, that interact on different levels with each other. Complexity in scenarios makes it difficult to determine robustness, fail safety and overall system performance. Another challenge is the fact that more and more active safety systems operate in the zero time-to-collision (TTC) range and, with that, the need increases for new safe and nondestructive assessment methods. This paper describes a methodology for design and assessment of active safety systems. The method is based on seamless integration of simulation tools and test facilities, in order to allow an effective and efficient active safety system development process.
Keywords: Active Safety Systems, Development Methods, Development Tools, Real Life Safety Assessment