Session: 15-06-01: Reliability and Safety in Transportation Systems I

Paper Number: 167084

Forward Collision Warning Performance of the Mobileye 8 Connect in Three Scenarios 

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), including Anti-Lock Brake Systems (ABS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Forward Collision Warning (FCW), and Lane Departure Warning (LDW) have been under development by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers since the 1970’s.  FCW and LDW have been installed in production vehicles as early as the early 2000’s.  Since then the capabilities of these systems have progressed to include autonomous application of the brake and steering systems of a vehicle to prevent or mitigate collisions, lane departures, and other types of automobile incidents that can cause property damage, personal injury, and death.  While the availability of these systems from the OEM as factory-installed equipment has increased as widespread adoption of these technologies proliferated the vehicle fleet, the vast majority of vehicles on the road are not equipped with any of these systems. 

Mobileye is a leading supplier of computer chips and software that detect objects around a vehicles’ path.  Mobileye has shipped more than 190 million of their System on Chip (SoC), named EyeQ, over 6 generations of the system and the system is used by over 50 OEMs across the world.  Mobileye has been offering aftermarket systems that allow any vehicle to have FCW and LDW capability.  Mobileye’s most recent system, the Mobileye 8 Connect consists of a camera module, GPS antenna, and display unit, and can be installed in nearly any vehicle on the road.  The Mobile 8 Connect uses the EyeQ 4 processor and an improved camera, compared to the Mobileye 6-Series, to offer state-of-the-art collision avoidance capabilities to vehicles not factory-equipped with these technologies.  The Mobileye 8 Connect is capable detecting vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists and, if a collision is imminent, provide an audible and visual warning to the driver up to 3 seconds prior to a collision. In addition to FCW, the Mobileye 8 Connect also offers Headway monitoring and a Speed Limit Indicator.

A Mobileye 8 Connect was installed and calibrated by a Mobileye-certified technician into a 2019 Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan.  This vehicle was then tested to determine the Time To Collision (TTC) and distance to collision performance of the Mobileye 8 Connect system in three scenarios that are closely related to the National Traffic and Highway Safety Administration’s FCW Test Protocol: test vehicle approaching a Stationary Target Vehicle (STV), test vehicle approaching a slow-moving vehicle, and the test vehicle approaching a decelerating vehicle.  The results of these tests are presented and compared with the results of similar tests run on a vehicle with a factory-installed, OEM system.

Presenting Author: Peter Leiss Robson Forensic

Presenting Author Biography: PJ is a Vehicle Engineering and Crash Reconstruction expert at Robson Forensic. His main areas of casework involve Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, vehicle fire Origin and Cause, and vehicle dynamics.

Authors:

Shubham Takbhate Forensic Rock
Peter J. Leiss Robson Forensic
Shawn Harrington Forensic Rock