The increasing development and proliferation of advanced safety systems are closely linked with the use of sensors which detect both the vehicle's environment and the presence, positioning and characteristics of the vehicle occupant. The use of these sensors, together with appropriate actuators and corresponding algorithms, offer new potential for advanced safety systems to improve the primary and secondary safety of vehicles. Many existing test methods to evaluate the crash performance of a vehicle are unsuitable for the assessment of advanced safety systems because an evaluation of sensing performance and the influence on the driver is required, as well as the usual evaluation of the occupant crash protection. To meet this need, Advanced Protection Systems APROSYS work package 1.3 aims to develop a generic methodology to evaluate the technical performance of advanced safety systems. This paper presents the proposed methodology, which is currently being applied to a specific system in APROSYS work packages 1.3 and 6.5 in order to assess its applicability and inform refinements. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting