The Autonomous Vehicle Race

Pat Bassett

Vice PresidentNA Research & Engineering CenterEngineering DivisionDENSO International America, Inc.

Who is DENSO?

Global Supplier of Advanced Automotive Technology, Systems and Components with $39.8 Billion in Sales (As of March 31, 2014)

Systems ProviderPowertrain Control SystemEngine management system, Gasoline direct injection, Hybrid components, Starter, Alternator, etc.

Thermal SystemsHeating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC), Compressor, Heat exchangers, Battery thermal management, etc.

Information & Communications SystemsInstrument cluster, Head-up display, Human machine interface technologies, Horn, Keyless entry, Wireless phone charger, etc.

Driving Control & Safety SystemsPassive safety technologies, Airbag sensing system, Active safety technologies, Traction control system, Antilock braking system, etc.

Autonomous Vehicle Customer wants:Safety, Convenience, Comfort & Environment, but with higher expectations

Phases of Autonomous Drive

Driver in the Loop

Manual Control Vehicle moving into Automated Vehicle mode Driver IN the Loop Vehicle moving OUT

of AV mode

Full Autonomous Vehicle: When and How?

Group 3

No Info

Group 2

2020 +

Group 1

By 2020

Group 4No AV Prog

OEM timing for Full AV When:o OEMs have various timing for fully

autonomous vehicleso Issues to resolve : Regulations,

Infrastructure, Cyber Security

How:o Industry wide collaboration to resolve o Level 3 & 4 needed for transition to Full AV

(Driver in the Loop)o HMI Systems Approach

Automated Connected Vehicle Environment

HMI Systems Approach: Driver Environment

The Driver’sPhysical ConditionStress LevelHabitsMood

North America HMI R&D and Activity

Goal: To develop HMI manager product that anticipate drivers needs

DENSO created Elevate Lab to better understand Driver Workload/Attention

North America HMI R&D and Activity

Consortium

Workload

GOAL:To establish a common methodology to measure driver workload/attention

OEM Members Include:Honda, Subaru and Jaguar Land RoverAttention

Problems HMI needs to Solve

Solution

Customer Wants

Concern/Problem

misuse of the system (unexpected) 　　

increase of unsafe behavior

system mode misunderstanding

excessive dependency sleepylow-skilled

low situation awareness

can’t understand others

inexperienced operator

assistanceadaptation

modedisplay

function limitdisplay

Operation return

promotiondriver

monitoringuser

trainingsocial

acceptance

Driver sensing

Comfort ・ Confidence ・Safety

Trust

NotificationOperation Assistance

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Face image processingwith data analysis

Face direction, eye closure, drowsy, gaze, distraction, driver ・

vehicle status analysis facial expression

（ emotion ）

Driver Sensing [DSM]

year

Fun

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Per

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ance

DSM

Gen #1 DSM“Watch the Driver”

Face image processingFace direction, eye closure, drowsy

Gen #2 DSM

Face image processingwith data analysis

Face direction, eye closure, drowsy, sleepy, driver status analysis

Gen #3 DSM

DSM: Driver Status Monitor

“Examine the Driver”

Low cost Face direction

Meter installed

HUD Display Information

Head-up Display

To safely provide the right information at the right time and in the right location.

HUD will assist in Driver Notification/Operation

Sensor Technology: 360 Degree Awareness

Vehicle Motion Control

Active safety

Passive safetyEngine ECU

ESC unit

EPS ECU

EPS motor

DSSMillimeter wave radar

DSM V2X

24GHz millimeter

wave radar

DCM 　

Visionsensor

Pedestrian collision detection sensor

Air bagECU

Satellite G sensor

Passenger detection sensor

Sonar Surround camera

Laserradar

Considering application and object recognition/performance,

Create the cost optimal sensing system

V2X Infrastructure Communications

Vehicle-to-Vehicle andVehicle-to-Infrastructure

Real-time information beyond line of sight

Automated Connected Vehicle Environment

Level 5: Full Autonomous Drive

Full Automation

Collaboration

Collaboration between Industry, Academia and Government is required for successful Full Autonomous Vehicle implementation through common issue resolution.

PARTNERSHIPSAutomakersIndustry

Government Academia BUSI

NES

SES

Supplier

s

In Summary

Investigating Level 3 to 4 Transition

Systems Approach

Industry Collaboration Needed

DENSO needs to be ready for AV for all of our various customers[ ]

Thank You