Evaluation of Diffraction Effects for Identifying Hidden Targets
Conference: GeMIC 2008 - German Microwave Conference
03/10/2008 - 03/12/2008 at Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Proceedings: GeMIC 2008
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Fackelmeier, A.; Morhart, C.; Biebl, E. M. (Fachgebiet Höchstfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany)
Abstract:
Protection of vulnerable road users (VRU) is a key issue of future driver assistance systems. There, an important point is to determine whether a VRU is visually hidden to the driver. This additional information is essential for the driver to prevent an accident or to reduce its severity. In this paper we show that by using a transponder attached at the VRU, wavelength dependent diffraction effects can be utilized to distinguish between visible and hidden VRUs. Several diffraction measurements were carried out taking place in open space areas with simple big scattering objects and in different road traffic scenarios demonstrating a reliability of nearly 100 %. If future driver assistance systems for detecting VRUs are complemented with automotive electronics which enable distinction between visible and hidden VRUs, accidents can be avoided.