The growing popularity of autonomous vehicles is enhancing the need for improved vehicle and occupant safety, opening up the market to advanced automotive sensor technologies.
The integration of sensors and actuators into automotive control systems optimises driver and passenger comfort as well as the performance of the vehicle by increasing its durability and reliability.
Promising sensor technology applications include collision warning, night vision, traffic sign recognition, adaptive cruise control, blind spot detection, lane departure warning, emergency braking, parking assistance and pedestrian detection.
Sensor systems are also used in smart wearables to monitor driver fatigue and alertness by monitoring the driver’s head position, eyelid movement, body posture, or vital signs such as heart rate or blood pressure and alcohol levels, observed Frost & Sullivan TechVision Research Analyst Varun Babu. The sensors enable the vehicle to gather information from its surroundings and help anticipate the obstacles, raising the driving experience from Level 0 to Level 5.
The study analyses some of the path-breaking emerging sensor technologies that can energise the automotive sector.