A New Camera-based ADAS ECU Testing System is Developed

Graduates of Yerevan Polytechnic University have developed a new system for testing the camera-based ADAS (advanced driver assistance system) ECU (electronic control unit). The system is designed to test such functionalities of ADAS system as the lane keeping assist functionality, parking assistance functionality, traffic signs recognition, pedestrian recognition systems etc.

Driver assistance systems are come in two types: the first type only alerts the driver, and the second type takes over control in critical situations, when the driver may not have time to react immediately on the road. The universality of the developed test system allows to test both types.

To test the system using real test drives, it is necessary to conduct tests for many thousands and millions of kilometers, for which a lot of money and resources are spent, which increases the cost of the system.

The peculiarity of the developed system is simulating the environment, starting with road signs, weather conditions, traffic conditions, etc., carrying out testing with models of vehicles, demonstrating their realistic behavior, thereby providing data control with much greater reliability and reproducibility, as well as reducing cost and test time.

Open platform, ability to import different models (Simulink, C code, etc.), environmental simulation are the main advantages of the developed test system.

The system is used in car manufacturing plants (OEMs) in the early stages of designing ADAS system, as well as can be used in technical universities for research.