Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2009 (eBook)

Preface 5
Funding Authorities 7
Supporting Organisations 7
Organisers 7
Honorary Committee 8
Steering Committee 9
Table of Contents 10
Green Cars 14
Energy Efficient Vehicles for Road Transport — EE-VERT 15
Nanoelectronics: Key Enabler for Energy Efficient Electrical Vehicles 24
Safety 36
Left Behind Occupant Recognition Based on Human Tremor Detection via Accelerometers Mounted at the Car Body 37
Novel Pre-Crash-Actuator-System based on SMA for Enhancing Side Impact Safety 58
On the Feasibility of a Bistatic Radar for Detecting Bad Road Conditions 74
Cooperative Intersection Safety – The EU project INTER-SAFE- 2 86
Intersection Safety for Heavy Goods Vehicles 96
V2X Communication and Intersection Safety 106
Utilization of Optical Road Surface Condition Detection around Intersections 117
Stereovision-Based Sensor for Intersection Assistance 136
Object Recognition based on Infrastructure Laserscanners 171
User Needs for Intersection Safety Systems 179
Driver Assistance 190
Evaluation of ADAS with a supported-Driver Model for de-sired Allocation of Tasks between Human and Technology Performance 191
Lane Recognition Using a High Resolution Camera System 213
Automatic Generation of High Precision Feature Maps of Road Construction Sites 232
Laserscanner Based ADAS for Motorcycle Safety 248
Graceful Degradation for Driver Assistance Systems 257
Lane Departure Warning and Real-time Recognition of Traffic Signs 268
Test-bed for Unified Perception & Decision Architecture
Real-Time Camera Link for Driver Assistance Applications 299
Components and Generic Sensor Technologies 311
Miniaturised Sensor Node for Tire Pressure Monitoring (e-CUBES) 312
Development of a Single-Mass Five-Axis MEMS Motion Sensor 331
MEMS Sensors for non-Safety Automotive Applications 352
Fault-tolerant ASIC Design for High System Dependability 365
Short PWM Code: A Step towards Smarter Automotive Sensors 379
Low-cost Approach for Far-Infrared Sensor Arrays for Hot- Spot Detection in Automotive Night Vision Systems 392
Smart Sensors: Enablers for New Safety and Environment Initiatives 404
Airbag Electronics: from Single Building Blocks to Integrated Solutions 417
New Functions, New Sensors, New Architectures – How to Cope with the Real-Time Requirements 429
Modular Inertial Safety Sensing Concepts for Functional and Environmental Fit 443
System Architecture for Adaptive Radar Sensors 456
Appendix A 469
Appendix B 473