title: Ultrasonic sensors in urban traffic driving-aid systems
creator: Alonso, Luciana
creator: Milanés Montero, Vicente
creator: Torre Ferrero, Carlos
creator: Godoy, Jorge
creator: Pedro Lucio, María Teresa de
creator: Oria, Juan P.
subject: Robotics and Industrial Computing
description: Currently, vehicles are often equipped with active safety systems to reduce the risk of accidents, most of which occur in urban environments. The most prominent include Antilock Braking Systems (ABS), Traction Control and Stability Control. All these systems use different kinds of sensors to constantly monitor the conditions of the vehicle, and act in an emergency. In this paper the use of ultrasonic sensors in active safety systems for urban traffic is proposed, and the advantages and disadvantages when compared to other sensors are discussed. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) for urban traffic based on ultrasounds is presented as an application example. The proposed system has been implemented in a fully-automated prototype vehicle and has been tested under real traffic conditions. The results confirm the good performance of ultrasonic sensors in these systems. ©2011 by the authors.
rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
date: 2011
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: Article
source: Sensors, ISSN 1424-8220, 2011, Vol. 11, No. 1
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: eng
relation: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/s110100661
identifier: https://oa.upm.es/13901/