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02/11/2019

Cooperation ComTec and AUDI AG

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Cooperative VRU Protection Systems

The Department of Communication Technology at the University of Kassel and AUDI AG are conducting a joint research project to protect vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists, from collisions with vehicles.

The focus of the joint research project is to extend existing vehicle-based systems with a cooperative protection system that requires a mobile device, e.g. a smartphone, on the part of the vulnerable road user. The aim is to investigate the extent to which this can achieve an increased level of protection for vulnerable road users, especially in situations with limited visibility.

Contents of the research work are:

* Analysis of typical accident scenarios between pedestrians or cyclists and vehicles

* Investigation of the performance of vehicle-based and cooperative systems in typical accident scenarios.

* Determination of the technical requirements for cooperative protection systems for vulnerable road users for the controllability of typical accident scenarios

Previously published contributions on the feasibility of cooperative protection systems are:

* Integration of activity recognition algorithms into sensor data fusion methods for improved position detection of pedestrians and cyclists [1, 2]

* Evaluation of the suitability of cellular and WiFi based communication between vulnerable road users and vehicles [3]

References

[1] S. Engel, K. David, D. Warkow, and M. Holzknecht, "Car2Pedestrian Positioning: Methods for Improving GPS Positioning in Radio-Based VRU Protection Systems," in 6th Conference Driver Assistance Systems Munich, Germany, 2013.

[2] A. Jahn, K. David, and S. Engel, "5G / LTE based protection of vulnerable road users: Detection of crossing a curb," in IEEE 82nd Vehicular Technology Conf. (VTC2015-Fall) Boston, USA, 2015.

[3] S. Engel, C. Kratzsch, and K. David, "Car2Pedestrian-Communication: Protection of Vulnerable Road Users Using Smartphones," in 17th Int. Forum Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications (AMAA 2013) Berlin, Germany, 2013.